Dream (Keller Williams album)

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Dream
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 6, 2007
RecordedOctober–December 2006
Genre Rock
Length73:00
Label SCI Fidelity Records
Producer Keller Williams
Keller Williams chronology
Grass
(2006)
Dream
(2007)
12
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Dream is the ninth solo album from Keller Williams, released in 2007. With the help of numerous collaborators, Williams explores a wide spectrum of musical genres in each of the songs.

Contents

The album ranked number 4 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart in 2007, [2] and the song Cadillac won the Jammy award for Song of the Year in 2008. [3]

Track listing

All tracks by Keller Williams except where noted.

  1. "Play This" – 2:55
  2. "Celebrate Your Youth" (Timothy Kobza, John Molo, Bobby Read, Williams) – 3:52 with Modereko and John D'Earth
  3. "Cadillac" – 4:32 with Bob Weir
  4. "Ninja of Love" – 5:34 with Michael Franti
  5. "Kiwi and the Apricot" – 5:01 with Charlie Hunter
  6. "People Watchin' " – 5:14 with Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, and Jeff Sipe
  7. "Cookies" – 4:51 (Fareed Haque, Williams) with Fareed Haque
  8. "Rainy Day" – 5:30 with Martin Sexton
  9. "Sing for my Dinner" – 5:09 with The String Cheese Incident
  10. "Restraint" – 4:11
  11. "Life" – 3:57
  12. "Twinkle" (Steve Kimock, Molo, Williams) – 7:40 with Steve Kimock and John Molo
  13. "Got No Feathers" – 5:10 with John Scofield, Victor Wooten, and Jeff Sipe
  14. "Slo Mo Balloon" – 4:34 with Fleming McWilliams and Charlie Hunter
  15. "Lil' Sexy Blues" – 3:34 with Sanjay Mishra and Samir Chatterjee
  16. "Bendix / Dance Hippie" (Williams, Ella Mae Williams) – 1:08 with Ella Williams

Personnel

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Artist Chart History – Keller Williams, billboard.com, Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  3. 2008 Jammys: And The Winners Are, bandsthatjam.net, Retrieved July 7, 2008.