Dreamer (Bobby Bland album)

Dreamer
Studio album by Bobby Bland
Released	1974 (1974)
Studio	ABC, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soul blues
Length	35:39
Label	Dunhill ABC
Producer	Steve Barri
Bobby Bland chronology
His California Album (1973) Dreamer (1974) Get on Down with Bobby Bland (1975)
Singles from Dreamer
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" Released: 1974 "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" Released: 1974 "Yolanda" Released: 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[4]

Dreamer is the ninth solo studio album by American blues singer Bobby Bland. It was released in 1974 through ABC/Dunhill Records. Recording sessions took place at ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles with songwriter and record producer Steve Barri. The album charted at number 172 on the Billboard 200 and at number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three hit singles: "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" and "Yolanda".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	Michael "Harvey" Price Dan Walsh	3:51
2.	"I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)"	Michael "Harvey" Price Dan Walsh Michael Omartian Steve Barri	3:15
3.	"Lovin' on Borrowed Time"	Charlotte Ann Matheny Nita Garfield	3:19
4.	"The End of the Road"	Oscar Perry	3:06
5.	"I Ain't Gonna Be the First to Cry"	Michael "Harvey" Price Dan Walsh Mitchell Bottler	3:36
6.	"Dreamer"	Jerry Zaremba	4:09
7.	"Yolanda"	Daniel Moore	3:43
8.	"Twenty-Four Hour Blues"	Michael "Harvey" Price Dan Walsh Steve Barri	3:59
9.	"Cold Day in Hell"	Oscar Perry	2:43
10.	"Who's Foolin' Who?"	Michael "Harvey" Price Dan Walsh Michael Omartian Steve Barri	4:18
Total length:			35:39

Personnel

• Robert Calvin 'Bobby "Blue" Bland' Brooks – lead vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
• Ginger Blake – backing vocals
• Michael Omartian – piano, organ, clavinet, Arp synthesizer, blues harp, arrangement
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Ben Benay – guitar
• Wilton Felder – bass
• Ed Greene – drums
• Jackie Kelso – horns
• Ernest James Watts – horns
• Lewis Melvin McCreary – horns
• Pete Christlieb – horns
• James Ronald Horn – horns
• Paul J. Hubinon – horns
• Tony Terran – horns
• The Sid Sharp Strings – strings

Technical

• Steve Barri – producer
• Roger Scott Nichols – engineering
• Howard Gayle – engineering
• Phil Kaye – engineering
• Earl Klasky – design
• Ken Veeder – photography

Chart history

Album Chart (1974) Peak position US Billboard 200 [5] 172 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 5

Singles Title Peak chart positions U S [7] US R&B [8] "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" 91 9 "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" 88 3 "Yolanda" 104 21

References

1. Dahl, Bill. "Dreamer Bobby "Blue" Bland". AllMusic . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 21, 2019.
3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 48. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
4. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 37.
5. "Bobby Blue Bland Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
6. "Bobby Blue Bland Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
7. "Bobby "Blue" Bland Chart History". Billboard Hot 100 . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
8. "Bobby "Blue" Bland Chart History". Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . Retrieved October 4, 2018.

External links

• Bobby Bland – Dreamer at Discogs (list of releases)