Dreams Beyond Control

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Dreams Beyond Control
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Studio album by
Spyro Gyra
Released1993
RecordedSeptember 11, 1993 (1993-09-11)
Studio
Genre Jazz fusion
Length54:01
Label GRP
Producer Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
Three Wishes
(1992)		Dreams Beyond Control
(1993)		 Love and Other Obsessions
(1995)

Dreams Beyond Control is the seventeenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 by GRP Records. [1] The group supported the album with a North American tour. [2]

Contents

The album peaked in the top 5 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [3]

Production

The album was produced by Jay Beckenstein. [4] Alex Ligertwood, formerly of Santana, sings on "Patterns in the Rain" and "Send Me One Line". It was the first time a Spyro Gyra album contained vocals in English. [5] [6] The Tower of Power Horns played on the album. [4] The group experimented with the songs on tour before recording them. [7] ""Waltz for Isabel" is a tribute to Beckenstein's third daughter. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a rather leaden excursion into R&B-flavored pop-fusion." [10] The Boston Herald concluded that "beneath this somewhat tougher exterior beats the same faint musical heart, full of sweet melodies, perky rhythms and chatty solos—but every bit as empty of risk and guts as ever." [11]

Track listing

  1. "Walk the Walk" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:20
  2. "Patterns in the Rain" (Foster Paterson) – 4:38
  3. "Breakfast at Igor's" (Jay Beckenstein, Scott Ambush) – 5:23
  4. "Waltz for Isabel" (Beckenstein) – 4:43
  5. "South Beach" (Fernandez) – 5:13
  6. "Send Me One Line" (John Martyn) – 4:57
  7. "Bahia" (Dave Samuels) – 5:08
  8. "Kindred Spirit" (Tom Schuman) – 4:05
  9. "Birks Law" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
  10. "Same Difference" (Beckenstein, Fernandez) – 5:25
  11. "The Delicate Prey" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:33

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

Additional Personnel

Tower of Power Horns (Tracks 1 & 3)

No Sweat Horns (Tracks 5, 7 & 10)

Production

References

  1. ↑ Bentlin, David (June 21, 1993). "Spyro Gyra's name means unique jazz". The Pantagraph. p. B5.
  2. ↑ "SPYRO GYRA, ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY OFFER AN EVENING OF DIVERSE MUSIC". TEMPO SOUTHWEST. Chicago Tribune. October 17, 1993. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3. January 15, 1994. p. 30.
  4. 1 2 McNally, Owen (November 4, 1993). "SPYRO GYRA at U of H". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Santana's Alex Ligertwood...". USA Today. August 19, 1993. p. 6D.
  6. ↑ Pressley, Leigh (October 29, 1993). "SPYRO GYRA: ASPIRING TO GREATER VARIETY". News & Record. p. W11.
  7. ↑ Wiser, Nanette (October 7, 1993). "Spyro Gyra still gives fresh spin". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 10.
  8. ↑ Jacobs, Dennis (December 5, 1993). "SPYRO GYRA SHINES BY GIVING EACH MEMBER CENTER STAGE". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 5D.
  9. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Dreams Beyond Control". AllMusic . Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  10. ↑ Heim, Chris (October 22, 1993). "Spyro Gyra and Acoustic Alchemy...". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. O.
  11. ↑ Convey, Kevin R. (November 5, 1993). "DISCS". Boston Herald. p. S14.
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