Dreams and all that stuff | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN | |||
Genre | Folk, new acoustic, American primitive guitar | |||
Length | 30:03 | |||
Label | Capitol (ST-11335) | |||
Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
Leo Kottke chronology | ||||
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Dreams and all that stuff is the eighth album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It is the only completely instrumental album Kottke released on Capitol. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts, his highest position achieved on the Pop Albums charts.
It was re-issued on CD by BGO Records (CD132) in 1992 and One Way Records (S21-18462) in 1996.
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Allmusic | [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The shifting moods make this album, appropriately enough, a rather dreamlike experience... Kottke's own tunes are reasonably memorable, though the virtuosity tends to overshadow the music itself at times." [1]
All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.
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