Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)

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Dreamtime
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1981 (1981-07)
Recorded1981
StudioA&R, RPM and Penny Lane Studios, New York
Genre Post-punk
Length38:21
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine chronology
Tom Verlaine
(1979)
Dreamtime
(1981)
Words from the Front
(1982)
Alternative cover
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1994 Infinite Zero reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide A− [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Great Rock Discography 6/10 [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [10]

Dreamtime is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Verlaine, released in 1981. "Without a Word" is a rewrite of "Hard On Love," an unreleased Television song performed live in 1974 and 1975.

Contents

The album was reissued in 1994 by Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings label, with two bonus tracks drawn from the 1981 "Always" 7" & 12" single. It was reissued in 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music with no bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine.

Side one

  1. "There's a Reason" – 3:39
  2. "Penetration" – 4:01
  3. "Always" – 3:58
  4. "The Blue Robe" – 3:54
  5. "Without a Word" – 3:17

Side two

  1. "Mr Blur" – 3:24
  2. "Fragile" – 3:27
  3. "A Future in Noise" – 4:13
  4. "Down on the Farm" – 4:49
  5. "Mary Marie" – 3:25

Bonus tracks (1994 CD reissue)

  1. "The Blue Robe" (alternate version) – 4:17
  2. "Always" (alternate version) – 4:09

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Album

YearChartPeak
Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums [11] 177

Notes

  1. Nastos, Michael G. "Dreamtime – Tom Verlaine". AllMusic . Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. Martin C. Strong (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN   978-0-86241-827-4.
  5. Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN   978-0-7876-1037-1.
  6. "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Record Collector . p. 102. 1981's Dreamtime is a showcase for Verlaine's fretwork, the brittle, tense sound of early Television giving way to a much freer, resonant sound.
  7. Nicholls, Mike (September 12, 1981). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Record Mirror . p. 15.
  8. Fricke, David (December 10, 1981). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  9. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Tom Verlaine". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  848–49. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  10. Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Television". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 398–99. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  11. "allmusic (((Dreamtime > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))" . Retrieved 2008-09-14.



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