Dreamlovers is the 11th studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released on September 29, 1980, by MCA Records. The album features two duets with Glen Campbell, "My Song" and "Dream Lover", a song written and originally sung by Bobby Darin in 1959, which was released as a single. It peaked at only #59 on the Billboard Country Singles chart. The biggest hit single from the album was "Can I See You Tonight," which peaked at #4. Another charting single was the #40 "Love Knows We Tried." The album itself peaked at #41 on the Country Albums chart.

Dreamlovers
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1980
GenreCountry
LabelMCA
ProducerJerry Crutchfield
Tanya Tucker chronology
Tear Me Apart
(1979)
Dreamlovers
(1980)
Should I Do It
(1981)
Singles from Dreamlovers
  1. "Dream Lover"
    Released: September 8, 1980
  2. "Can I See You Tonight"
    Released: December 1, 1980
  3. "Love Knows We Tried"
    Released: April 6, 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Can I See You Tonight"Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy2:49
2."Love Knows We Tried"Jan Crutchfield, Kerry Chater, Rory Bourke3:48
3."I've Got Somebody"Randy Goodrum2:39
4."Let Me Count the Ways"Jerry Crutchfield, Clair Cloninger3:24
5."Dream Lover" (duet with Glen Campbell)Bobby Darin2:56
6."Somebody (Trying to Tell You Something)"Steve Hardin3:35
7."All the Way"Bob Morrison, Jim Zerface2:28
8."Tennessee Woman"Jimmy Webb2:54
9."Don't You Want to Be a Lover Tonight"Sterling Whipple2:45
10."My Song" (duet with Glen Campbell)Hardin2:58

Personnel edit

Production edit

  • Producer - Jerry Crutchfield
  • Engineers - Brent Mather, Rick McCollister
  • Photography - Allen Messer
  • Art Direction - George Osaki
  • Design - Marilyn Romen/Sweet Art
  • Mastered by Hank Williams at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
  • Vocal overdubs - MCA-Whitney, Glendale, CA

Chart performance edit

Album edit

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 41

Singles edit

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1980 "Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) 59 48
"Can I See You Tonight" 4 4
1981 "Love Knows We Tried" 40 40

References edit

  1. ^ Dreamlovers at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Review: Tanya Tucker – Dreamlovers" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 41. 11 October 1980. p. 70. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.