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Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)

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.

Dreamtime
Studio album by
Tom Verlaine
ReleasedJuly 1981 (1981-07)
Recorded1981
StudioA&R, RPM and Penny Lane Studios, New York
GenrePost-punk
Length38:21
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine chronology
Tom Verlaine
(1979) 		Dreamtime
(1981) 		Words from the Front
(1982)
Alternative cover
1994 Infinite Zero reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Great Rock Discography6/10[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Record Collector[6]
Record Mirror[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[10]

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

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All songs written by Tom Verlaine.

Side one

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  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

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  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)

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

Personnel

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  • Tom Verlaine – guitars, solos, vocals on all tracks; bass on "Penetration"
  • Ritchie Fliegler – guitars on all tracks, except "Penetration"
  • Fred Smith – bass on "Mr. Blur", "Down on the Farm", "There's a Reason" and "Without a Word"
  • Donnie Nossov – bass on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise" and bonus tracks
  • Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on "Mr. Blur", "Down on the Farm", "There's a Reason", "Without a Word" and "Penetration"
  • Rich Teeter – drums on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise" and bonus tracks
  • Bruce Brody – keyboards on "Always", "Mary Marie", end of "Penetration" and "Always" (alternate version)
Technical
  • Robert Clifford – engineer
  • David Chenkin, John Terelle, Steve Ett – assistant engineers
  • George Delmerico – design
  • James Hamilton – photography

Charts

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Album

Year Chart Peak
Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums[11] 177

Notes

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  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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