Speaking of Dreams

Infobox Album
Name = Speaking of Dreams
Type = Album
Artist = Joan Baez


Released = November 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Folk
Length = ?:?
Label = Gold Castle
Producer = Alan Abrahams
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nvj4eay04xh7 link]
Last album = "Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring"
(1988)
This album = "Speaking of Dreams"
(1989)
Next album = "Play Me Backwards"
(1992)

"Speaking of Dreams" was a 1989 album by Joan Baez that mixed personal compositions like the title song with political statements like "China", which was inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. (She also dedicated the album to the students of Tiananmen Square who "nonviolently, and at an enormous price, have changed the face of China forever.") The album featured collaborations with Paul Simon, Jackson Browne and the Gypsy Kings, and marked the beginning of a period where Baez notes she put her music ahead of the political activism that had preoccupied her for much of the prior decade.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joan Baez; except where indicated

#"China"
#"Warriors of the Sun"
#"Carrickfergus" (Van Morrison)
#"Hand to Mouth" (George Michael)
#"Speaking of Dreams"
#"El Salvador" (Gregory Copeland) (duet with Jackson Browne)
#"Ramber Gambler/Whispering Bells" (traditional) (duet with Paul Simon)
#"Fairfax County" (David Massengill)
#"A Mi Manera (My Way)" (Paul Anka) (with the Gypsy Kings)