Dream (Captain & Tennille album)

Dream
Studio album by The Captain & Tennille
Released	1978
Genre	Jazz standards
The Captain & Tennille chronology
Greatest Hits (1977) Dream (1978) Make Your Move (1979)

Dream is the fourth album by the married duo Captain & Tennille.

Recording Studios

The album was recorded at A&M Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) 1977; A&M Recording Studios "A" 1977; Captain & Tennille's Private Studio, (San Fernando Valle) 1977; The Record Plant (Los Angeles) 1977; Wally Heider Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) 1977.

Track listing

First side

1. "I'm On My Way" (Mark Safan) (2:49)
2. "You Never Done It Like That" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) (3:19)
3. "Dixie Hummingbird" (Ray Stevens) (3:59)
4. "You Need a Woman Tonight" (Dana Merino) (3:14)
5. "Love Me Like a Baby" (Howard Greenfield, Toni Tennille) 3:35)
6. "Love Is Spreading Over the World" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) (4:02)

Second Side

1. ""D" Keyboard Blues" (Daryl Dragon) (4:00)
2. "Good Enough" (Johanna Hall, Darryl Hall) (4:00)
3. "If There Were Time" (Bruce Johnston, Rod McKuen) (3:51)
4. "Back to the Island" (Leon Russell) (4:33)
5. "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)" (Johnny Mercer) (3:25)

Charts

Year	Album	US 200
1978	Dream	131

Singles

Year	Single	Hot 100	AC
1978	"I'm on My Way"	-	6
1978	"You Never Done It Like That"	-	10
1978	"You Need a Woman Tonight"	-	40

Critical reception

The title track marked the conclusion of a 40s standards show, as album was filled with hit singles when "I'm On My Way," was released, along with the songs "If There Were Time," "You Need a Woman Tonight," and "You Never Done It Like That." LP was released on A&M records. Most of the songs were regarded "jazz standards," within funk classics such as "Good Enough." "You Never Done it Like That" was originally recorded by Sedaka on his album A Song, then covered by the duo and released as a single, within "D Keyboard Blues" and "Dixie Hummingbird." The album has several hits in favor of the following Make Your Move LP in 1979. The song "Dream" was a cover of this same jazz standard by Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald and others, in which the entire album was filled with very classic jazz songs by jazz/swing singers, and includes several hit singles, unlike other Captain & Tennille albums which only spawn a few, and this one makes up their string of success.

Flavor had a different feel to the duo's other albums, with more of that jazz feel as 1930s and 40s standards, like "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)," "You Never Done It Like That" and "You Need a Woman Tonight." Some songs were covers of these standards (including the title track and You Never Done It Like That,) as regular type of the originals, but different music, the following Make Your Move was a return to the R&B era, the songs here sound more jazzy classic than others mentioned part of Captain & Tennille's long career. "Love Me Like a Baby" was sung by Toni Tennille with the piano alone (no other instruments but piano). This album has a more effect than others by the married duo and Tennille chose this flavor. Released in 1978 on A&M records, includes the hit singles "You Never Done it Like That" and "You Need a Woman Tonight." The album was recorded throughout their own studio (Captain & Tennille's private studio).

Personnel

• Piano, vocals, background vocals - Toni Tennille
• Drums, congas - Michael E. Mathis
• Guitar, keyboards, electric guitar, tambourine percussion - Daryl "Captain" Dragon
• Backup vocals - Carolyn Willis, Melissa Tennille, Gene Merlino, Louisa Tennille, Gary Sims, Gene Morford, Ron Hicklin, Bruce Johnston

References

• Dream @ Discogs
• Dream @ CD Universe