Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)

Dreamtime is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Verlaine, originally 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]
Record Collector[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[6]

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
  • 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

Album

Year Chart Peak
Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 177 [7]

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. "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Record Collector: 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.
  4. Fricke, David (December 10, 1981). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. 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.
  6. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. "allmusic (((Dreamtime > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
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