Album
The Dream Weaver
1975 · Electronic, Rock
19 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Dream Weaver is a Rock album by Gary Wright, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 91 pressings tracked, owned by 19 collectors.
About
The junk heap in the mid-'70s was piled high with singer/songwriters who either never had the chops to sell many albums or were just victims of bad timing. Not this ex–Spooky Tooth man and pal to George Harrison. (Wright played on the ex-Beatle's <i>All Things Must Pass</i> and <i>Living in the Material World</i>.) For one thing, <i>Dream Weaver</i> is an early example of synths in rock music; it’s hard to imagine in the years before computers were common, but this album is all keyboards and drums (featuring great drummers Andy Newmark and Jim Keltner), except for Ronnie Montrose’s lone guitar on “Power of Love.” Wright wrenches surprising warmth from the instrumentation, and his lucid tenor doesn’t hurt things. From spare pop (the hit “Love Is Alive”) to spindly funk (“Let It Out”) to a haunting suburban love anthem (the international smash “Dream Weaver,” which Wright wrote, funnily enough, on an acoustic guitar) to a rocking wink to escapism (“Much Higher”), this album is exceptionally forward-gazing for the era, yet handily driven on classic singer/songwriter motifs.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Love Is Alive3:54
- A2Let It Out3:25
- A3Can't Find The Judge3:24
- A4Made To Love You3:45
- A5Power Of Love3:32
Side B
- B1Dream Weaver4:17
- B2Blind Feeling4:45
- B3Much Higher3:00
- B4Feel For Me4:58
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- layered
- meditative
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy NewmarkDRUMS
- Betty SweetBACKING VOCALS
- Bettye SweetBACKING VOCALS
- Bobby LyleCLAVINET, ELECTRIC PIANO CLAVINET, KEYBOARDS CLAVINET, PIANO
- David FosterELECTRIC PIANO , ELECTRIC ORGAN , SYNTH ELECTRIC PIANO , ELECTRIC ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER ELECTRIC PIANO , ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER
- David PomeranzBACKING VOCALS
- Gary WrightBACKING VOCALS BASS , CLAVINET, ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO , KEYBOARDS , BRASS , WOODWIND, EFFECTS BASS , ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET, ORGAN , BRASS , WOODWIND, EFFECTS
- Jim KeltnerDRUMS
- Lorna WrightBACKING VOCALS
- Jamie QuinnVOCALS WRITTEN-BY, VOCALS
- Ronnie MontroseGUITAR
- Tina WrightVOCALS WRITTEN-BY, VOCALS
19 collectors on Gatefold own this · 91 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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