Dream of You (Helen Merrill album)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album four stars and said that "On 1955's Dream of You...Merrill found reconciliation, sounding both melodramatic and swinging within Gil Evans' darkly spacious, yet economical arrangements. Suitably, torchy ballads are prominent...The programmatic quality of Merrill's coyly sensual voice and Evans' slightly askew, bubbling reeds and languid rhythm conjure up dramatic, balmy southern scenes á la Tennessee Williams".

Track listing

1. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:34
2. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:23
3. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:10
4. "I've Never Seen" (Don Marcotte) - 3:33
5. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) - 3:01
6. "A New Town Is a Blue Town" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 3:09
7. "You're Lucky to Me" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 3:25
8. "Where Flamingos Fly" (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) - 2:44
9. "Dream of You" (Jimmie Lunceford, Michael Morales, Sy Oliver) - 2:53
10. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf) - 4:06
11. "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 3:08
12. "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:14

Personnel