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Released
  
July 1981 (1981-07)

Artist
  
Tom Verlaine

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
38:21

Release date
  
July 1981

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Recorded
  
1981, A&R, RPM and Penny Lane Studios, New York

Producer
  
Tom Verlaine, Robert Clifford

Dreamtime(1981)
  
Words from the Front(1982)

Similar
  
Tom Verlaine albums, Alternative rock albums

Dreamtime is Tom Verlaine's second solo album, originally released in 1981. "Without a Word" is a rewrite of "Hard On Love," an unreleased Television song performed live in 1974 and 1975.

Contents

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" & "Without a Word"
  • Donald Nossov – bass on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise", & bonus tracks
  • Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on "Mr. Blur", "Down on the Farm", "There's a Reason", "Without a Word" & "Penetration"
  • Rich Teeter – drums on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise" & bonus tracks
  • Bruce Brody – keyboards on "Always", "Mary Marie", end of "Penetration" & "Always" (alternate version)

    • Charts

    Album

    Songs

    1There’s a Reason3:40
    2Penetration4:02
    3Always3:58

    References

    Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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