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Released
  
1986

Street Dreams (1986)
  
Sails (1987)

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
38:38

Artist
  
Chet Atkins

Producer
  
Ronnie Foster

Genres
  
Country music, Jazz

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Street Dreams is an album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1986 on the Columbia label.

Contents

Having previously recorded some of Darryl Dybka's compositions, Atkins asked Dybka to help create a jazzier musical direction. Dybka arranged, produced, and composed many of the songs on this release.

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Reception

Allmusic music critic Cub Koda wrote of the album; "This 1986 album has a production sheen to it that makes it totally of its time, and it doesn't necessarily wear too well because of it. Too many synthesizers and contemporary touches simply detract from the main reason you bought it in the first place—to hear Chet Atkins play his patented fluid guitar. Although Atkins usually sounds wonderful on gut-string guitar, here his sound is pinched and curiously restrained..."

Track listing

All songs by Darryl Dybka unless noted.

  1. "Spats ‘n’ Hats" – 3:59
  2. "(Like A) Crystal in the Light" – 3:31
  3. "The Official Beach Music" – 3:48
  4. "Street Dreams" – 4:33
  5. "(If You’ll) Stay a Little Longer" (Hall, Paul Yandell) – 4:18
  6. "Classical Gas" (Mason Williams) – 3:52
  7. "The Last Farewell" (Webster, Whitaker) – 4:14
  8. "Alisha" – 3:43
  9. "The Homecoming Anthem" – 4:17
  10. "Honolulu Blue" (Chet Atkins, John Knowles) – 2:08

Personnel

  • Chet Atkins – guitar, arrangements
  • Lee Ritenour - electric guitar
  • Bruce Bolen - guitar
  • Paul Yandell - guitar
  • Harvey Mason - drums
  • Ronnie Foster - keyboards, percussion, keyboard instruments
  • Darryl Dybka - keyboard synthesizers, drum programming, keyboard instruments
  • Tom Scott - Lyricon
  • Abraham Laboriel - bass
  • Ricky Lawson - drums
  • Terry McMillan - percussion, drums
  • Mark O'Connor - fiddle
  • George Del Barrio - string arrangements
  • Eddie Del Barrio - keyboard arrangements
  • David Hungate - bass
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • E. Granat - first violin
  • Alexander Horuath - violin
  • Kenneth Burward-Hoy - viola
  • Stephen Erdody - cello
  • Jim Horn - sax
  • Songs

    1Spats 'n' Hats4:03
    2(Like a Crystal) In the Light3:31
    3The Official Beach Music3:50

    References

    Street Dreams (Chet Atkins album) Wikipedia