Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)

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Dreamtime
Studio album by Tom Verlaine
Released	September 1981
Recorded	1981, A&R, RPM and Penny Lane Studios, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	38:21 (original)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Tom Verlaine & Robert Clifford
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone link
Tom Verlaine chronology
Tom Verlaine (1979)	Dreamtime (1981)	Words from the Front (1982)
1994 Reissue
Infinite Zero reissue

Dreamtime is Tom Verlaine's second solo album. Originally released in 1981, it was reissued in 1994 by Henry Rollins' Infinite Zero label, with two bonus tracks. It is now out of print in the United States.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus Tracks (1994 reissue) 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Tom Verlaine.

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
6. "Mr Blur" – 3:24
7. "Fragile" – 3:27
8. "A Future in Noise" – 4:13
9. "Down on the Farm" – 4:49
10. "Mary Marie" – 3:25

[edit] Bonus Tracks (1994 reissue)

1. "The Blue Robe (Alternate version)" – 4:17
2. "Always (Alternate version)" – 4:09

[edit] Personnel

• Tom Verlaine – guitars, vocals, bass on 2
• Ritchie Fliegler – guitars on 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; bonus 1 2
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on 1 2 5 6 9
• Fred Smith – bass on 1 5 6 9
• Donald Nossov – bass on 4 7 8 10; bonus 1 2
• Rich Teeter – drums on 4 7 8 10; bonus 1 2

[edit] Additional personnel

• Bruce Brody – keyboards on 2 3 10; bonus 2

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	177