Dreamland (Robert Miles album)

Dreamland
Studio album by Robert Miles
Released June 7, 1996
Recorded 1994–1996
Genre Progressive trance, ambient, techno, dream trance
Length 70:15
Label Germany Motor Music
United States Arista Records
United Kingdom Deconstruction Records
Producer Robert Miles
Robert Miles chronology

Dreamland
(1996)		 23am
(1997)
Singles from Dreamland
  1. "Children"
    Released: November 14, 1995
  2. "Fable"
    Released: May 27, 1996
  3. "One and One"
    Released: October 21, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Q Magazine [2]
CD Universe [3]

Dreamland is the debut studio album by Robert Miles. It was released on June 7, 1996, in Europe, where it was a hit, and was also released in the United States about a month later, with a new track sung by Maria Nayler, "One and One." This new track became very popular and was later released as a single in the U.S. and Germany.

At the end of 1996, Miles released a new version of Dreamland, called Dreamland — The Winter Edition, in Germany. It was largely similar to Dreamland, but contains the tracks "For Us" and "One and One" (which was not released on the European version) and removes "Fable (Dream Version)". Nowadays it appears that the U.S. version of Dreamland including "One and One" (with "One and One" being the sixth track, coming after "In My Dreams" and before "Princess of Light") is the most popular and common version.

Track listings

Original issue

All selections written by Roberto Concina (Robert Miles) except "One and One," written by Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, and Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo.

  1. "Children" (Dream Version) – 6:41
  2. "Fable" (Message Version) – 6:20
  3. "Fantasya" – 5:33
  4. "Landscape" – 5:33
  5. "In My Dreams" – 6:08
  6. "Princess of Light" – 6:12
  7. "Fable" (Dream Version) – 7:03
  8. "In the Dawn" – 7:45
  9. "Children" (Original Version) – 6:14
  10. "Red Zone" – 6:46

U.S. version

  1. "Children (Dream Version)" – 7:06
  2. "Fable (Message Version)" – 6:24
  3. "Fantasya" – 5:43
  4. "Landscape" – 6:02
  5. "In My Dreams" – 6:14
  6. "One and One" – 3:59
  7. "Princess of Light" – 6:20
  8. "Fable (Dream Version)" – 7:13
  9. "In the Dawn" – 7:59
  10. "Children (Original Version)" – 6:19
  11. "Red Zone" – 6:57

Reissue

  1. "One & One" (radio version) – 3:54
  2. "Children" (dream version edit) – 6:51
  3. "Fable" (message version edit) – 6:24
  4. "Fantasya" – 5:41
  5. "Landscape" – 6:05
  6. "In My Dreams" – 6:12
  7. "Princess of Light" – 6:18
  8. "For Us" – 7:40
  9. "In the Dawn" – 7:43
  10. "Children" (original version edit) – 6:40
  11. "Red Zone" – 6:37
  12. "One & One" (club version) – 6:31

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[4] 13
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 10
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[5] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[4] 19
Finnish Albums Chart[4] 8
French SNEP Albums Chart[4] 4
German Albums Chart 2
Hungarian Albums Chart[6] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[4] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 18
Scottish Albums Chart[7] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[4] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[4] 2
UK Albums Chart[8] 7
US Billboard 200[9] 54

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[11] Platinum 500,000^
France (SNEP)[12] 2× Gold 200,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[13] Platinum 100,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[14] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[17] Platinum 1,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Q (8/96, p.123) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Impossibly relaxing, full of melody and designed to be swallowed whole, DREAMLAND is quite brillant [sic?]."
  3. ↑ "Robert Miles - Dreamland CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Dreamland, in various Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 8, 2008)
  5. ↑ Canadian album peak
  6. ↑ "Hungarian Albums Chart". Mahasz.hu. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  7. ↑ Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100: 16 June 1996 - 22 June 1996
  8. ↑ Dreamland, UK Albums Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 12, 2009)
  9. ↑ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved April 12, 2009)
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Robert Miles – Dreamland". Music Canada.
  11. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Robert Miles; 'Dreamland')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  12. ↑ "French album certifications – Robert Miles – Dreamland" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  13. ↑ "Polish album certifications – Robert Miles – Dreamland" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV).
  14. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Robert Miles; 'Dreamland')". Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – Robert Miles – Dreamland". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Dreamland in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Robert Miles – Dreamland". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  17. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1997". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

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