Dream Café
1992 studio album by Greg Brown
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Dream Café is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 1992. It was produced by Bo Ramsey. It is a Red House release.
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 50:42 | |||
| Label | Red House | |||
| Producer | Bo Ramsey | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Music critic David Freedlander praised the release in his Allmusic review, writing Brown "Brown produces an album as light and refreshing as a summer breeze. Although it is plagued by the inconsistency which characterizes most of his studio work, some of his most heartfelt and enduring songs can be found on this album..."[1] Bill Wyman of Entertainment Weekly wrote "... on Dream Café he's more varied musically — he'll do a grinding blues and even flirt with jazz. Also, he wields simpler but more forceful melodies, and is still very capable of pulling off a marvelous portrait, as in the moving Spring Wind."[2]
Track listing
All songs by Greg Brown.
- "Just by Myself" – 4:45
- "Sleeper" – 4:28
- "I Don't Know That Guy" – 4:51
- "So Hard" – 2:38
- "You Can Watch Me" – 3:37
- "Dream Cafe" – 5:55
- "You Drive Me Crazy" – 4:56
- "Spring Wind" – 4:32
- "Nice When it Rains" – 3:10
- "Laughing River" – 4:16
- "No Place Away" – 4:10
- "I Don't Want to Be the One" – 3:24
Personnel
- Greg Brown – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Bo Ramsey – guitar
- Tim Sparks – requinto
- Robin Adnan Anders – percussion, tabla, tupan, dourbakee
- Gordon Johnson – bass
- Dan Lund – guitar
- Kate McKenzie – background vocals
- Willie Murphy – piano, organ
Production
- Produced by Bo Ramsey
- Engineered by Tom Tucker
- Mixed by Bob Feldman