Where Do You Go When You Dream is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in 1981 via Capitol Records.[1] It reached #4 on the U.S. country album charts, and #55 on the pop album charts. In her native Canada, it reached #7 on the album chart. It was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA.

The album's first single, "Blessed Are the Believers", was Murray's sixth #1 Country hit. It also reached #10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. "We Don't Have to Hold Out", "Another Sleepless Night" and "It's All I Can Do" were also released as follow-up singles. In the UK the first single was 'Where Do You Go When You Dream" (CL 16192).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blessed Are the Believers"Charlie Black, Rory Bourke, Sandy Pinkard2:39
2."It Should Have Been Easy"Bob McDill2:39
3."If a Heart Must Be Broken"Craig Bickhardt2:50
4."Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall"Larry Gatlin2:43
5."It's All I Can Do"Archie Jordan, Richard Leigh2:50
6."We Don't Have to Hold Out"Aidan Mason, Gordon Adams3:39
7."Another Sleepless Night"Black, Bourke3:08
8."Where Do You Go When You Dream"Black, Molly-Ann Leikin3:07
9."Call Me with the News"Black, Kerry Chater, Bourke2:55
10."Only Love"Mason, Adams3:42

Personnel

  • Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Brian Gatto – keyboards (1-3, 5-8), synthesizers (9, 10)
  • Doug Riley – keyboards (1, 5, 6, 8)
  • Pat Riccio, Jr. – keyboards (2, 3, 7, 10), acoustic piano (9)
  • Mike "Pepe" Frances – guitars (1, 6)
  • Bob Mann – guitars (1, 5, 6, 8, 9), electric guitar solo (7)
  • Brian Russell – guitars (1-3, 5-8)
  • Aidan Mason – guitars (2, 3, 7, 9, 10)
  • Georges Hébert – guitars (4, 7)
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (2, 3)
  • JayDee Maness – steel guitar (3, 5, 8)
  • Peter Cardinali – bass (1-3, 5-10), string arrangements and conductor (2, 3, 7)
  • Barry Keane – drums (1, 5, 6, 8)
  • Jørn Andersen – drums (2, 3, 7, 9, 10)
  • Victor Feldman – percussion (6, 8-10)
  • Gerry Niewood – saxophone solo (9)
  • Rick Wilkins – string arrangements and conductor (1, 5, 6, 8)
  • Bruce Murray – backing vocals
  • Deborah Schaal Greimann – backing vocals

Production

  • Balmur Ltd. – executive producers, management
  • Jim Ed Norman – producer
  • Ken Friesen – engineer
  • Graham Duff – assistant engineer
  • Fraser Hill – assistant engineer
  • Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Paul Cade – art direction, design
  • Bob Karman – illustration
  • Bill Langstroth – photography
  • Gord Marci – photography
  • Hunter Brown Ltd. – typesetting
  • Leonard T. Rambeau – management

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 7
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 69
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 55

References

  1. ^ "Where Do You Go When You Dream - Anne Murray | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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