The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - An American Dream (1979) flac
BAND/ARTIST: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Title: An American Dream
- Year Of Release: 1979
- Label: Capitol Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk, Country
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:37:47
- Total Size: 89.5 MB / 248,77 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
[3:37] 01. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - An American Dream
[4:16] 02. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - In Her Eyes
[3:02] 03. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Take Me Back
[3:26] 04. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Jas' Moon
[4:19] 05. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dance The Night Away
[3:59] 06. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - New Orleans
[3:58] 07. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Happy Feet
[3:57] 08. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Do You Feel The Way That I Do
[3:43] 09. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - What's On Your Mind
[3:30] 10. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Wolverton Mountain
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 00:37:37
Main artist: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Capitol Nashville
Genre: Blues/Country/Folk, Country
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 1979 Nashville Catalog
℗ 1979 Capitol Records Nashville
Any Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fan who thought the smooth soft rock of 1978's The Dirt Band was a fluke was proven wrong by the following year's American Dream, which took the template of its predecessor and improved it with a streamlined production and some very strong material. Chief among these, of course, was the title song, a winningly polished take on Rodney Crowell's clever "American Dream" that became a hit, climbing all the way to 13 on the pop charts and thereby establishing the band in the public's eyes as the soft rock act they'd become. It's a brilliant single, one of the best Californian soft rock songs of its era, and American Dream the album delivers at least on the level of sound -- sonically, it's a sleek and appealing collection of mid-tempo pop songs, ballads, and lazy jams. It's the latter that hurt the momentum of the album; although the instrumental "Jas'moon" works better than "White Russian" on The Dirt Band, there are some really silly good-time numbers -- "New Orleans," "Happy Feet" -- that deflate the mellow vibe of the record (as does the reggae-fied cover of "Wolverton Mountain" that closes the LP on a sour note). Though these are stumbles, they don't hurt the record, since the rest of American Dream glides by on its smooth surfaces -- all electric pianos, slick guitars, saxophones, and glistening polish -- and songs as light but appealing as "In Her Eyes," "Take Me Back," "Dance the Night Away," "Do You Feel the Way That I Do," and "What's on Your Mind." This won't win over the fans lost on The Dirt Band -- it would be some time before they returned to the progressive country that made their reputation -- but this is another small late-'70s soft rock gem.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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[3:37] 01. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - An American Dream
[4:16] 02. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - In Her Eyes
[3:02] 03. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Take Me Back
[3:26] 04. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Jas' Moon
[4:19] 05. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dance The Night Away
[3:59] 06. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - New Orleans
[3:58] 07. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Happy Feet
[3:57] 08. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Do You Feel The Way That I Do
[3:43] 09. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - What's On Your Mind
[3:30] 10. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Wolverton Mountain
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 00:37:37
Main artist: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Capitol Nashville
Genre: Blues/Country/Folk, Country
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 1979 Nashville Catalog
℗ 1979 Capitol Records Nashville
Any Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fan who thought the smooth soft rock of 1978's The Dirt Band was a fluke was proven wrong by the following year's American Dream, which took the template of its predecessor and improved it with a streamlined production and some very strong material. Chief among these, of course, was the title song, a winningly polished take on Rodney Crowell's clever "American Dream" that became a hit, climbing all the way to 13 on the pop charts and thereby establishing the band in the public's eyes as the soft rock act they'd become. It's a brilliant single, one of the best Californian soft rock songs of its era, and American Dream the album delivers at least on the level of sound -- sonically, it's a sleek and appealing collection of mid-tempo pop songs, ballads, and lazy jams. It's the latter that hurt the momentum of the album; although the instrumental "Jas'moon" works better than "White Russian" on The Dirt Band, there are some really silly good-time numbers -- "New Orleans," "Happy Feet" -- that deflate the mellow vibe of the record (as does the reggae-fied cover of "Wolverton Mountain" that closes the LP on a sour note). Though these are stumbles, they don't hurt the record, since the rest of American Dream glides by on its smooth surfaces -- all electric pianos, slick guitars, saxophones, and glistening polish -- and songs as light but appealing as "In Her Eyes," "Take Me Back," "Dance the Night Away," "Do You Feel the Way That I Do," and "What's on Your Mind." This won't win over the fans lost on The Dirt Band -- it would be some time before they returned to the progressive country that made their reputation -- but this is another small late-'70s soft rock gem.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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