Dream Attic is an album by Richard Thompson released in 2010.

Overview

Instead of recording new songs in a studio, Thompson made demo recordings, rehearsed the songs with his band
and then recorded the new material live on a two week tour of the Western USA.

The album was assembled from these live recordings. No studio overdubs were done. Each track on the finished album is an entire, unedited live performance of the song.

On its release, Dream Attic entered the British top 20 for album sales.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson:

1. "The Money Shuffle" - 5:57
2. "Among The Gorse, Among The Grey " - 3:57
3. "Haul Me Up" - 4:51
4. "Burning Man" - 5:39
5. "Here Comes Geordie" - 3:28
6. "Demons In Her Dancing Shoes" - 5:38
7. "Crimescene" - 6:58
8. "Big Sun Falling In The River" - 5:27
9. "Stumble On" - 6:04
10. "Sidney Wells" - 7:34
11. "A Brother Slips Away" - 4:41
12. "Bad Again" - 5:25
13. "If Love Whispers Your Name" - 7:36

Proper Records released a "de luxe" edition of this album which had Thompson's acoustic demo recordings
of the same 13 tracks on a second disc.

Personnel

Musical

• Richard Thompson - vocals, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Pete Zorn
  Pete Zorn
  Pete Zorn is an American multi-instrumentalist who plays roots music. He is best known as a longstanding member of Richard Thompson's touring band, where he serves as backing vocalist and plays acoustic guitar, mandolin, saxophone, flute, and tin whistle.Although he frequently tours with Thompson,...
  
   - acoustic guitar, flute
  Flute
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  , saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , vocals
• Michael Jerome
  Michael Jerome
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   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Taras Prodaniuk - electric bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Joel Zifkin
  Joel Zifkin
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   - electric violin
  Violin
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , vocals

Technical

• Simon Tassano - mixing (at Rumiville Studio, Austin, Texas), FOH
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   engineer and tour manager
• Jim Wilson - mastering (at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado)
• Tony Brooke - live recording
• Russ Cole - monitor
  Foldback (sound engineering)
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   engineer and production manager
• Bobby Eichorn - guitar technician and stage manager