When I Dream is an album by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...

. Released in 1978 at the height of Gayle's career, it was her second consecutive #2 Country Album on the Billboard charts. Two singles from the album reached #1 on the Country SIngles chart: "Talking in Your Sleep

Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)

"Talking in Your Sleep" is a song written by Roger Cook and Bobby Wood, that was the second single released by Country-Pop crossover singer, Crystal Gayle, to become a hit on both the country and pop charts. It was a hit in 1978...

" (also a Top 20 Pop hit) and "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For". The title song, "When I Dream", is a re-recorded version of a song that appeared originally on her 1975 début album Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle (album)

Crystal Gayle is the eponymous debut album by Crystal Gayle, although she had previously recorded material which was not released until later. The album peaked at #25 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and included three charting Hot Country Singles: "Wrong Road Again" at #6, "Beyond You" at...

, and reached #3. A fourth single, "Heart Mender", peaked at #58. "Hello I Love You" was featured in the 1982 movie, 'Six Pack', starring Kenny Rogers, Erin Gray, and Diane Lane.

The album achieved a gold disc the year it was released but was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1982. It was also Gayle's second album to chart in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, where it reached #25 and was awarded a silver disc by the British Phonographic Industry

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.

Track listing

1. "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For
   Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For
   "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" is a 1978 single written by Mark True and recorded by Crystal Gayle. "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" would be Crystal Gayle's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten...
   
   " (Mark True) – 2:52
2. "Heart Mender" (Richard Leigh
   Richard Leigh (songwriter)
   Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...
   
   , Milton Blackford) – 2:54
3. "Hello I Love You" (Roger Cook
   Roger Cook (songwriter)
   Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England...
   
   , Charles Cochran) – 2:31
4. "Talking in Your Sleep
   Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)
   "Talking in Your Sleep" is a song written by Roger Cook and Bobby Wood, that was the second single released by Country-Pop crossover singer, Crystal Gayle, to become a hit on both the country and pop charts. It was a hit in 1978...
   
   " (Cook, Bobby Wood) – 2:51
5. "Paintin' This Old Town Blue" (W.T. Davidson) – 2:07
6. "When I Dream" (Sandy Mason Theoret) – 3:21
7. "Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger" (Dave Loggins
   Dave Loggins
   David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
   
   ) – 3:12
8. "Too Good to Throw Away" (Bob McDill
   Bob McDill
   Robert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits...
   
   ) – 2:50
9. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:11
10. "Wayward Wind" (Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky
    Stanley Lebowsky
    Stanley Lebowsky was a Hollywood and Broadway composer, lyricist, conductor and music director.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 2:53
11. "Someday Soon" (Ian Tyson
    Ian Tyson
    Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
    
    ) – 3:50
12. "I Still Miss Someone
    I Still Miss Someone
    "I Still Miss Someone" is the title of a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the b-side to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".-History:...
    
    " (Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash
    John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
    
    , Roy Cash, Jr.) – 2:45

Production

• Produced By Allen Reynolds
• Recorded By Garth Fundis
• Engineered By John Donegan
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows