Wide Awake in Dreamland
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Wide Awake in Dreamland is Pat Benatar
's eighth album, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound. The album's lead single "All Fired Up" reached a high of #19 on the Billboard Hot 100
charts and was the last of Benatar's singles to reach the US Pop Top 40. The album sold approximately 700,000 copies. It is currently only available from digital outlets such as iTunes
.
player Don Schiff. In an interview from 2002, Schiff recalled how this track was added to the album: "Tully Winfield and I demo-ed songs at what was becoming a very popular studio in LA (Woodcliff Studio)... we had just recorded "Cerebral Man". If I recall correctly the demo just had Tully's voice, stick and drums. Peter Coleman was producing Pat's next album for Chrysalis and happened to be the next session in and heard the tune. He asked if he could take the song to Pat Benatar and hopefully put it on her next album. Her camp liked it and they did a wonderful job with the song. I thought Tully and I would get a few more songs on that album as they liked the style of our song but at the last minute she decided to go back to her more familiar rock style, leaving our song the only one stylistically like it on the album. "
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
's eighth album, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound. The album's lead single "All Fired Up" reached a high of #19 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
charts and was the last of Benatar's singles to reach the US Pop Top 40. The album sold approximately 700,000 copies. It is currently only available from digital outlets such as iTunes
ITunes
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Background and writing
The album was primarily recorded at Neil Giraldo's studio, with most of the songwriting by Giraldo and drummer Grombacher. Four of the tracks are also co-written with Benatar (who is credited as Pat Giraldo). One of the two songs from other songwriters was "Cerebral Man" written by Tully Winfield and well known stickChapman Stick
The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
player Don Schiff. In an interview from 2002, Schiff recalled how this track was added to the album: "Tully Winfield and I demo-ed songs at what was becoming a very popular studio in LA (Woodcliff Studio)... we had just recorded "Cerebral Man". If I recall correctly the demo just had Tully's voice, stick and drums. Peter Coleman was producing Pat's next album for Chrysalis and happened to be the next session in and heard the tune. He asked if he could take the song to Pat Benatar and hopefully put it on her next album. Her camp liked it and they did a wonderful job with the song. I thought Tully and I would get a few more songs on that album as they liked the style of our song but at the last minute she decided to go back to her more familiar rock style, leaving our song the only one stylistically like it on the album. "
Track listing
- "All Fired Up" (Kerryn TolhurstKerryn TolhurstKerryn Tolhurst is a noted Australian musician and songwriter who was based in the USA in the late 1970s and 1980s.His musical career began in Melbourne with the Adderly Smith Blues Band. He subsequently joined Sundown, led by Keith Glass, which was one of Australia's first country-rock groups...
, Myron Grombacher, Pat Benatar; CopyrightCopyrightCopyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
Chrysalis Music Ltd.) - 4:27 - "One Love" (Neil Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Control) - 5:12
- "Let's Stay Together" (Giraldo, Benatar; Copyright Control/Chrysalis Music Ltd.) - 4:50
- "Don't Walk Away" (Nick GilderNick GilderNicholas George "Nick" Gilder , is an English-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd. He later had a successful solo career as a singer as well as a songwriter.-Biography:...
, Duane Hitchings; Copyright Chrysalis Music Ltd./BMGBMGBertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
Music Ltd.) - 4:35 - "Too Long a Soldier" (Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Chrysalis Music/Copyright Control) - 6:42
- "Cool Zero" (Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Control) - 5:26
- "Cerebral Man" (Tully Winfield, Don SchiffDon SchiffDon Schiff is a bass guitar, Chapman Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar player on recordings, TV, and film sessions. He is one of the earliest Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar players...
; BMG Music Ltd/Copyright Control) - 4:40 - "Lift 'em on Up" (Giraldo, Grombacher, Benatar; Copyright Control/Chrysalis Music Ltd.) - 4:54
- "Suffer the Little Children" (Giraldo, Benatar; Copyright Control/Chrysalis Music Ltd.) - 4:10
- "Wide Awake in Dreamland" (Giraldo, Grombacher; Chrysalis Music/Copyright Control) - 4:58
Singles
| Song | Date | US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Mainstream Rock | UK singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
Australian singles ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "All Fired Up (Single Version)" | 1988 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| "Don't Walk Away (Edit)" | — | — | 42 | — | |
| "Let's Stay Together (Single Version)" | — | — | — | — | |
| "One Love (Edit)" | 1989 | — | — | 59 | — |
Personnel
- Pat Benatar - vocals
- Neil Giraldo - guitars
- Myron Grombacher - drums
- Fernando SaundersFernando SaundersFernando Saunders is a musician, performer, vocalist and bass player from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:Fernando Saunders has performed all around the world with music legends such as Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, Slash, Tori Amos, Jimmy Page, Luciano Pavarotti and Jeff Beck...
- bass - Frank Linx - bass, background vocals
- Kevin Savigar - keyboards
- Charles GiordanoCharles GiordanoCharles Giordano is an American keyboardist and accordionist. Giordano is known primarily as the newest member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing keyboards and organ following the serious illness and subsequent death of longtime E Street organist Danny Federici in 2008...
- keyboards - Bo Castro - percussion
- Nick GilderNick GilderNicholas George "Nick" Gilder , is an English-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock band Sweeney Todd. He later had a successful solo career as a singer as well as a songwriter.-Biography:...
- background vocals on "Don't Walk Away", "Cool Zero" - Carmen Twillie - background vocals on "Lift 'em on Up"
- Phyllis St. James - background vocals on "Lift 'em on Up"
- Maxine Water - background vocals on "Lift 'em on Up"
External links
- "Cerebral Man" - the original demo version by Winfield and Schiff
- "Wide Awake In Dreamland" at discogs