Sweet Dreams: The Anthology

Sweet Dreams: The Anthology
Compilation album by
Roy Buchanan
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1992 (1992-09-22)
Recorded1969–78
GenreBlues
LabelPolydor (#D201160)
Roy Buchanan chronology
Early Years
(1989) 		Sweet Dreams: The Anthology
(1992) 		Guitar on Fire: The Atlantic Sessions
(1993)

Sweet Dreams: The Anthology is a compilation album by American guitarist and blues musician Roy Buchanan. The double CD contains released as well as previously unreleased recordings, live and studio. According to Mike Joyce, who reviewed the album in The Washington Post, it "presents the good, the bad and the unreleased from Buchanan's tenure with the Polydor and Atlantic labels."[1] The anthology is part of PolyGram's "Chronicles" retrospective series.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Buchanan; except where indicated

  • Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baltimore"Charlie Daniels3:31
2."Black Autumn"Charlie Daniels4:25
3."The Story of Isaac"Leonard Cohen5:48
4."There'll Always Be"Charlie Daniels4:50
5."Sweet Dreams"Don Gibson3:32
6."Pete's Blues" 7:15
7."The Messiah Will Come Again" 5:53
8."Tribute to Elmore James" 3:25
9."After Hours"Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Robert Bruce6:14
10."Five String Blues" 6:24
11."C.C. Rider (live)"Traditional6:49
12."My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me"Buchanan, John Harrison, Billy Price3:21
13."Please Don't Turn Me Away"Buchanan, Billy Price4:47
14."Country Preacher"Joe Zawinul3:28
15."Wayfaring Pilgrim"Buchanan, Ed Freeman5:07
  • Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Down by the River (live)"Neil Young9:17
2."I'm a Ram (live)"Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges4:24
3."I'm Evil (live)" 6:15
4."Good God Have Mercy"Billy Roberts4:05
5."If Six Was Nine"Jimi Hendrix3:46
6."Green Onions"Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Lewie Steinberg8:09
7."Soul Dressing (live)"Booker T. Jones7:00
8."Hey Joe (live)"Billy Roberts8:19
9."Fly...Night Bird"Buchanan, Andy Newmark, Jean Roussel, Raymond Silva, Willie Weeks7:42
10."Turn To Stone"Terry Trebandt, Joe Walsh5:46
11."Dual Soliloquy" 12:06
  • Tracks 1.01 to 1.04 outtakes from unreleased debut album, recorded between 1969 and 71 (vocals on "The Story of Isaac" by Charlie Daniels)
  • Tracks 1.05 to 1.07 from the album Roy Buchanan
  • Tracks 1.08 to 1.10 from the album Second Album
  • Tracks 1.12 & 1.13 from the album That's What I am Here For
  • Tracks 1.14 & 1.15 from the album Rescue Me / In The Beginning
  • Tracks 2.02 & 2.03 from the album Live Stock
  • Tracks 2.04 & 2.05 from the album A Street Called Straight
  • Track 2.06 from the album Loading Zone
  • Tracks 2.07 & 2.08 from the album Live in Japan
  • Tracks 2.09 & 2.10 from the album You're Not Alone
  • Tracks 1.11, 2.01 & 2.11 previously unreleased, mixed at PolyGram Studios

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Lindsay Planer, in a review on Allmusic, writes in a review that gives the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, "until Buchanan's catalog is given a thorough overhaul, Sweet Dreams: The Anthology (1992) is a satisfying overview of the man once dubbed 'The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World.'"[4] Mike Joyce of the Washington Post was most impressed with "a gorgeous guitar reading of 'Sweet Dreams,'" besides the live songs, especially "an expansive and expressive version of Neil Young's 'Down by the River' (featuring Billy Price on vocals)."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Mike (July 23, 1993). "Washington's G(uitar) Men". The Washington Post. p. N22.
  2. ^ Hilburn, Robert (November 13, 1992). "Rediscovering Appeal of Early Rod Stewart". Los Angeles Times. p. 23.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Rev. of Roy Buchanan, Sweet Dreams". Allmusic. Retrieved May 7, 2009.