David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes.txt
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Album: Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes
Artist: David Cassidy
Year: 1973
Genre: Pop Rock, Vocal
DESCRIPTION
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David Cassidy was on a roll in 1973.
He was the teen idol. It is hard to explain how popular he was but think of the lunacy about One Direction or Justin Bieber at there most popular and Cassidy was bigger.
The Partridge Family had released eight albums between their first in 1970 and last in 1973. In the US, where they were more popular, one album had gone to #1, three others were Top 10, and another was Top 40. In the UK they had managed one Top 20 and one Top 40.
As a solo act he found more fame in the UK. His first solo album "Cherish" (1972) had gone to US #15 and UK #2 and his second "Rock Me Baby" (1972) went to US #41 whilst in the UK it was #2, Germany #9.
I'm not sure why. Perhaps the Partridge Family wasn't aired on UK TV till later which may explain why there wasn't any momentum behind The Partridge Family albums but there was over the later released solo albums.
Either way this was David's third album.
And, this was the first real David Cassidy recording as he started exploring himself as a vocalist and moving away from the Partridge Family sound.
Cassidy has written and co-written songs but his real forte is as an interpreter of songs.
Cassidy, here, doesn't sound like the Cassidy from the Partridge Albums of the same year (Crossword Puzzle and Bulletin Board) and he is willing to take chances and bare intimate emotions through the music. This is his first singer-songwriter album despite the fact he didn't write most of the tunes.
He wrote only two songs here and admits on the album's liner notes that one of them was primarily someone's else's song. But, if you know this blog you will know that I don't care if someone writes their songs or not as long as they can interpret a song and make it their own or at least give it a different life.
And Cassidy could do that.
And, importantly, he is smart. There is a lot going on in the music which, he as a big star, could have nixed. Given that, I assume he knew what he was looking for, and he wasn't happy with just a bunch of covers .. and he was just 23 years old.
And for someone you expected big production and up-tempo songs from this is restrained and (more) low key. There is very little electric guitar but lots of piano, congas and vibes. The album is dominated by Michael Omartian's piano though stellar musicians surround him: Ron Tutt, Milt Holland, Emory Gordy, Al Casey, Larry Knetchel, James Burton, John Guerin, Kim Carnes, Michael McDonald, Victor Feldman and many more.
http://whatfrankislisteningto.negstar.com/rock-pop/david-cassidy-dreams-are-nuthin-more-then-wishes-bell-1973/
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 12
Total Duration: 39:39
Total Size: 800 MBs (including scans, m3u, foobar2000, spectrums, and txt)
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TXT Created: 23 November 2017
Tracklist
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A1) Intro
A2) Daydream
NOTE: A1 & A2 are combined into one track
A3) Sing Me
A4) Bali Hai
A5) Mae
A6) Fever
A7) Summer Days
B1) The Puppy Song
B2) Daydreamer
B3) Lone Old Woman
B4) Can't Be Home Again
B5) Prey'in On My Mind
B6) Hold On Me
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