Dreamcatcher (Ian Gillan album) explained

Dreamcatcher
Type:studio
Artist:Ian Gillan
Cover:Ian Gillan dreamcatcher alt.jpg
Released:September 1997
Studio:Ocean Reach Studio, Warrington and Parr St. Studios, Liverpool
Genre:Rock
Length:49:35
Label:Toshiba EMI (Japan)
Ark 21 (Europe)
Forbidden (US)
Producer:Ian Gillan, Steve Morris
Prev Title:Toolbox
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Gillan's Inn
Next Year:2006

Dreamcatcher is the third studio album by Ian Gillan, released in September 1997 in Japan, October 1997 in the United Kingdom and in May 1998 in the US. All songs were performed by Ian Gillan accompanied by Steve Morris. The album was being worked on between 1995 and 1997.

There are three different versions of the album. The basic European edition consists of twelve tracks. The US edition was remixed by Bob Katz, the order of the songs was changed and it has a different cover. The Japanese edition includes of two extra tracks.

Dreamcatcher is considered the most obscure album in Gillan's career. It features mostly acoustic songs, closer to folk and blues traditions than to rock, the genre for which Gillan is mainly known. It received little media attention and generally had rather disappointing reviews.

Track listings

US edition

  1. "Hard on You" – 4:45
  2. "You Sold My Love for a Song" – 4:04
  3. "Sugar Plum" – 4:54
  4. "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" – 4:26
  5. "Chandra's Coriander" – 5:24
  6. "All in My Mind" – 4:15
  7. "Prima Donna" – 3:59
  8. "Sleepy Warm" – 3:56
  9. "Country Mile" – 3:47
  10. "That's Why God Is Singing the Blues" – 3:33
  11. "Gunga Din" – 2:50
  12. "Anyway You Want Me" – 3:42

Personnel

Production notes