Hold to a Dream explained

Hold to a Dream
Type:Album
Artist:New Grass Revival
Cover:holddream.jpg
Released:1987
Recorded:1987
Studio:
Genre:Progressive bluegrass
Length:37:34
Label:Capitol
Producer:Garth Fundis
Prev Title:New Grass Revival
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Friday Night in America
Next Year:1989

Hold to a Dream is an album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1987.[1] [2] The lead single "Unconditional Love" reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 1988, "Can't Stop Now" reached number 45. The band supported the album by playing shows with Nanci Griffith.[3] Pat Flynn wrote three of the album's songs.[4] "How About You" is a cover of the Jesse Winchester song.[5]

Hold to a Dream was remastered and reissued in 2001 on the Southern Music label.

Critical reception

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the bluegrass flavor comes through in the understated songwriting, and the vocals are attractive, if rather pallid." USA Today noted that "these four world-class musicians remain technically dazzling even though they've turned to more catchy material with lots of hooks."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Hold to a Dream" (Tim O'Brien) – 3:38
  2. "One Way Street" (O'Brien) – 2:50
  3. "Can't Stop Now" (Gary Nicholson, Wendy Waldman) – 4:01
  4. "I'll Take Tomorrow" (Pat Flynn) – 2:56
  5. "Before the Heartache Rolls In" (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) – 5:23
  6. "Looking Past You" (Flynn) – 2:57
  7. "How About You" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:26
  8. "Metric Lips" (Béla Fleck) – 4:37
  9. "I Can Talk to You" (Flynn) – 3:22
  10. "Unconditional Love" (Don Cook, Nicholson) – 3:21

Personnel

Additional musicians:

Production notes

Notes and References

  1. News: Dunlevy . Cynthia . Roots of New Grass . The Washington Post . 20 Sep 1987 . F3.
  2. News: Williams . Stephen . Nanci Griffith's 'Fictional True Stories' . Newsday . 24 Sep 1987 . Part II . 9.
  3. News: Foster . Catherine . New Grass Revival: adventurous band that won't be pigeonholed . The Christian Science Monitor . 9 Oct 1987 . Arts.
  4. News: Coto . Juan Carlos . Bluegrass Band Thrives on Eclecticism . Sun-Sentinel . 16 Oct 1987 . Features Showtime . 18.
  5. News: Holden . Stephen . Forays Out of Bluegrass . The New York Times . 11 June 1988 . 1.17.
  6. News: Zimmerman . David . Country . USA Today . 28 Oct 1987 . 4D.