| Plastic Dreams | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Cover: | Plastic Dreams (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | May 24, 1971 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 36:23 |
| Label: | Atlantic 1589 |
| Producer: | Arif Mardin |
| Chronology: | Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Prev Title: | Space |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | The Legendary Profile |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Plastic Dreams is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet, augmented by a brass section on three tracks, recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]
At the time of its original release the Gramophone reviewer stated "Plastic Dreams is an auspicious release for it lacks much of the pretentiousness which I have learned to dread ever since I first saw the Quartet in Paris in 1956".[2]
The Allmusic review stated "Plastic Dreams has never been a critic's favorite, and was an album that mystified many of the group's longtime followers... Plastic Dreams was as close as the MJQ ever got to making a pop album... Indeed, as a whole Plastic Dreams does seem like a final refinement of several idealistic threads found throughout the MJQ's studio work stretching back to about 1960, with generous room made for new directions".[3]
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated