Sweet Dreams (soundtrack) explained

Sweet Dreams
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Patsy Cline (vinyl edition cover)
Cover:Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams.jpg
Released:September 16, 1985
Genre:Country
Length:28:54
Label:MCA
Producer:Owen Bradley
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Sweet Dreams is the 1985 soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris about the life of country music star, Patsy Cline. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs previously recorded and released by Patsy Cline.

Recording

Patsy Cline's original producer, legendary Nashville producer Owen Bradley produced the soundtrack. For half of the song selections, including Walkin' After Midnight, Bradley combined Cline's original vocal tracks with new orchestrations recorded at his own Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee in 1984. The music was then remixed by Doug Crider at Bradley's Music City Music Hall on Nashville's Music Row.

Promotion and release

The album was released following the movie. Originally released on LP, the soundtrack was reissued in CD format later in 1990.[1] [2] The lead single from the soundtrack, "Sweet Dreams", a song that had been a big hit for Cline in 1963, was released to promote the album and film. David Hepworth in Q Magazine described the album as "a more than reasonable introduction to Cline's work".

Commercial performance

The film's soundtrack album itself charted at #6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1985.

In April 1987, Sweet Dreams was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[3]

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "San Antonio Rose" - (Bob Wills) 2:20
    • Overdubbed
  2. "Seven Lonely Days" - (Marshall Brown, Alden Shuman, Earl Shuman) 2:14
    • Overdubbed
  3. "Your Cheatin' Heart" - (Hank Williams) 2:21
    • Overdubbed
  4. "Lovesick Blues" - (Hank Williams) 2:18
  5. "Walkin' After Midnight" - (Alan Block, Don Hecht) 2:01
    • Overdubbed
  6. "Foolin' 'Round" - (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) 2:11
    • Overdubbed

Side 2:

  1. "Half as Much" - (Curley Williams) 2:48
    • Overdubbed
  2. "I Fall to Pieces" - (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard) 2:46
  3. "Crazy" - (Willie Nelson) 2:41
  4. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - (Bill Monroe) 2:02
    • Overdubbed
  5. "She's Got You" - (Hank Cochran) 2:58
  6. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" - (Don Gibson) 2:33

Personnel

Background vocals

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sweet Dreams: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Patsy Cline.info. December 19, 2008.
  2. Hepworth . David . 5 March 1991 . Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams OST . Q Magazine . 55 . 85.
  3. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum - Sweet Dreams. Recording Industry Association of America. December 19, 2008.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 284.

  5. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 7, 2021. September 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906024025/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-country-albums. live.

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