Dreamtime

Tom Verlaine, Tom Verlaine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B001BWQ0C8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,140 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. There's a Reason

2. Penetration

3. Always

4. The Blue Robe

5. Without a Word

6. Mr. Blur

7. Fragile

8. A Future in Noise

9. Down on the Farm

10. Mary Marie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the best kept secret, June 8, 2003

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Mitchell "Mitch" Green (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

~i've heard some people say that this album pulls some punches compared to mr. verlaine's first album, and--of course--pales in comparison to his work with television prior to going solo, but i enjoy it immensely and think anyone who is starved for his unique slant on melody and reliable chord progressions would do well to pick it up. there is only one close-to-weak track, the near-instrumental "blue robe" (this is the song i leave off to make the album fit onto one side of a 90 min dub~~ tape); the rest are fantastic, and the breadth is equivalent to that from all of his work up to this point--there are five or six strong rockers and a couple tense, slower songs. his and his band's playing is fantastic, and there are three or four innovative solos/hooks that are inspiring enough to me as a musician to justify its purchase. by all means, buy it.~

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of personality, June 16, 2005

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R geist (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

I love this record. It is funny, sexy, poignant, lonely, melodramatic and just simply a perfect representative of its own time. It's filled with great guitar, great amp sounds (despite some verbed-out 1980s production) and touching, intricate, puzzling and --- what's that word everyone uses about Verlaine? oh yeah, cagey, pop songs. It's like a dark new wave blues surf portrait of having spent time on Mars in some heavy, unresolved relationship. One song pays passionate homage to conversation during an unfulfilling reunion in a restaurant, another seems to be about a tragically bleak dream, and otherwise it has much to offer in the way of hilarious sexual innuendo. What more could anyone want?

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE GREAT LOST GUITARISTS. A MUST FOR ANY GIT FAN, November 18, 2003

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Jay Siekierski (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

Tom Verlaine was ONCE viewed as the NEXT JIMI HENDRIX, a hard cap to fit. Verlaine is a brilliant guitarist who arose from the NYC Punk scene with his band Television. DREAMTIME was an early '80s LP on Warner Bros. and went nowhere due to no promo support when issued. Sadly, the limited edition CD went nowhere also. He incorporates ex TV bassist Fred Smith on this album and does his homework good. The album is packed with ESSENTIAL TINY JEWELS of his Songwriting-Vocal and Git skills. This release as with other Verlaine albums maybe a bit difficult to define in terms of musical freedom. Only for DIE HARD TV fans or other folks looking for MUSICAL ADVENTURES. This Japan CD is long out of print and a highly sought collector's item.