Dreamin' My Dreams (Patty Loveless album)

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Dreamin' My Dreams is the fourteenth album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. Included is "Never Ending Song of Love," a duet with fellow Pikeville, Kentucky native Dwight Yoakam. It is the second time that they have recorded together. They had previously recorded "Send a Message to My Heart" on Yoakam's album If There Was a Way, released in 1992. The album's title song, written by record producer-songwriter Allen Reynolds, was originally recorded in 1975 by both Waylon Jennings (on his album Dreaming My Dreams) and Crystal Gayle (on her album Somebody Loves You) when Reynolds was Gayle's record producer.

Background

Loveless said this album succeeds in mixing all of the genres she was influenced by, including country, rockabilly, bluegrass, blues and rock. For three weeks in December 2004, during the recording of the album, Loveless lost her voice completely due to what she says was a virus in her vocal cords. She was helped by the Vanderbilt Voice Clinic in Nashville, which she thanks in the new album's liner notes.

She recorded the album in two batches: an electric session and an acoustic one, and Loveless and her producers—Gordy and Justin Niebank—divvied up the songs they thought were appropriate for each.

This was the last album Loveless recorded for Epic Records before the label closed its Nashville division in 2005.

Track listing

1. "Keep Your Distance" (Richard Thompson) – 3:49
2. "Old Soul" (Lee Roy Parnell, Tony Arata) – 5:33
3. "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough" (Jim Lauderdale, Leslie Satcher) – 3:16
4. "Nobody Here by That Name" (Arata, Pete Wasner) – 3:56
5. "Same Kind of Crazy" (Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson) – 3:45
6. "Everything But the Words" (Lauderdale, Satcher) – 4:09
7. "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (Allen Reynolds) – 4:43
8. "On the Verge of Tears" (Thom Schuyler) – 3:19
9. "Never Ending Song of Love" (Delaney Bramlett) – 2:56
   • duet with Dwight Yoakam
10. "Big Chance" (Patty Loveless, Emory Gordy Jr.) – 2:52
11. "My Old Friend the Blues" (Steve Earle) – 3:00
12. "When I Reach the Place I'm Going" (Gordy, Joe Henry) – 7:45

Single Releases

Keep Your Distance

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CD Single

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Video Frame from the "Keep Your Distance" accompanying music video.
Filmed in 2.35:1 Widescreen

According to Loveless, there is very little you can write about a relationship that hasn’t already been said. But a really good writer like Richard Thompson will give you a brand new perspective…one of those, “I’ve always felt this way but could never wrap words around the feelings so concisely.” The message is “It must be all or nothing,” and most of us can relate to those feelings when it comes to relationships.

“Keep Your Distance” is very simple, yet very effective. It’s also a good musical introduction to the rest of the album. It’s a cross between the ‘raucous rock’ and the ‘mountain soul’ that she enjoys singing.

• Keep Your Distance Music Video on YouTube