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. 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.
Track listing Side 1: "San Antonio Rose" — (Bob Wills) 2:20 Overdubbed "Seven Lonely Days" — (Marshall Brown, Alden Shuman, Earl Shuman) 2:14 Overdubbed "Your Cheatin' Heart" — (Hank Williams) 2:21 Overdubbed "Lovesick Blues" — (Hank Williams) 2:18 "Walkin' After Midnight" — (Alan Block, Don Hecht) 2:01 Overdubbed "Foolin' 'Round" — (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) 2:11 Overdubbed
Side 2: "Half as Much" — (Curley Williams) 2:48 Overdubbed "I Fall to Pieces" — (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard) 2:46 "Crazy" — (Willie Nelson) 2:41 "Blue Moon of Kentucky" — (Bill Monroe) 2:02 Overdubbed "She's Got You" — (Hank Cochran) 2:58 "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" — (Don Gibson) 2:33
Personnel
Byron Bach — cello Brenton Banks — violin George Binkley III — violin Roger Bissell — trombone Milan Bogodan — tape preparation Harold Bradley — guitar Owen Bradley — guitar, producer David Briggs — piano Cecil Brower — violin Cole Burgess — alto saxophone James Capps — electric guitar Jimmy Capp — electric guitar Howard Carpenter — violin Gene Chrisman — drums Patsy Cline — lead vocals Floyd Cramer — piano Doug Crider — remixing, remastering Jimmy Day — steel guitar Ray Edenton — guitar Solie Fott — violin Hank Garland — guitar Barry Green — trombone Buddy Harman — drums, tom tom Walter Haynes — steel guitar Randy Hughes — guitar Lillian Hunt — violin Tommy Jackson — fiddle Ben Keith — steel guitar Ron Keller — trumpet Douglas Kirkham — drums
Sam Levine — saxophone Grady Martin — guitar Glenn Meadows — remastering, tape preparation Joe Mills — assistant engineer Bob Moore — bass Billy Puett — saxophone Bill Pursell — organ, vibraphone Verna Richardson — violin Hargus Pig Robbins — piano Paul Ross — piano Hal Rugg — steel guitar Don Sheffield — trumpet Buddy Skipper — saxophone Dennis Sole — saxophone Buddy Spicher — fiddle Gordon Stoker — vocals Henry Strzelecki — bass George Todwell — trumpet Wilda Tinsley — violin Bill Vandevort — engineer Pete Wade — electric guitar Gary Williams — violin
Background vocals Arleen Harden Bobby Harden Hoyt Hawkins The Jordanaires Neal Matthews Ray C. Walker Curtis Young
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1985–1991) Peakposition Australia Albums (Kent Music Report) 47
Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 43
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