Dreamer is the ninth solo studio album by American blues singer Bobby Bland. It was released in 1974 through ABC/Dunhill Records. Recording sessions took place at ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles with songwriter and record producer Steve Barri. The album charted at number 172 on the Billboard 200 and at number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three hit singles: "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" and "Yolanda".
Track listing
Personnel
Robert Calvin 'Bobby "Blue" Bland' Brooks – lead vocals Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals Ginger Blake – backing vocals Michael Omartian – piano, organ, clavinet, Arp synthesizer, blues harp, arrangement Larry Carlton – guitar Dean Parks – guitar Ben Benay – guitar Wilton Felder – bass Ed Greene – drums Jackie Kelso – horns Ernest James Watts – horns Lewis Melvin McCreary – horns Pete Christlieb – horns James Ronald Horn – horns Paul J. Hubinon – horns Tony Terran – horns The Sid Sharp Strings – strings Technical Steve Barri – producer Roger Scott Nichols – engineering Howard Gayle – engineering Phil Kaye – engineering Earl Klasky – design Ken Veeder – photography
Chart history
Album Chart (1974)Peakpositionscope="row" scope="row"
Singles +TitlePeak chart positionsUSUS R&B"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"919"I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)"883"Yolanda"10421
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