Dreamland (Robert Plant album) explained

Dreamland is the seventh solo studio album by English musician Robert Plant. It was released on July 16, 2002. It is a mixture of blues rock, folk rock, hard rock, and psychedelic rock.

Overview

Many of the songs are cover versions, mainly blues, but also some rock. It was nominated for two Grammys in 2002 - Best Rock Album and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Darkness, Darkness."

Track listing

Notes

• – based on Bukka White's "Fixin' to Die Blues", a song Led Zeppelin used to perform live.
• – contains elements of: "If I Ever Get Lucky" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; "Milk Cow's Calf Blues" by Robert Johnson; "Crawling King Snake" by Big Joe Williams or John Lee Hooker; and "That's Alright Mama" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.

Personnel

• Robert Plant – vocals
• John Baggott – keyboards, string arrangements (2, 3)
• Pearl Thompson – guitars
• Justin Adams – guitars, gimbri, darbuka
• Charlie Jones – bass
• Clive Deamer – drums, percussion

Guest musicians

• B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar (5)
• Ginny Clee – backing vocals
• May Clee Cadman – backing vocals
• Raj Das – backing vocals

Production

• Robert Plant – producer
• Phill Brown – producer, engineer
• Dan Austin – assistant engineer
• Raj Das – assistant engineer
• Graham Dominy – assistant engineer
• Denis Blackham – mastering at Country Masters (Surrey, UK)
• Andie Airfix – artwork, design
• Joe Spix – artwork, design
• Maria Mochnacz – photography
• Bill Curbishley – management