''Dreamland'' is a studio album by the

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Aztec Camera Aztec Camera were a Scottish pop/ new wave band founded by Roddy Frame, the group's singer, songwriter, and only consistent member. Formed in 1980, Aztec Camera released a total of six studio albums: '' High Land, Hard Rain'' (1983), '' Knife' ...

, released in 1993. The album peaked at No. 21 on the

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that Roddy Frame "approaches a nirvana of cerebral passion on 'Valium Summer', 'Let Your Love Decide' and other ethereal treats." In a 2021 review of an Aztec Camera collection, ''

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'' thought that "''Dreamland'' isn’t completely devoid of the indie rock arrangements that characterized earlier Aztec Camera releases, and even its most experimental tendencies feel firmly at home within the band’s extended catalog."

Track listing

All songs written by Roddy Frame. #"Birds" – 4:56 #"Safe in Sorrow" – 4:56 #"Black Lucia" – 4:00 #"Let Your Love Decide" – 5:03 #"Spanish Horses" – 4:35 #"Dream Sweet Dreams" – 3:27 #"Pianos and Clocks" – 4:53 #"Sister Ann" – 5:13 #"Vertigo" – 4:54 #"Valium Summer" – 5:54 #"The Belle of the Ball" – 3:24

Personnel

Roddy Frame Roddy Frame (born 29 January 1964) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s new wave band Aztec Camera and has undertaken a solo career since the group's dissolution. In November 2013, journalist Brian Do ...

– vocals, guitar, keyboards *

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...

*Rosie Ania *Victor Bailey *Steve Bernstein *Barry Finclair *Romero Lubambo * Sylvia Mason-James *David Palmer *Paul Powell * Gary Sanctuary *Vivian Saunders *Steve Sidelnyk *

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* Naná Vasconcelos

References

1993 albums Aztec Camera albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub