''Yesterdaydreams'' is the fifth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter

Brian Cadd Brian George Cadd AM (born 29 November 1946) is an Australian singer-songwriter, keyboardist, producer and record label founder, a staple of Australian entertainment for over 50 years. As well as working internationally throughout Europe and the ...

. It was released in December 1978 by

Festival Records Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005. Festival was a wholly owned subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 t ...

/Interfusion Records in Australia and

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

in North America.

Background

Brian Cadd had relocated to Los Angeles in 1975 and signed with

shortly after. He released '' White on White'' in 1976 with little success. He began working on his second Capitol album, ''Yesterdaydreams'', shortly after. It appeared in December 1978 on

/Interfusion Records in Australia and Capitol Records in North America. Two singles were released from the album, "Yesterdaysdreams" (October 1978) and "Skating on Thin Ice" (April 1979). In his 2010 autobiography, ''From This Side of Things'', he said that the music for this album did not fit the production: the songs were written with a rock and roll flavour but were mixed to have more of a pop sound. He described it as "pop music on acid".

Track listing

All tracks written by

except where noted. Side A # "Yesterdaydreams" – 3:52 # "Ol' 55" (

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

) – 4:14 # "Skating On Thin Ice" – 3:19 # "Thousand Different Ways" – 3:36 # "Pale Fire" – 3:30 Side B # "Next Time I See You" – 2:59 # "Send In The Violins" – 3:37 # "Long Time Till The First Time" – 4:06 # "Crazy Lady of the Silver Spoon" – 3:26 # "Lonely is the Roadrunner" – 4:16

Personnel

* David Winteur, Mike Porcaro, Reggie McBride – Bass * Alvin Taylor, Doug Lavery,

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on ...

, Richie Hayward – Drums * David Kalish, John Beland, Richard Bennett, Stephen Beckmeier – Guitar * Brian Cadd,

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon ...

, Mark T. Jordan,

Mike Finnigan Michael Kelly Finnigan (April 26, 1945 – August 11, 2021) was an American keyboard player and vocalist, his speciality being the B3 Hammond organ. Working primarily as a freelance studio musician and touring player, he played with a wid ...

, Mike Moran – Keyboards * Davey Johnstone – Mandolin * J.D.Mannis – Pedal Steel Guitar * Oliver C. Brown – Percussion * Jay Graydon – Synthesizer

References

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