Dreamland is the seventh solo studio album by English musician Robert Plant and the first album with his backing band Strange Sensation. 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
Strange Sensation
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