Dreams and All That Stuff


Dreams and all that stuff is the eighth album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It is the only completely instrumental album Kottke released on Capitol. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts, his highest position achieved on the Pop Albums charts.
It was re-issued on CD by BGO Records in 1992 and One Way Records in 1996.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The shifting moods make this album, appropriately enough, a rather dreamlike experience... Kottke's own tunes are reasonably memorable, though the virtuosity tends to overshadow the music itself at times."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Mona Ray" – 3:40
  2. "When Shrimps Learn to Whistle" – 3:28
  3. "Twilight Property" – 3:11
  4. "Bill Cheatham" – 1:45
  5. "Vertical Trees" – 2:34

Side two

  1. Medley: "San Antonio Rose" / "America the Beautiful" – 2:03
  2. "Constant Traveler" – 3:50
  3. "Why Ask Why?" – 2:09
  4. "Taking a Sandwich to a Feast" – 2:45
  5. "Hole in the Day" – 2:50
  6. "Mona Roy" – 1:48

Personnel

Production notes