Sweet Dreams: The Anthology


Sweet Dreams: The Anthology is a compilation album by American guitarist and blues musician Roy Buchanan. The double CD contains released as well as previously unreleased recordings, live and studio. According to Mike Joyce, who reviewed the album in The Washington Post, it "presents the good, the bad and the unreleased from Buchanan's tenure with the Polydor and Atlantic labels." The anthology is part of PolyGram's "Chronicles" retrospective series.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Buchanan; except where indicated
  • Disc one
  • Disc two
  • Tracks 1.01 to 1.04 outtakes from unreleased debut album, recorded between 1969 and 71
  • Tracks 1.05 to 1.07 from the album [Roy Roy Buchanan|Buchanan (album)|Roy Buchanan]
  • Tracks 1.08 to 1.10 from the album Second Album
  • Tracks 1.12 & 1.13 from the album That's What I am Here For
  • Tracks 1.14 & 1.15 from the album Rescue Me / In The Beginning
  • Tracks 2.02 & 2.03 from the album Live Stock
  • Tracks 2.04 & 2.05 from the album A Street Called Straight
  • Track 2.06 from the album Loading Zone
  • Tracks 2.07 & 2.08 from the album Live in Japan
  • Tracks 2.09 & 2.10 from the album You're Not Alone
  • Tracks 1.11, 2.01 & 2.11 previously unreleased, mixed at PolyGram Studios

Critical reception

Lindsay Planer, in a review on Allmusic, writes in a review that gives the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, "until Buchanan's catalog is given a thorough overhaul, Sweet Dreams: The Anthology is a satisfying overview of the man once dubbed 'The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World.'" Mike Joyce of the Washington Post was most impressed with "a gorgeous guitar reading of 'Sweet Dreams,'" besides the live songs, especially "an expansive and expressive version of Neil Young's 'Down by the River'."