1984 Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You

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I Can Dream About You is the fifth studio album from American musician/singer/songwriter Dan Hartman, released by MCA in 1984. It was produced by Hartman and Jimmy Iovine.

I Can Dream About You was Hartman’s debut album for MCA Records and marked the first album to feature Hartman’s longtime songwriting partner Charlie Midnight, who he would continue to write with throughout the rest of the decade. Hartman and Midnight wrote eight out of the ten tracks together, with the title track being written solely by Hartman, and the album’s closing track, “Electricity”, being written by Hartman and Nona Hendryx. Hendryx’s own version of the song was included on her own 1984 album The Art of Defense

Tracks

1  We Are The Young (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 4:20
2  I Can Dream About You (Dan Hartman) 4:11
3  Shy Hearts (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 4:39
4  I’m Not A Rolling Stone (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 4:32
5  Rage To Live (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 3:56
6  Name Of The Game (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 5:59
7  Power Of A Good Love (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 4:09
8  Second Nature (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 3:57
9  I Can’t Get Enough (Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight) 3:27
10  Electricity (Dan Hartman, Nona Hendryx) 4:04

Musicians

1 We Are The Young

All Instruments Dan Hartman


2 I Can Dream About You

Bass Eddie Watkins Jr
Drums Art Wood
Guitar Richie Zito
Piano Bill Payne
Percussion Bobbye Hall
Background Vocals Joe Pizzulo
Background Vocals Winston Ford


3 Shy Hearts

All Instruments Dan Hartman


4 I’m Not A Rolling Stone

All Other Instruments Dan Hartman
Sax Arno Hecht
Background Vocals Ellen Foley
Background Vocals Frank Simms
Background Vocals George Simms


5 Rage To Live

All Other Instruments Dan Hartman
Drums Art Wood
Guitar Michael Thompson


6 Name Of The Game

All Instruments Dan Hartman
Background Vocals Frank Simms
Background Vocals George Simms


7 Power Of A Good Love

All Instruments Dan Hartman


8 Second Nature

All Other Instruments Dan Hartman
Sax Ernie Watts
Sax Crispin Cioe
Sax Arno Hecht
Trumpet Paul Litteral
Background Vocals Charlie Midnight
Background Vocals Frank Simms
Background Vocals George Simms


9 I Can’t Get Enough

All Instruments Dan Hartman
Background Vocals Ellen Foley
Background Vocals Frank Simms


10 Electricity

All Instruments Dan Hartman
Drums (programming) Nona Hendryx

Liner Notes

Producer – Dan Hartman, Jimmy Iovine
Engineer (Additional) – Gabe Veltri, Shelly Yakus (Track 2)
Engineer (Additional Recording) – Shelly Yakus
Engineer (Assistant Mix) – Stephen Krause
Engineer (Recording) – Dan Hartman
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Jürgen Koppers (Tracks 1, 4, 5)
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (Track 2)
Mixed By – Shelly Yakus (Tracks 3, 8, 9)
Mixed By – Dan Hartman (Tracks 6, 7, 10)
Mixed By (Additional) – Shelly Yakus (Track 5)
Recorded By (Additional) – Shelly Yakus (Track 5)

Art Direction – Vartan
Photography – Jim Shea

Mastered At Precision Mastering
Mixed At Image Recording Studios
Recorded At Multi-Level
Phonographic Copyright MCA Records Inc
Copyright MCA Records Inc