Sweet Dreams (soundtrack)

Sweet Dreams
Soundtrack album by Patsy Cline
Released	September 16, 1985
Genre	Country
Length	28:54
Label	MCA
Producer	Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline chronology
Heartaches (1985) Sweet Dreams (1985) Stop, Look & Listen (1986)
Singles from Sweet Dreams
"Sweet Dreams" Released: October 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q Magazine	[2]

Sweet Dreams is the 1985 soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris about the life of country music star, Patsy Cline. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs previously recorded and released by Patsy Cline.

Recording

Patsy Cline's original producer, legendary Nashville producer Owen Bradley produced the soundtrack. For half of the song selections, including Walkin' After Midnight, Bradley combined Cline's original vocal tracks with new orchestrations recorded at his own Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee in 1984. The music was then remixed by Doug Crider at Bradley's Music City Music Hall on Nashville's Music Row.

Promotion and release

The album was released following the movie. Originally released on LP, the soundtrack was reissued in CD format later in 1990.[3][2] The lead single from the soundtrack, "Sweet Dreams", a song that had been a big hit for Cline in 1963, was released to promote the album and film. David Hepworth in Q Magazine described the album as "a more than reasonable introduction to Cline's work".[2]

Commercial performance

The film's soundtrack album itself charted at #6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1985.

In April 1987, Sweet Dreams was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[4]

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "San Antonio Rose" — (Bob Wills) 2:20
   • Overdubbed
2. "Seven Lonely Days" — (Marshall Brown, Alden Shuman, Earl Shuman) 2:14
   • Overdubbed
3. "Your Cheatin' Heart" — (Hank Williams) 2:21
   • Overdubbed
4. "Lovesick Blues" — (Hank Williams) 2:18
5. "Walkin' After Midnight" — (Alan Block, Don Hecht) 2:01
   • Overdubbed
6. "Foolin' 'Round" — (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) 2:11
   • Overdubbed

Side 2:

1. "Half as Much" — (Curley Williams) 2:48
   • Overdubbed
2. "I Fall to Pieces" — (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard) 2:46
3. "Crazy" — (Willie Nelson) 2:41
4. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" — (Bill Monroe) 2:02
   • Overdubbed
5. "She's Got You" — (Hank Cochran) 2:58
6. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" — (Don Gibson) 2:33

Personnel

Byron Bach — cello Brenton Banks — violin George Binkley III — violin Roger Bissell — trombone Milan Bogodan — tape preparation Harold Bradley — guitar Owen Bradley — guitar, producer David Briggs — piano Cecil Brower — violin Cole Burgess — alto saxophone James Capps — electric guitar Jimmy Capp — electric guitar Howard Carpenter — violin Gene Chrisman — drums Patsy Cline — lead vocals Floyd Cramer — piano Doug Crider — remixing, remastering Jimmy Day — steel guitar Ray Edenton — guitar Solie Fott — violin Hank Garland — guitar Barry Green — trombone Buddy Harman — drums, tom tom Walter Haynes — steel guitar Randy Hughes — guitar Lillian Hunt — violin Tommy Jackson — fiddle Ben Keith — steel guitar Ron Keller — trumpet Douglas Kirkham — drums

Sam Levine — saxophone Grady Martin — guitar Glenn Meadows — remastering, tape preparation Joe Mills — assistant engineer Bob Moore — bass Billy Puett — saxophone Bill Pursell — organ, vibraphone Verna Richardson — violin Hargus Pig Robbins — piano Paul Ross — piano Hal Rugg — steel guitar Don Sheffield — trumpet Buddy Skipper — saxophone Dennis Sole — saxophone Buddy Spicher — fiddle Gordon Stoker — vocals Henry Strzelecki — bass George Todwell — trumpet Wilda Tinsley — violin Bill Vandevort — engineer Pete Wade — electric guitar Gary Williams — violin Background vocals Arleen Harden Bobby Harden Hoyt Hawkins The Jordanaires Neal Matthews Ray C. Walker Curtis Young

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1985–1986) Peak position Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 47 US Billboard 200[6] 29 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 43

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Hepworth, David (5 March 1991). "Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams OST". Q Magazine. 55: 85.
3. "Sweet Dreams: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Patsy Cline.info. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
4. "RIAA Gold & Platinum - Sweet Dreams". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 284. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
7. "Soundtrack Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2021.