Dreamland (Black Box album)

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Dreamland
Black box dreamland.jpg
Studio album by Black Box
Released 8 May 1990
Recorded 1989
Genre Italo house, Eurodance, disco[1]
Length 40:41
Label RCA
Producer Groove Groove Melody
Black Box chronology
Dreamland
(1990)		 Mixed Up
(1991)Mixed Up1991
Singles from Dreamland
  1. "Ride On Time"
    Released: 19 July 1989
  2. "I Don't Know Anybody Else"
    Released: 1990 (worldwide); 18 December 1990 (US)
  3. "Everybody Everybody"
    Released: 15 March 1990
  4. "Fantasy"
    Released: 1990
  5. "Strike It Up"
    Released: 6 February 1991
  6. "Open Your Eyes"
    Released: 1991
  7. "Hold On"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]

Dreamland is the debut studio album of Italo house band Black Box. It was released in May 1990 on RCA Records, and was preceded in 1989 by the international hit single, "Ride On Time". The album was certified gold in both the US and the UK. The album is mostly remembered today for its opening song "Everybody Everybody" and the ensuing lawsuits by Loleatta Holloway and Martha Wash over their lack of proper credit and payment for their vocal contributions to the album.

Controversy

When the album was originally released, the credits listed the band members as Mirko Limoni, Valerio Semplici, and Daniele Davoli (as the producers, songwriters, and musicians), as well as Katrin Quinol on vocals. "Ride On Time" had been released as a single prior to the album's release, and musician Dan Hartman and vocalist Loleatta Holloway had threatened to sue Black Box, as well as label RCA Records, claiming that the song contained heavy sampling of an earlier recording by the two (the 1980 #1 dance club hit "Love Sensation"), although no credit had been given to them upon the release of the single. Subsequently, Hartman was given songwriting credit for this track, and Holloway was listed as the featured vocalist prior to the release of the album. However, American R&B vocalist Martha Wash actually sang the lead vocals on six of the other eight tracks on the album, although she was not credited in any way. The songs sung by Wash are: "Everybody Everybody"; "I Don't Know Anybody Else"; "Open Your Eyes"; "Fantasy"; "Hold On"; and "Strike It Up". Many of these songs were released as singles and achieved significant success on radio airplay and dance club charts across the world. Wash claimed in a lawsuit filed soon after the success of the album's release that she was paid a flat fee as a "session singer" to record demos of the tracks that would eventually appear on the album, but that those songs would be re-recorded with a different vocalist. She reached a settlement with RCA Records that led to her recording contract with the label, as well as an undisclosed monetary compensation.[3] Wash's courtroom efforts spurred legislation in the U.S. making vocal credits mandatory on albums and music videos.

Track listing

All tracks by Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni & Valerio Semplici (Copyright: Lombardoni Edizioni Musicali, admin. by Intersong USA) except where noted

  1. "Everybody Everybody" (vocals by Martha Wash) – 5:24*
  2. "I Don't Know Anybody Else" (vocals by Martha Wash) – 4:36
  3. "Open Your Eyes" (vocals by Martha Wash) – 5:21
  4. "Fantasy" (Eduardo del Barrio, Maurice White, Verdine White; vocals by Martha Wash) – 5:14
  5. "Dreamland" – 2:03
  6. "Ride On Time" (Davoli, Dan Hartman, Limoni, Semplici, Semplici; vocals by Loleatta Holloway; reissue vocals by Heather Small) – 4:37
  7. "Hold On" (vocals by Martha Wash) – 5:38
  8. "Ghost Box" – 3:57
  9. "Strike It Up" (vocals by Martha Wash) – 5:15

*U.S. and Canadian editions of the album have the Le Freak Mix 7" Edit of this song, which is 4:09 in length

Personnel

Black Box

  • Daniele "Dj Lelewel" Davoli: DJ, scratching, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mirko Limoni: Keyboards
  • Valerio Semplici: Guitar, drum programming

Vocalists

  • Martha Wash
  • Loleatta Holloway

Additional musicians

  • Roberto Fontalan – guitar
  • Sauro Malavasi – guitar
  • Rudy Trevisi – saxophone, soloist
  • Raimondo Violi – bass, guitar

Production

  • Arranged by Mirko Limoni, Katrin Quinol and Valerio Semplici
  • Produced by Groove Groove Melody
  • Recorded, engineered and mixed by Mirko Limoni, Katrin Quinol and Valerio Semplici
  • Kate Garner – photography

Charts and certifications

Albums

Singles

Year Title Chart positions
U.S. Hot 100[16][17] U.S. Dance[18] UK[13] AUS[4] FR[7] IRE[19] GER[8]
1989 "Ride On Time" – 39 1 2 3 1 5
1990 "I Don't Know Anybody Else" 23 1 4 6 9 2 12
"Everybody Everybody" 8 1 16 35 11 6 41
"Fantasy" – – 5 3 21 3 16
1991 "Strike It Up" 8 1 16 20 26 8 26
"Open Your Eyes" – – 48 60 – 44 44
1992 "Hold On" – – – – – – –

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamland-mw0000315092
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
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  15. ↑ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results
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  17. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  18. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.)
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Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 17 - April 6, 1991		 Succeeded by
Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti
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