Beautiful Dreams

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album| | name = Beautiful Dreams | type = Studio | artist = [[Chris de Burgh]] | cover = Beautiful Dreams.jpg | alt = | released = 6 November 1995<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=4 November 1995 |page=60}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 48:41 | label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | producer = Chris de Burgh | prev_title = [[This Way Up (album)|This Way Up]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[The Love Songs (Chris de Burgh album)|The Love Songs]] | next_year = 1997 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[[Music Week]]'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="mw rev">{{Cite magazine|date=October 28, 1995|title=Album Reviews: Chris de Burgh — ''Beautiful Dreams''|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=18|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-10-28.pdf#page=20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126131905/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-10-28.pdf#page=20|archive-date=January 26, 2025|access-date=May 6, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}</ref> }}

'''''Beautiful Dreams''''' is the twelfth album by British-Irish singer-songwriter [[Chris de Burgh]], released in 1995. It is a collection of songs recorded with a full orchestra. It includes a mix of his own songs from previous albums, three new songs and three cover versions.

==Track listing== All tracks composed by Chris de Burgh; except where indicated. {{tracklist | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = Album | title1 = [[Missing You (Chris de Burgh song)|Missing You]] | writer1 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra1 = ''[[Flying Colours (Chris de Burgh album)|Flying Colours]]'' | length1 = 3:58 | title2 = [[Girl (Beatles song)|Girl]] | writer2 = [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]] | extra2 = Cover Version | length2 = 2:50 | title3 = Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart) | writer3 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra3 = ''[[Flying Colours (Chris de Burgh album)|Flying Colours]]'' | length3 = 4:06 | title4 = Discovery | writer4 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra4 = ''[[At the End of a Perfect Day]]'' | length4 = 3:23 | title5 = The Snows of New York | writer5 = [[Chris de Burgh]], [[Albert Hammond]] | extra5 = ''[[This Way Up (album)|This Way Up]]'' | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = In Love Forever | writer6 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra6 = ''New Song'' | length6 = 3:06 | title7 = Shine On | writer7 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra7 = ''[[Power of Ten (album)|Power of Ten]]'' | length7 = 4:03 | title8 = [[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]] | writer8 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra8 = ''[[Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album)|Into the Light]]'' | length8 = 4:10 | title9 = [[In Dreams (Roy Orbison song)|In Dreams]] | writer9 = [[Roy Orbison]] | extra9 = ''Cover Version'' | length9 = 3:09 | title10 = I'm Not Crying Over You | writer10 = [[Chris de Burgh]], Albert Hammond | extra10 = ''New Song'' | length10 = 3:57 | title11 = [[Always on My Mind]] | writer11 = Johnny Christopher, [[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]], [[Wayne Carson Thompson]] | extra11 = ''Cover Version'' | length11 = 3:22 | title12 = Say Goodbye to It All | writer12 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra12 = ''[[Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album)|Into the Light]]'' | length12 = 4:39 | title13 = One More Mile to Go | writer13 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra13 = ''New Song'' | length13 = 3:32}}

===Bonus track listing=== {{tracklist | extra_column = Album | title14 = High on Emotion | writer14 = [[Chris de Burgh]] | extra14 = ''[[Man on the Line]]'' | length14 = 4:24}}

"In Love Forever", "I'm Not Crying Over You" and "One More Mile to Go" were three new songs written for this album.

"Girl" is missing on compact cassette.

"This is the album I've always wanted to make; a live studio recording of personal favourites, old classics and new songs, with full orchestra and choir. It was recorded in London over a period of eight days (instead of the usual three-four months) in July '95, and to sing each track surrounded by an orchestra, without the benefit of the safety-net of modern technology, was immensely exciting - everything in one take, the way it used to be!" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdeb.com/cdebnew/rev5.html |title=The Official Chris de Burgh Website |publisher=Cdeb.com |accessdate=2011-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114420/http://www.cdeb.com/cdebnew/rev5.html |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}</ref>

== Personnel == * Chris de Burgh – vocals * [[Peter Oxendale]] – acoustic piano, musical director * [[Clem Clempson|Dave "Clem" Clempson]] – acoustic guitar, electric guitars * [[John Themis]] – acoustic guitar, guitar soloist * [[John Giblin]] – bass guitar * Ian Thomas – drums * Miles Bould – percussion * [[Nick Ingman]] – arrangements and conductor (1, 2, 5, 7–13) * [[Richard Hewson]] – arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 6) * [[The London Session Orchestra]] – orchestra * [[Gavyn Wright]] – orchestra leader * GWALIA – Welsh Male Voice Choir

'''Production''' * Produced by Chris de Burgh * Recorded by Ben Darlow and Mike Ross at Whitfield Street Recording Studios (London, England). * Mixed by Ben Darlow at Nomis Studios (London, England). * Art Direction and Design – Mike Ross * Photography – Richard Haughton * Cover Painting – Fletcher Sibthorp * Cover Typography – Richard Carroll

==Concert video release== In September 2005, de Burgh performed a concert at the [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham]]; a 90-minute VHS video of this concert was released as ''Beautiful Dreams Live''. The first half of this concert saw de Burgh perform a solo set of songs from throughout his career. The second half was a performance of tracks from the ''Beautiful Dreams'' album, with a full orchestra. It was later released on DVD with bonus behind the scenes footage and music videos.

===Video track listing=== '''Solo set''' * "Carry On" * "Here Is Your Paradise" * "Transmission Ends" * "The Head and the Heart" * "Spanish Train" * "This Weight on Me" * "The Simple Truth" * "The Last Time I Cried" * "Borderline" * "Oh, My Brave Hearts" * "Don't Pay the Ferryman"

'''''Beautiful Dreams''''' '''set''' * "Missing You" * "Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart)" * "Discovery" * "In Love Forever" * "The Lady in Red" * "In Dreams" * "I'm Not Crying Over You" * "Always on My Mind" * "Say Goodbye to It All" * "One More Mile to Go" * "The Snows of New York"

Note: The tracks "Girl" and "Shine On" from the ''Beautiful Dreams'' album are not included in the video but may have been performed at the concert.

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Chris de Burgh albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Rupert Hine]] [[Category:1995 live albums]] [[Category:A&M Records live albums]] [[Category:Albums conducted by Nick Ingman]]