Dreamland Express

{{For|the song|Dreamland Express (song)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Dreamland Express | type = Album | artist = John Denver | cover = Dreamland_Express.PNG | alt = | released = June 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Country|pop|folk|soft rock<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMuu7GKGIi4C&q=john+denver+perhaps+love+soft+rock&pg=PT34|title=John Denver: Mother Nature's Son|first=John|last=Collis|date=September 30, 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780573304|via=Google Books}}</ref>}} | length = 44:52 | label = RCA | producer = Roger Nichols | prev_title = John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = One World | next_year = 1986 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dreamland Express Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamland-express-mw0000650063 |website=AllMusic |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> }} '''''Dreamland Express''''' is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in June 1985.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Concert: John Denver |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 1985 |page=C20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Defendorf |first1=Richard |title=A New Denver?—Not Really |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=29 Sep 1985 |department=Calendar |page=1}}</ref> The singles from this album were "Dreamland Express" and "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight".

==Track listing== '''Side one''' # "Dreamland Express" (Denver) # "Claudette" (Roy Orbison) # "Gimme Your Love" (Jack Conrad, Frank Musker) # "Got My Heart Set on You" (Dobie Gray, Bud Reneau) # "If Ever" (Stephanie Andrews, Stevie Wonder)

'''Side two''' # "The Harder They Fall" (Denver) # "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight" (Richard Kerr, Frank Musker) # "A Wild Heart Looking for Home" (Denver, Joe Henry) # "I'm in the Mood to Be Desired" (Andre Martel, Katrina Walker) # "Trail of Tears" (Roger Cook, Allen Reynolds, Randy Handley) # "African Sunrise" (Denver)

==Personnel== *John Denver – vocals, guitar *Paulinho da Costa – percussion *Pete Christlieb – saxophone *Conrad Reeder – background vocals *Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer *Roger Nichols – percussion *Dean Parks – guitar *Jerry Scheff – bass *Jerry Carrigan – drums *Chuck Findley – trumpet *Sid Sharp – concert master *Glen D. Hardin – piano, synthesizer *Gene Morford – background vocals *Russell Powell - guitar *Marty Walsh – guitar *Stevie Wonder – harmonica on "If Ever" *Jim Haas – background vocals *Elizabeth Lamers – background vocals *Jim Horn – saxophone *Joe Turano – background vocals *Billy Zoom – guitar feedback *James Burton – guitar

==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1985) ! Peak<br />position |- | Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=87}}</ref> |align="center"| 71 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums | align="center"| 64 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 | align="center"| 90 |}

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