''Dreams'' is the sixth studio album by Norwegian band

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. When their 1989 album ''

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'' generated mediocre sales , the band parted ways with their

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label The Record Station and were considering breaking up. Instead, they decided to write songs for a new album. In 1991, the band recorded the songs in founder

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's basement before sending the tapes to

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, Sweden, for record producer

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(who worked on the band's 1985 album '' Songs'') to mix them. The album was released by Sonet Records in Norway, Polystar Records in Japan and OctoArts International (now EMI Records Philippines) in the Philippines. ''Dreams'' was a moderate hit in the Philippines, with the song "Stitches and Burns" receiving constant airplay on radio. It would be Kristoffersen's final studio album with the band, and the band's last original recording for over a decade.

Track listing

# " Thief in Paradise" # "Living in a Crazy World" # " Stitches and Burns" # "Not Invited" # "Heart of the Matter" # "Naive" # "One World" # "Wonderful Day" # "Dreams" The Japanese release has "Stitches and Burns" as track #6 and "Naive" as track #3.

Personnel

- Bass, keyboards *

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- Vocals, keyboards with *

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- Guitars * Ottar Nesje - Drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreams (Fra Lippo Lippi Album) Fra Lippo Lippi (band) albums 1992 albums