''Dreaming Wide Awake'' is the second album by singer and composer

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, released in 2005 (see

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). It reached number one on the ''

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chart. The song 'Hit the Ground' featured in an episode of ''

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'', season 3 episode 14 – "Insensitive".

Track listing

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" ( Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 3:51 #"Stop" (

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) – 3:32 #"Hit the Ground" (Lizz Wright,

Jesse Harris Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin sister were born i ...

, Toshi Reagon) – 3:31 #"When I Close My Eyes" ( Marc Anthony Thompson, Dougie Bowne, Yuka Honda) – 3:16 #"I'm Confessin'" ( Doc Daugherty, Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 2:58 #" Old Man" (

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) – 3:40 #"Wake Up, Little Sparrow" ( Ella Jenkins) – 3:00 #"Chasing Strange" (Marc Anthony Thompson) – 3:48 #" Get Together" (Chester Powers) – 4:42 #"Trouble" (Lizz Wright, Carlos Henderson) – 5:12 #"Dreaming Wide Awake" (Lizz Wright) – 3:44 #"Without You" (Jesse Harris) – 4:05 ;Bonus track #

"Narrow Daylight" (

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) – 4:04

Personnel

– vocals *Chris Bruce – guitar *

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–

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– drums *Glenn Patscha – keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians *

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– guitar (tracks 1, 9, 11) *

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– guitar (2, 6, 7, 12, 13) * Patrick Warren – keyboards (4, 8, 11, 12) *Jeff Haynes – percussion (1, 4, 9) * Toshi Reagon - backing vocals (3, 9) * Marc Anthony Thompson – harmonica, backing vocals (6) Production * Craig Street - producer *Ron Goldstein and Joe Mc Ewen - executive producers * S. Husky Höskulds – recording and mix engineer (at Allaire Studios, Shokan, NY, and Sunset Sound Factory,

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, for mix and additional recordings) *Matthew Cullen - second engineer (at Allaire Studios) *Jason Mott and Kevin Dean - second engineer (at Sunset Sound Factory) *Danny Kopelson - recording engineer (track 1 and additional recordings at

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, NY) *Steve Mazur - second engineer (1) *Chris Allen - assistant engineer (1) *Michael Musmanno - second engineer (additional recordings) *

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- mastering (at

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, NY) *Hollis King - art direction *Rika Ishiki - design *Bill Phelps - photography

References

2005 albums Lizz Wright albums Verve Records albums Albums produced by Craig Street {{2000s-jazz-album-stub