1976 studio album by Alphonso Johnson
Yesterday's Dreams is an album by American jazz bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson that was released in 1976 by Epic Records.[1] The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Yesterday's Dreams was executively produced by Jerry Schoenbaum. Artists such as Grover Washington Jr., Sheila E., Philip Bailey, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Lee Ritenour and Patrice Rushen also appeared upon the album.[1] The album marked Sheila E.'s debut as a recording artist.[3]
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AllMusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [4] |
Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars rating.[4]
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha" | Alphonso Johnson, Pat Walker, Phillip Bailey | 4:45 |
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2. | "As Little as You" | Alphonso Johnson | 3:24 |
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3. | "Scapegoat" | Alphonso Johnson | 5:09 |
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4. | "Show Us the Way" | Alphonso Johnson | 4:56 |
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5. | "Balls to the Wall" | Peter Baltes, Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Alphonso Johnson, Stefan Kaufmann | 5:01 |
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6. | "Tales of Barcelona" | Alphonso Johnson | 2:17 |
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7. | "Flight to Hampstead Heath" | Alphonso Johnson | 5:57 |
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8. | "One to One" | Sheila Escovedo, Ray Gomez, McKinley Jackson, Alphonso Johnson, Patrice Rushen, Chester Thompson | 3:52 |
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- Technical
- Bruce Heigh - assistant producer
- Jerry Schoenbaum - executive producer
- Don Murray - engineer
- Tommy Vicari - remixing engineer
- Ken Anderson, Ron Coro - design
- Bill Imhoff - cover illustration