Prince
1986
"Dream Factory" Remastered

1. VISIONS   
2. NEVAEH NI ECALP A   
3. DREAM FACTORY   
4. TRAIN   
5. THE BALLAD OF DOROTHY PARKER   
6. IT   
7. STRANGE RELATIONSHIP   
8. SLOW LOVE   
9. STARFISH & COFFEE   
10. INTERLUDE   
11. I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN   
12. SIGN O' THE TIMES   
13. CRYSTAL BALL   
14. A PLACE IN HEAVEN   
15. LAST HEART   
16. WITNESS 4 THE PROSECUTION   
17. MOVIE STAR  
18. THE CROSS   
19. ALL MY DREAMS

 

 

COMMENT

An absolutely fantastic release. This configuration was sequenced sometime between June and July 1986 - although it is not the final configuration. I can only imagine what would have happened had this actually been released, as it is Prince and the Revolution at their most creative and at their imaginative peak. Firstly, you have to remember that Sign O' The Times (the album) hadn't been released or thought about yet, so the forget how the tracks sound on the Sign O' The Times album. Visions is a beautiful solo piano piece by Lisa, Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A (A Place In Heaven backwards) is simply an intro to Dream Factory. Train is an absolutely amazing song and it's a crime it hasn't been released. Interlude is Wendy's guitar solo piece. Strange Relationship is the 'Revolution' version. I Could Never Take The Place is slightly extended during the guitar portion of the song. A Place In Heaven is Lisa's vocal. And finally 'All My Dreams'  - surely if there's one song that sums up Prince, Wendy & Lisa's work together at it's most inspirational, imaginative and most clever - it's that. The material was obviously too good to shelve after the Revolution disbanded, so it's understandable he chose to use some tracks on S.O.T.T. An absolute must have album for any Prince fan. The packaging for this disc is brilliant. The booklet includes a nice 'story of the Dream Factory', taken from The Vault. Sheer class.