Wide Awake in Dreamland

Wide Awake in Dreamland is American rock singer Pat Benatar's seventh studio album, and her eighth album overall, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound with True Love in 1991.

Wide Awake in Dreamland
Cover photography by Moshe Brakha
Studio album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedJuly 22, 1988
Recorded1987
StudioSpyder's Soul Kitchen,
Ocean Way Recording ("All Fired Up"), Los Angeles, California
GenreRock, Hard rock
Length50:12
LabelChrysalis
Producer
Pat Benatar chronology
Best Shots
(1987)		 Wide Awake in Dreamland
(1988)		 True Love
(1991)
Singles from Wide Awake in Dreamland
  1. "All Fired Up"
    Released: June 14, 1988
  2. "Don't Walk Away"
    Released: September 27, 1988
  3. "Let's Stay Together"
    Released: December 19, 1988 (promo)
  4. "One Love"
    Released: January 9, 1989 (Europe)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

The album's lead single, "All Fired Up", peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100[3] and number 25 on the Cash Box Top 100.[4] It was nominated for a Grammy Award but did not win.[5]

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.[6]

Background and writing

The album was primarily recorded at Neil Giraldo's studio, with most of the songwriting by Giraldo and longtime drummer Myron Grombacher. Four of the tracks are also co-written with Benatar (who is credited as Pat Giraldo). One of the two songs from other songwriters was "Cerebral Man" written by Tully Winfield and well-known stick player Don Schiff. In an interview from 2002, Schiff recalled how this track was added to the album: "Tully Winfield and I demoed songs at what was becoming a very popular studio in LA (Woodcliff Studio)... we had just recorded "Cerebral Man". If I recall correctly the demo just had Tully's voice, stick and drums. Peter Coleman was producing Pat's next album for Chrysalis and happened to be the next session in and heard the tune. He asked if he could take the song to Pat Benatar and hopefully put it on her next album. Her camp liked it and they did a wonderful job with the song. I thought Tully and I would get a few more songs on that album as they liked the style of our song, but at the last minute she decided to go back to her more familiar rock style, leaving our song the only one stylistically like it on the album."[7]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All Fired Up"Kerryn Tolhurst4:27
2."One Love"Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher5:12
3."Let's Stay Together"Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo4:50
4."Don't Walk Away"Nick Gilder, Duane Hitchings4:35
5."Too Long a Soldier"Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher6:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Cool Zero"Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher5:26
7."Cerebral Man"Don Schiff, Tully Winfield4:40
8."Lift 'em on Up"Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher4:54
9."Suffer the Little Children"Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo4:10
10."Wide Awake in Dreamland"Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher4:58

Personnel

Musicians

Production
  • Peter Coleman, Neil Giraldo – producers, mixing
  • Frank Linx – assistant engineer
  • Steve Ford, Gil Morales – mixing assistants
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
"All Fired Up"
"Let's Stay Together"
  • Neil Giraldo – producer
  • Ed Thacker – mixing
  • Jim Dineen – mixing assistant

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. Guterman, Jimmy (September 22, 1988). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Wide Awake in Dreamland". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  3. "Pat Benatar Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Cash Box. August 27, 1988. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  5. "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net.com. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  6. "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  7. Long, Andy (March 2002). "Don Schiff". Global Bass.com. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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  17. "Top Singles – Volume 48, No. 21, September 10, 1988". Library and Archives Canada. September 10, 1988. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
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  19. "Pat Benatar – Don't Walk Away (song)". charts.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  20. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received January 17, 2014". imgur.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  21. "Canadian album certifications – Pat Benatar – Wide Awake in Dreamland". Music Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  22. "British album certifications – Pat Benatar – Wide Awake in Dreamland". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 15, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Wide Awake in Dreamland in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  23. "American album certifications – Pat Benatar – Wide Awake in Dreamland". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 15, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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