Street Dreams is the fifty-third studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1986 on the Columbia label.
Having previously recorded some of Darryl Dybka's compositions, Atkins asked Dybka to help create a jazzier musical direction. Dybka arranged, produced, and composed many of the songs on this release.
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Reception
Allmusic music critic Cub Koda wrote of the album; "This 1986 album has a production sheen to it that makes it totally of its time, and it doesn't necessarily wear too well because of it. Too many synthesizers and contemporary touches simply detract from the main reason you bought it in the first place—to hear Chet Atkins play his patented fluid guitar. Although Atkins usually sounds wonderful on gut-string guitar, here his sound is pinched and curiously restrained..."
Personnel
Chet Atkins – guitar, arrangements
Bruce Bolen – guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Paul Yandell – guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
Jim Horn – saxophone
Tom Scott – Lyricon
Darryl Dybka – keyboards, drum programming
Ronnie Foster – keyboards, percussion
Ricky Lawson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Terry McMillan – drums, percussion
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
E. Granat – first violin
Alexander Horuath – violin
Kenneth Burward-Hoy – viola
Stephen Erdody – cello
Eddie del Barrio – keyboard arrangements
George del Barrio – string arrangements
Production notes
Keith Seppanen – engineering
Rick Clifford – engineering assistance
Mike Poston – overdub engineering
David Palmer – remix engineering
Denny Purcell – mastering
Bill Johnson – art direction
Larry Williams – photography