When I Dream

When I Dream is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released on June 2, 1978, at the height of her career. It was her second consecutive #2 country album on the Billboard charts. Two singles from the album reached #1 on the Country Singles chart: "Talking in Your Sleep" (also a Top 20 Pop hit) and "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For". The title song, "When I Dream", is a longer re-recorded version of a song that appeared originally on her 1975 debut album Crystal Gayle, and reached #3. A fourth single, "Heart Mender", peaked at #58. "Hello I Love You" was featured in the 1982 movie, Six Pack, starring Kenny Rogers, Erin Gray and Diane Lane.

When I Dream
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	June 2, 1978
Studio	Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	35:18
Label	United Artists
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes (1978) When I Dream (1978) We Should Be Together (1979)
Singles from When I Dream
"Talking in Your Sleep" Released: January 6, 1978 "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" Released: October 1978 "When I Dream" Released: April 14, 1979

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album achieved a gold disc the year it was released but was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1982. It was also Gayle's second album to chart in the UK, where it reached #25, and was awarded a silver disc by the BPI.^[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For"	Mark True	2:52
2.	"Heart Mender"	Richard Leigh, Milton Blackford	2:54
3.	"Hello I Love You"	Roger Cook, Charles Cochran	2:31
4.	"Talking in Your Sleep"	Cook, Bobby Wood	2:51
5.	"Paintin' This Old Town Blue"	William T. Davidson	2:07
6.	"When I Dream"	Sandy Mason Theoret	3:21
7.	"Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger"	Dave Loggins	3:12
8.	"Too Good to Throw Away"	Bob McDill	2:50
9.	"Cry Me a River"	Arthur Hamilton	3:11
10.	"Wayward Wind"	Herbert Newman, Stanley Lebowsky	2:53
11.	"Someday Soon"	Ian Tyson	3:50
12.	"I Still Miss Someone"	Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr.	2:45

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle - vocals
• Biff Watson, Billy Sanford, David Kirby, Johnny Christopher, Ray Edenton, Reggie Young, Rod Smarr, Sonny Curtis - guitar
• Bob Moore, Joe Allen, Mike Leech, Richard "Spady" Brannan, Tommy Cogbill - bass
• Lloyd Green - steel guitar, resonator guitar
• Chris Leuzinger - slide guitar
• Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, Charles Cochran, Dwight Scott, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Richard Durrett - keyboards
• Cindy Reynolds - harp
• Gene Chrisman, Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Malone, Vic Mastrianni - drums, percussion

Production

• Produced by Allen Reynolds
• Recorded by Garth Fundis
• Engineered by John Donegan
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[4] 25 US Billboard 200[5] 52 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 28 Chart (1979) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 6