The Dreams We Have as Children – Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a charity live album by singer/guitarist Noel Gallagher in support of Teenage Cancer Trust. Gallagher recorded the album at a charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 27 March 2007.
Gallagher, best known as guitarist, main songwriter and occasional vocalist of English Britpop band Oasis played a set composing of primarily Oasis songs and was joined by fellow Oasis musician Gem Archer on guitar for the performance. The album's title stems from a lyric in the Oasis song "Fade Away", and Gallagher-penned Oasis songs make up the bulk of the songs recorded on the album. Past collaborator and friend of Gallagher Paul Weller (formerly of The Jam/Style Council) joined Gallagher on stage for two songs during the performance, too.
Five of the songs were released over the course of five days as free downloads on iTunes, followed by a physical CD give-away with The Sunday Times, which contained another eleven recordings from the performance. The album, with the additional five tracks previously released on iTunes, then went on sale digitally in the UK in its entirety the following day. The American iTunes eventually released it on 5 May 2009. The album was ineligible to chart on the Official UK Album Chart due to the absence of a commercially sold physical release.
Track listing
- Digital Download Version
All songs written and composed by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.
Musicians
- Noel Gallagher – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Gem Archer – electric guitar, keyboard
- Terry Kirkbride – percussion
- Jane Oliver – cello
- Rosie Danvers – cello, strings arrangements
- Emma Owens, Sarah Chapman – viola
- Ellie Stanford, Hayley Pomfrett, Natalia Bonner, Sally Jackson – violin
with
- Paul Weller – acoustic guitar, vocals (Tracks 7 & 8)
- Julian House - cover art
- Gareth Johnson - mixing
- Tommy D. - strings producer
- Alan Branch - recording
- Bruce Johnston - sound technician
References
External links
- The Dreams We Have as Children – Live at the Royal Albert Hall at Discogs (list of releases)
