Hollywood Dream


Hollywood Dream is the only studio album by British rock band Thunderclap Newman.

Overview

The album was produced by The Who's guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, who was also responsible for the band's initial formation. Townshend helped the group to obtain a recording contract with Track Records, a company formed by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, who were managers of The Who. Townshend also played bass on the album, credited under the pseudonym "Bijou Drains", although the later CD releases do not credit him. Track Records licensed the recordings to Atlantic Records for initial release in the U.S.
The group's first single, "Something in the Air", was a UK number 1 hit and is the song for which Thunderclap Newman are best known. The single also reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. The album was recorded after the initial U.K. success of the first single.
The original 1970 release opened with "Hollywood #1", with the title track, an instrumental by young guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, appearing toward the end of Side 2. The album then culminated in a reprise of the opener, "Hollywood #2", and finally "Something in the Air".
In 1973 the album was reissued in the U.S. with different cover art by MCA Records. For its CD release in 1991, "Something in the Air" was moved to the start of the record. This version also added the single versions of "Something In The Air", "Accidents" and "The Reason", and the three non-album B-sides as bonus tracks.
"Something in the Air" makes a brief appearance in the 1969 film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. It also appears on the accompanying soundtrack LP. The song also appears in the movie The Strawberry Statement and the movie's soundtrack album.

Track listing

All songs written by Speedy Keen unless otherwise stated.
;Side one
  1. "Hollywood #1" - 3:20
  2. "The Reason" - 4:05
  3. "Open the Door, Homer" - 3:00
  4. "Look Around" - 2:59
  5. "Accidents" - 9:40
;Side two
  1. "Wild Country" - 4:14
  2. "When I Think" - 3:06
  3. "The Old Cornmill" - 3:58
  4. "I Don't Know" - 3:44
  5. "Hollywood Dream" - 3:06
  6. "Hollywood #2" - 2:54
  7. "Something in the Air" – 3:54
;1991 CD reissue and bonus tracks
For this release, "Something in the Air" became the opening track and the album was augmented by the A and B-sides of the singles released by Thunderclap Newman.
  2. "Something in the Air" - 3:54
  3. "Wilhemina" - 2:56
  4. "Accidents" - 3:46
  5. "I See It All" - 2:46
  6. "The Reason" - 3:47
  7. "Stormy Petrel" - 2:57

    Personnel

;Thunderclap Newman
;Additional musicians
;Production