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''Dreams That Money Can't Buy'' is the second solo album by former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson. It was released in 1991 by MCA Records. ==Background== Following Johnson's 1989 debut album ''Blast'', which had peaked at #1 in the UK, the follow-up album ''Dreams That Money Can't Buy'' was ready for release in early 1991, after Johnson had started to write and record during 1990. However, by the time of the finishing of the release, Johnson's relations with MCA collapsed over dissatisfaction with slashed promotional budgets for the album. Upon discovering no promotion or marketing budget had been set for the album after the release of the first two singles, Johnson left MCA Records and the album was left unreleased during a 12-month postponement until it was issued later in 1991. With limited promotion and a half-hearted release, the album failed to chart in the UK. The album was Johnson's last studio album until 1999's ''Soulstream'' as he discovered he was HIV positive in November 1991, which resulted in him withdrawing from music. During the 1990s period, he would write his autobiography ''A Bone in My Flute'', release two singles and work primarily as a painter. A total of three singles were issued from the album; "Across The Universe", which peaked at #99, "Where Has Love Gone?", which peaked at #73 and "The People Want To Dance", which failed to chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Charts Company – Dreams That Money Can't Buy )〕 The album was recorded at Townhouse Studios in London, Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, Metropolis Studios in London and Marcus Studios in London. The album was mastered at Nimbus. The album was produced by Andy Richards except for the track "Penny Arcade", with Johnson acting as the executive producer on all tracks. "Penny Arcade" was produced by Dan Hartman, who had produced six tracks from Johnson's ''Blast'' album and co-wrote "Atomic City" with him. In early 2011, Johnson answered several fan questions and one asked ''"What would be your favourite tracks from each of your three solo albums?"'' For ''Dreams That Money Can't Buy'' he stated ''"Penny Arcade or The Great Love Story"''. Johnson was also asked ''"Were there any album tracks that you would have liked as a single release?"'' and Johnson responded ''"Penny Arcade, there could have been some really good remixes done for that."'' When asked where the album's title came from, Johnson stated ''"Dreams That Money Can't Buy was inspired by the surrealist film Dreams That Money Can't Buy."'' English singer-songwriter and friend Kirsty MacColl appeared on the album track ''"Boyfriend '65"''. The song was reputed to have been written after Johnson applied William Burroughs' fold-in method to the Boyfriend Annual 1965. As part of the early 2011 fan questions, Johnson was asked how MacColl came to work on the song. Johnson stated ''"Oh I had wanted to do the song as a duet with her as far back as 1984, But Island Records and then MCA wouldn't allow it for some reason, so I asked her to do it as a backing vocalist when I finally got round to recording it properly."'' Johnson was also asked if he played any instruments on his solo albums, and he stated ''"Well I did some Keyboard playing and rhythm programming on all of my solo records as well as the odd bit of guitar playing, like on "Boyfriend 65", and "Hope" and "The Power Of Love" from "Soulstream."''〔 In a 2014 interview with The Arts Desk, Johnson spoke of the failure of the album, and the making of it: ''"It was a prophetic title! It was deleted almost immediately, only a couple of thousand copies were printed. It was written under pressure. I'd had this validation of a No.1 album and suddenly found myself with a contractual obligation to deliver an album in a certain time period. I was chained to the keyboard and sampling machine for what seemed like an eternity. I even turned down a tour at the end of 1989, just went back into the grubby basement where I had my studio at the time. I still stand by some of the songs – "Penny Arcade", "I Need Your Love" and even "Boyfriend '65" which I got Kirsty MacColl to sing on. There's a blistering saxophone solo by Courtney Pine on "Penny Arcade", but the tide had turned in music-land and in my life. The person who signed me to MCA was either pushed out or left and, as so often happens in that situation, with my champion gone the label turned on me. In a way it was blessing because soon after that I was very ill and had a whole other challenge in my life."''〔http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/theartsdesk-qa-musician-holly-johnson〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dreams That Money Can't Buy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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