These albums did not produce any blockbusting hits like Snowbird or You needed me, but there is still much to commend them.

The first album, from 1981 and titled Where do you go when you dream, spawned two big country hits in Blessed are the believers and Another sleepless night. Also included is a wonderful cover of Bitter they are harder they fall. This Larry Gatlin song has been covered by several singers, including Elvis Presley, and my guess is that his version is the best-known. Other great songs include the title track and We don't have to hold out.

The second album, Hottest night of the year, is just as mellow as Anne's other albums despite its title. The big hit from this album is Somebody's always saying goodbye. Great though it is, the standout track here is Song for the Mira - it is actually one of my two or three favorite Anne Murray recordings (and that's saying something as I have nearly all her music). The other tracks are lovely, including a cover of Bruce Channel's Hey baby.

Song for the Mira is one of those songs that conjure up rural images - it is the kind of song you might associate with John Denver at his best, except that the Mira is a river in Nova Scotia, Anne's home province. I don't think it was released as a single, but I can't think why - you don't need to know Nova Scotia to love the song. I've never been there, but I'm sure this song will have persuaded many people to visit that wouldn't otherwise have done so.

After a MONSTER hit in 1980 with the wedding song (and love theme from the movie "Urban Cowboy,") Anne lands her first #1 hit single of the 80's with "Blessed Are the Believers" from "Where Do You Go When You Dream."

How this album failed to be nominated or win for a Best Album Cover, I don't know. It's absolutely perfect (and adorable.) On the vinyl version, when you flip the album over, it's Anne dressed in red pictured in what looks like Hell with a little "she" devil sitting beside her!

Musically, it's Anne as she always is; delivering the usual warm mix of uptempo covers of yesteryear and light Country/Pop offerings that have made her famous for decades.

On "The Hottest Night of the Year," we begin to see the introduction of synthesizers into her music; this is not a bad thing and it is certainly indicative of what music was to come from 1983-1987. Here we have much of the same...warm ballads and uptempos. The funny thing about these two albums is that they came quietly and went quietly, yet both had Top 10 Country hits. "Another Sleepless Night" from "Where Do You Go" went Top 10 Country as did "Hey Baby" from "The Hottest Night." It's just that these two singles didn't make as BIG a boom as the singles culled from "Let's Keep It That Way," "New Kind of Feeling" or "I'll Always Love You." "Song for the Mira" harks back to "Please Don't Sell Nova Scotia" from her 1974 gem, "Highly Prized Possession."

Both albums were and still are awesome parts of Anne's impressive body of work and are very much worth checking out. These albums would also find her in a transitional kind of place musically which would end up preceding two more albums ("A Little Good News" and "Heart Over Mind.")of even BIGGER hits on the Country charts in '83 & '84 when she would deliver the smash hit singles, "A Little Good News," "Just Another Woman in Love," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" and "Time Don't Run Out on Me."

The famus hits from anne murry come back to live again on this cd.

2 albums on one cd. qualty is ver good.

'WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU DREAM' ~ Murray's 15th L.P. Originally released in 1981.

Once again Anne Murray delivers a solid set of great music.

Not only does this album contain 4 hits ~ but all 4 B-sides are here also.

(3 top ten hits & one top twenty)

1. Blessed are the believers ~ B/W ~ Only love.

2. We don't have to hold out ~ B/W ~ Call me with the news.

3. It's all I can do ~ B/W ~ If a heart must be broken.

4. Another sleepless night ~ B/W ~ It should have been easy.

All these hits are very good ~ and

Another sleepless night ~ is one of Anne's all time best!

The two remaining album tracts are very good.

'Bitter they are, harder they fall' ~ a great cover of Larry Gatlin's 1974 hit.

'Call me with the news' is a light hearted ~ up-tempo song.

'THE HOTTEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR' ~ Murray's 16th L.P. Originally released in 1982.

She just keeps getting better! This album is non-stop terrific!

Two hits and their B-sides are here ~ but

these album cuts are some of the best songs of Murray's career.

This album is one of Anne Murray's all time best.

Hottest night of the year ~ up-tempo ~ Excellent Track!

Fallin' in love and falling apart ~ up-tempo ~ Excellent Track!

Ain't no way to rise above ~ up-tempo ~ Great Song!

Heart on the line ~ up-tempo ~ Excellent Track!

They don't call it magic for nothing ~ Great Song!

The hits are ~ ~ ~ both top ten hits & are excellent ~

her cover of Bruce Channel's 1962 hit ~ 'Hey Baby' is nothin' short of perrr-fect!

1. Hey baby ~ B/W ~ Song for the Mira.

2. Somebody's always saying goodbye ~ B/W ~ That'll keep me dreaming.

These albums are digitally remastered and have excellent sound.