Speaking of Dreams was a 1989 album by Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....

 that mixed personal compositions like the title song with political statements like "China", which was inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...

. (She also dedicated the album to the students of Tiananmen Square who "nonviolently, and at an enormous price, have changed the face of China forever.") The album featured collaborations with Paul Simon

Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

, Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

 and the Gipsy Kings

Gipsy Kings

The Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier, who perform in Spanish with an Andalucían accent. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Chico Bouchikhi is of...

, and marked the beginning of a period where Baez notes she put her music ahead of the political activism that had preoccupied her for much of the prior decade.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joan Baez; except where indicated

1. "China"
2. "Warriors of the Sun"
3. "Carrickfergus"
4. "Hand to Mouth
   Hand to Mouth (song)
   "Hand to Mouth" is a song written by George Michael that was recorded for his 1987 album Faith. It was the B-side of single "Faith", which was the best-selling single of the year 1988 in the USA....
   
   " (George Michael
   George Michael
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   )
5. "Speaking of Dreams"
6. "El Salvador" (Gregory Copeland) (duet with Jackson Browne
   Jackson Browne
   Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
   
   )
7. "Ramber Gambler/Whispering Bells" (traditional) (duet with Paul Simon
   Paul Simon
   Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
   
   )
8. "Fairfax County" (David Massengill
   David Massengill
   David Massengill is an American folk singer/songwriter, guitar and appalachian dulcimer player. His best-known songs include "On The Road to Fairfax County," recorded by The Roches and by Joan Baez, "The Great American Dream," and "My Name Joe," about an illegal immigrant restaurant worker...
   
   )
9. "A Mi Manera (My Way)
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   " (Paul Anka
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   ) (with the Gypsy Kings)