It was released on January 29, 2008 by Cuneiform Records, and shares its title with the turn-of-the-century Coney Island theme park which burned in a devastating fire in 1911.

The album is a 150-page score for 9 musicians composed and arranged by Brian Carpenter and produced by Martin Bisi.

Dreamland marks the first installment of Carpenter's Weird American Gothic trilogy.

[7] All music and lyrics by Brian Carpenter, except "Dark Eyes" and "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland".

Brian Carpenter, Alec K. Redfearn, Kaethe Hostetter, Julia Kent, Brandon Seabrook, Briggan Krauss, Curtis Hasselbring, Ron Caswell, and Matt McLaren performed this material live in 2006 at several music venues in NYC, including Tonic, Brooklyn Academy Of Music, and Barbes.