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Dreamy (Beat Happening album)

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Dreamy
Studio album by
Beat Happening
ReleasedMarch 1, 1991
Recorded1990
GenreIndie pop
Length30:15
LabelK/Sub Pop[1]
ProducerSteve Fisk[2]
Beat Happening chronology
Black Candy
(1989) 		Dreamy
(1991) 		You Turn Me On
(1992)

Dreamy is an album by the indie pop band Beat Happening, released in 1991.[3] The band recorded the tracks in a living room and in a professional recording studio.[4]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA[7]
Pitchfork8.6/10[8]
St. Petersburg Times[9]

Accompanied by the "Red Head Walking" and "Nancy Sin" singles, Dreamy was issued in 1991.[10]

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "It's a stripped-of-conventions, anti-pop stance that could sound just as calculated and empty as some elaborate pop productions, but Beat Happening imparts both quirky charm and a sense of immediacy to its material."[6] The St. Petersburg Times deemed "Collide" "one of the eeriest songs to come along in a while... It's eerie in a playful, sickly pretty way."[9]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Beat Happening.

  1. "Me Untamed" – 3:46
  2. "Left Behind" – 2:53
  3. "Hot Chocolate Boy" – 2:21
  4. "I've Lost You" – 2:48
  5. "Cry for a Shadow" – 2:27
  6. "Collide" – 3:29
  7. "Nancy Sin" – 2:40
  8. "Fortune Cookie Prize" – 3:46
  9. "Revolution Come and Gone" – 4:16
  10. "Red Head Walking" – 2:07

References

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Citations

  1. ^ "Dreamy". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ^ Baumgarten, Mark (2012). Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570617966.
  3. ^ True 1991, p. 39
  4. ^ Kot 1991, p. 3
  5. ^ "Dreamy - Beat Happening". AllMusic.
  6. ^ a b Popson 1991, p. N
  7. ^ Arnold, Gina. "Dreamy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. ^ Moreland, Quinn (9 December 2019). "Beat Happening Dreamy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b Vivinetto 1991, p. 16
  10. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 182

Sources

  • Kot, Greg (28 Feb 1991). "Simple pleasures: Beat Happening refuses to alter a style that's beyond basic". Tempo. Chicago Tribune.
  • Popson, Tom (8 Mar 1991). "'Dreamy', Beat Happening". Friday. Chicago Tribune.
  • Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion. San Francisco, California: Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-607-6.
  • True, Everett (Apr 20, 1991). "Dreamy by Beat Happening". Melody Maker. 67 (16).
  • Vivinetto, Gina (7 June 1991). "Beat Happening Dreamy". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times.
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