A Dream in Sound
| A Dream in Sound | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, indie rock | |||
| Label | Arena Rock Recording Company/Elephant 6 | |||
| Producer | Dave Fridmann | |||
| Elf Power chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| NME |  [3] |
| Spin | 7/10[4] |
A Dream in Sound is an album by the indie rock band Elf Power.[5][6] It was released in 1999 via Arena Rock Recording Company/Elephant 6.[7]
"Jane" was released as a single on Shifty Disco.
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Dave Fridmann.[4][8] It was recorded in Fredonia, New York.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press wrote that "with the almost orchestral sweep of this now-richly textured music, A Dream in Sound is a huge step beyond Elf Power’s relatively thin earlier albums, but Fridmann’s fingerprints are all over it, making the album considerably less distinctive and original."[8] The Chicago Tribune thought that "Andrew Rieger's sweetly plaintive voice gives the band's lilting melodies an air of hopeful melancholy, and if a few of the band's lyrical flights of fancy don't quite lift off, the songs on this disc rarely fail to charm."[9]
Track listing
[edit]- "Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home?"
- "High Atop the Silver Branches"
- "Willowy Man"
- "Olde Tyme Waves"
- "Jane"
- "All the Passengers"
- "We Dream in Sound"
- "Carnival"
- "The Well"
- "Noble Experiment" (Thinking Fellers Union Local 282)
- "Simon (The Bird with the Candy Bar Head)"
- "Rising and Falling in a Little World"
- "O What a Beautiful Dream"
- "Untitled Instrumental Track"
References
[edit]- ^ "A Dream in Sound - Elf Power | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 255.
- ^ "Elf Power : A Dream In Sound". NME. September 12, 2005.
- ^ a b "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. July 13, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Elf Power | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Elf Power Realize A Dream In Sound Via New Album". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. April 12, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Elf Power". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Maureen (23 May 1999). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. p. 8.
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