All Is Dream | ||||
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Studio album by Mercury Rev | ||||
Released | August 27, 2001 | |||
Genre | Dream pop, neo-psychedelia, chamber pop | |||
Length | 49:45 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Producer | Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Jonathan Donahue, Jeff Mercel | |||
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Singles from All Is Dream | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Alternative Press | 7/10 |
Blender | |
The Guardian | |
NME | 8/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10 |
Q | |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 7/10 |
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All Is Dream is the fifth studio album by American rock band Mercury Rev. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2001, in France on August 28, 2001, and in the United States on September 11, 2001. The album's front cover features half of the 1991 painting Breakthrough Dreaming by artist and mystic Jennifer Hathaway.
All Is Dream received generally positive reviews from music critics. Q listed All Is Dream as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.
All songs written by Jonathan Donahue, Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak and Jeff Mercel.
The album was also released as a limited edition featuring a CD-ROM with the following tracks:
In his album Falling Off the Bone, comedian Todd Barry recounts the fact that, while in Manhattan on September 11, a friend of his in the crowd recognized Barry and told him, "The new Mercury Rev album is out."