A Fever Dream | ||||
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Studio album by Everything Everything | ||||
Released | 18 August 2017 | |||
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Length | 46:30 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Singles from A Fever Dream | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10 |
Metacritic | 81/100 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Exclaim! | 9/10 |
The Guardian | |
Mojo | 8/10 |
Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
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The Skinny | |
Uncut | 6/10 |
Q | 8/10 |
NME | 4/5 |
A Fever Dream is the fourth studio album by British band Everything Everything. Recorded with producer James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco and mixed by Cenzo Townshend, it was released on 18 August 2017 on RCA Records.
The songs "Can't Do", "A Fever Dream" and "Desire" were released as singles throughout June and July 2017 in support of the album.
A Fever Dream has received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 18 reviews.
Allmusic's Marcy Donelson described the album as "confrontational, warped, emotionally and aurally high-contrast, and full of turmoil, but reliable in its infectiousness." Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian wrote that the album is not one to "kick back, relax and bury your head in the sand to – it is as much rock opera as traumatic event – but the band’s deep dive into this undercurrent of fear and loathing feels necessary".