The Dream (In This Moment album)
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| Studio album by In This Moment | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 | |||
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| Length | 42:50 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Kevin Churko | |||
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The Dream is the second album by the American metalcore band In This Moment. The Dream, unlike their last album, features more use of clean vocals and harmonization rather than Maria Brink's high-pitched screams. The first single, "Forever", premiered on the band's Myspace page in August.
The album debuted at #73 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first week sales of more than 8,000 copies.
Writing for The Dream began in late 2007 and recording in Las Vegas, Nevada in June 2008. Kevin Churko was enlisted as producer, due to his diverse collaborations with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain, and Britney Spears.
The most notable differences between The Dream and Beautiful Tragedy are the missing metalcore elements and the ditching of Maria Brink’s screams in favor of more singing. The sound took a more '80s inspired hard rock approach mixed with melodic metal. Brink describes the change more challenging and comfortable. In an interview with MTV, Brink explains:
"As a vocalist, screaming always came really easy for me — it wasn't much of a challenge, it just came out of me. The singing vocals were always more challenging. People always complimented me on my scream, but I didn't get a lot of feedback on my singing, so I just wanted to challenge myself a lot more on this record."
Chris Howorth notes: "The basic idea behind calling our new album The Dream is that inside dreams anything can happen, all the things that seem impossible or unreachable in the 'real world' become a reality in your dreams. We wanted to make a record that you can lay down with, shut off the lights and have a total outerbody experience. We also wanted the record to be like a rollercoaster ride with explosive highs, beautiful lows and everything in between."
The Dream's first single was "Forever", which was released in August while the music video appeared weeks later. The video was directed by David Brodsky and features the band performing near the ocean and scenes of Maria underwater, which was filmed in a huge aquarium.
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