Dreamy (Beat Happening album)

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]

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)

Release and reception
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

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

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. 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. 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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