All Is Dream | ||||
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Released | August 27, 2001 | |||
Genre | Dream pop, psychedelic rock, chamber pop | |||
Length | 49:45 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Producer | Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Jonathan Donahue, Jeff Mercel | |||
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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.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
NME | 8/10 [6] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [7] |
Q | [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Spin | 7/10 [10] |
Uncut | [11] |
All Is Dream received generally positive reviews from music critics. Q listed All Is Dream as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. [12]
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:
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] | 36 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] | 46 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [15] | 38 |
French Albums (SNEP) [16] | 27 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] | 78 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18] | 4 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] | 55 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 11 |
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