Dreamy (Beat Happening album)

Dreamy
Studio album by Beat Happening
Released	March 1, 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Indie pop
Length	30:15
Label	K/Sub Pop [1]
Producer	Steve Fisk [2]
Beat Happening chronology
Black Candy (1989) Dreamy (1991) You Turn Me On (1992)

Dreamy is the fourth studio 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]

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	A [7]
Pitchfork	8.6/10 [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 January 25, 2023.
8. Moreland, Quinn (December 9, 2019). "Beat Happening Dreamy". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
9. Vivinetto 1991, p. 16
10. Thompson 2000, p. 182

Sources

• Kot, Greg (February 28, 1991). "Simple pleasures: Beat Happening refuses to alter a style that's beyond basic". Tempo. Chicago Tribune.
• Popson, Tom (March 8, 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 (April 20, 1991). "Dreamy by Beat Happening". Melody Maker. Vol. 67, no. 16.
• Vivinetto, Gina (June 7, 1991). "Beat Happening Dreamy". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times.

External links

• Dreamy at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)