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Released | September 4, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2009 – July 2012 | |||
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Genre | Pop rock [1] [2] | |||
Length | 43:51 | |||
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Night Visions is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. It was released on September 4,2012,through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by the band themselves,as well as English hip-hop producer Alex da Kid and Brandon Darner of The Envy Corps and formerly of the metal band Slipknot. According to frontman Dan Reynolds,the album took three years to finish, [3] with six of the album's tracks being previously released on multiple EPs. Musically,Night Visions exhibits influences of folk,hip hop and pop. [4]
The album received mixed reviews from music critics upon release. However,it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States,selling more than 83,000 copies within its first week where it has since been certified octuple platinum. It also peaked at the summit of the Billboard Alternative Albums and Rock Albums charts,as well as in the top ten albums in Australia,Austria,Canada,Germany,Ireland,Mexico,Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland,and United Kingdom. [5] Night Visions appeared in the Billboard 200 top 10 in 2012,2013,and 2014. [6] The album became the fourth best-selling album of 2013 in the US. [7] It was nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year (2014) and won the Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album (2014).
The band released a ten year anniversary expanded edition of Night Visions on September 9,2022 featuring two previously unreleased demos,"Love of Mine" and "Bubble". "Love of Mine" was released on September 2.
In 2008,lead singer Dan Reynolds formed the band Imagine Dragons;soon,guitarist Wayne Sermon,bassist Ben McKee,drummer Andrew Tolman,and keyboardist Brittany Tolman joined,replacing founding members Andrew Beck,Dave Lemke,and Aurora Florence. Each of the members moved to Las Vegas,Nevada. [8] [9]
After playing in numerous local Battle of the Bands competitions,the band recorded and released three extended plays:2009's Imagine Dragons ,2010's Hell and Silence ,and 2011's It's Time. Andrew and Brittany Tolman left the band in July 2011 and were subsequently replaced with drummer Daniel Platzman that August. [10] The band was picked up by Universal Records and was signed to Interscope in November 2011. [11] [12]
In 2011,the band entered the studio to write and record their major-label debut extended play, Continued Silence ,and additional material for a debut studio album. Continued Silence was released on February 14,2012,and was met with critical acclaim,reaching at number 40 on the US Billboard 200.
"It's Time",which first appeared on the band's 2011 EP of the same name,was sent to mainstream radio in January 2012,and was released as the band's debut single on August 18,2012. The song peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. [13] [3] The band performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ,and Conan .
"Radioactive" was released as a radio-only single from Continued Silence and Night Visions in April and October 2012 respectively. The band performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with David Letterman ,The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,and Saturday Night Live . It reached at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100,as well as number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart and Hot Rock Songs chart.
"Hear Me" was released as a single on November 24,2012. The following day,the song was released as part of a 4-track EP.
"Demons" was released to American Triple A radio on January 28,2013,as a radio-only single. [14] It reached at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100,as well as number 1 on the Pop Songs chart.
"On Top of the World" was released as the album's fifth and final single on March 18,2013. It peaked at No. 79 in the US. It was previously released as a promotional single in the Netherlands in late 2012.
"Amsterdam" was exclusively released as a free download via iTunes. The single was released as iTunes' "Single of the Week" on the week of the album's release in countries with respective release dates of the album.
The band embarked on a 40 date fall tour to promote Night Visions. They performed as the opening act for Awolnation,and traveled across the United States in the fall of 2012 to promote the album's initial release in North America. [15] During the tour,the band appeared on the September 4,2012,airing of ABC late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. They also made an appearance on the October 29,2012 airing of NBC late-night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performing "It's Time" to an empty audience during Hurricane Sandy's passage through the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area during that weekend. [16] [17]
In 2013,a world tour,entitled the Night Visions Tour,was executed in promotion of the worldwide release of Night Visions. Starting in February 2013,the 145-date [18] tour saw the band perform across North America and Europe. During the tour,the band made their first national television appearance,performing "Radioactive" on the February 22,2013,airing of CBS late-night talk show Late Show with David Letterman. [19] The band performed in front of cameras during their appearance at the 2013 Isle of Wight Festival for Vevo's Summer Six series. The band made another television appearance in the United States,performing "Radioactive","Demons" and "On Top of the World" on the July 4,2013,airing of ABC morning television show Good Morning America . [20]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 53/100 [21] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [22] |
Consequence of Sound | [4] |
CraveOnline | 8/10 [23] |
Las Vegas Weekly | [24] |
Melodic | [25] |
musicOMH | [26] |
Q | [27] |
Sputnikmusic | 2.5/5 [28] |
USA Today | [29] |
Night Visions received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic,which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,the album received an average score of 53,based on 6 reviews,which indicates "mixed or average reviews". [21] Brian Mansfield from USA Today gave Night Visions a favorable review,writing:"For all the group's musical mastery,it's the flourishes courtesy of producer Alex da Kid that make individual tracks stand out." [29] Mansfield praised individual elements such as "the mandolin hook of 'It's Time',the jaunty whistle of 'On Top of the World',[and] the burbling guitar in 'Demons.'" and said that "those creative touches may seem like small details,but it's that imagination that gives these Dragons teeth." [29] Gregory Heaney of AllMusic remarked that the album "sometimes feels as though it lacks depth",but nonetheless called it "an album that,at least for a few minutes at a time,will make everyday life seem just a little bit bigger". [22]
Annie Zaleski of Las Vegas Weekly praised Night Visions for being "well-crafted and wildly creative,and boasts solid songwriting—three things that are sorely missing on albums by so many younger bands." [24] Lisa Kwon of Consequence of Sound gave the album a mixed review and felt that Night Visions "fails to match the fresh adrenaline rush that the band's first single had promised us when we first heard it on the radio or in commercials earlier this year." [4] Johan Wippsson from Melodic magazine called Night Visions "somewhat shattered,but as a whole this is a very charming and well-crafted album." [25] Chris Saunders of musicOMH panned the album as "so safe and middle of the road that it leaves you with the same hollow feeling that Las Vegas can,without the dizzying high and sensual assault that got you there in the first place." [26]
The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States,selling more than 83,000 copies within its first week. It also peaked at the summit of the Billboard Alternative Albums chart and Rock Albums chart. [5] It has appeared in the top ten albums on the Billboard 200 in 2012,2013 and 2014 (as well as topping the Alternative Albums chart in each of those years) and has not fallen off the chart once as of February 25,2015. [30] [31] The album debuted at number two in the United Kingdom,narrowly losing the top slot to Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience . [32] As of 2 December 2024,the album has received an 8×platinum certification in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),for certified sales of 8 million units in the country alone. [33]
The album was the fourth best-selling album in the US in 2013 with over 1.4 million copies sold for the year. [7] As of February 2015,it had sold a total of 2.5 million copies in the US and earned double Platinum status. [34] [35] It was also the third best-selling album in Canada with 179,000 copies sold. [36]
To date,three singles from the album charted in the Billboard Top 20,and five have charted on the UK Top 40. In the US,"It's Time" has sold more than 2 million copies in the United States,"Radioactive" has sold more than 10 million and "Demons" has sold more than 5 million. [37] Both "Radioactive" and "Demons" spent more than 60 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100,making Imagine Dragons the first artist to accomplish such a feat. [38]
All tracks are written by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, and Ben McKee, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Radioactive" |
| Alex da Kid | 3:07 |
2. | "Tiptoe" | Imagine Dragons | 3:14 | |
3. | "It's Time" |
| 4:00 | |
4. | "Demons" |
| Alex da Kid | 2:58 |
5. | "On Top of the World" |
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| 3:12 |
6. | "Amsterdam" |
| 4:01 | |
7. | "Hear Me" | Imagine Dragons | 3:55 | |
8. | "Every Night" | Imagine Dragons | 3:35 | |
9. | "Bleeding Out" |
| Alex da Kid | 3:43 |
10. | "Underdog" | Imagine Dragons | 3:26 | |
11. | "Nothing Left to Say / Rocks" |
| 9:00 | |
Total length: | 43:51 |
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Working Man" | Imagine Dragons | 3:53 |
13. | "Fallen" | Imagine Dragons | 2:59 |
Total length: | 50:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" |
| Imagine Dragons | 4:09 |
13. | "Working Man" | Imagine Dragons | 3:53 | |
14. | "Tokyo" |
| 3:16 | |
Total length: | 55:09 |
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Selene" | Imagine Dragons | 4:01 |
13. | "The River" |
| 3:25 |
Total length: | 51:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "My Fault" |
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| 2:57 |
13. | "Round and Round" |
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| 3:17 |
14. | "The River" |
| 3:25 | |
15. | "America" | Imagine Dragons | 4:33 | |
16. | "Selene" | Imagine Dragons | 4:02 | |
17. | "Cover Up" | Imagine Dragons | 4:20 | |
18. | "I Don't Mind" | Imagine Dragons | 3:18 | |
Total length: | 69:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "My Fault" |
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| 2:57 |
13. | "Round and Round" |
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| 3:18 |
14. | "The River" |
| 3:25 | |
15. | "America" | Imagine Dragons | 4:34 | |
16. | "Selene" | Imagine Dragons | 4:01 | |
Total length: | 62:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" |
| Imagine Dragons | 4:09 |
13. | "Working Man" | Imagine Dragons | 3:55 | |
Total length: | 51:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" |
| Imagine Dragons | 4:09 |
13. | "Working Man" | Imagine Dragons | 3:55 | |
14. | "My Fault" |
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| 2:57 |
15. | "Round and Round" |
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| 3:17 |
16. | "The River" |
| 3:25 | |
17. | "America" | Imagine Dragons | 4:33 | |
18. | "Selene" | Imagine Dragons | 4:02 | |
19. | "Fallen" | Imagine Dragons | 2:59 | |
20. | "Cover Up" | Imagine Dragons | 4:20 | |
21. | "Love of Mine" |
| Imagine Dragons | 4:10 |
22. | "Bubble" |
| Imagine Dragons | 3:23 |
Total length: | 89:21 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" |
| Imagine Dragons | 4:09 |
2. | "Working Man" | Imagine Dragons | 3:55 | |
3. | "My Fault" |
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| 2:57 |
4. | "Round and Round" |
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| 3:17 |
5. | "The River" |
| 3:25 | |
6. | "America" | Imagine Dragons | 4:33 | |
7. | "Selene" | Imagine Dragons | 4:02 | |
8. | "Fallen" | Imagine Dragons | 2:59 | |
9. | "Cover Up" | Imagine Dragons | 4:20 | |
10. | "I Don't Mind" | 3:18 | ||
11. | "Tokyo" |
| 3:16 | |
12. | "Love of Mine (Demo)" |
| 4:10 | |
13. | "Bubble (Demo)" |
| 3:23 | |
Total length: | 109:50 |
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Night Visions. [39] All bonus track credits are listed in the track order of the 10th Anniversary reissue.
Imagine Dragons
Additional musicians
Production
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
21st century charts
All-time charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [136] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [137] | 2× Platinum | 30,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [138] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [139] | Gold | 20,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [140] | 7× Platinum | 560,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [141] | 3× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [142] | Platinum | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [143] | 3× Gold | 300,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [144] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [145] | Diamond+3× Platinum | 480,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [146] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [147] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV) [148] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Portugal (AFP) [149] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Singapore (RIAS) [150] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [151] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Sweden (GLF) [152] | 2× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [153] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [154] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [33] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
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2014 | Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Album | Won |
Juno Awards | International Album of the Year | Nominated | |
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Spotify | United States | Most Streamed Albums (U.S.) [155] | 2013 | 1 |
Spotify | United Kingdom | Most Streamed Albums (UK) [156] | 2013 | 3 |
Rdio | Worldwide | Top Global Albums [157] | 2013 | 6 |
RIAA | United States | Biggest Selling Albums of 2013 (U.S.) [158] | 2013 | 4 |
MC | Canada | Biggest Selling Albums of 2013 (CAN) [36] | 2013 | 3 |
BPI | United Kingdom | Biggest Selling Albums of 2013 (UK) [81] | 2013 | 32 |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Canada | September 4, 2012 | ||
Mexico [159] | |||
United States | |||
Australia [160] | September 7, 2012 | Interscope Records | |
New Zealand | |||
Germany [161] | February 1, 2013 | ||
Netherlands [162] | |||
India [163] | |||
Brazil [164] | |||
Denmark [165] | |||
France [166] | |||
Italy [167] | |||
Russia [168] | |||
South Africa [169] | |||
Spain [170] | |||
Switzerland [171] | |||
United Kingdom [172] [173] | March 31, 2013 | ||
Ireland | |||
China [174] | April 30, 2013 | CD | Universal Music Group |
Deluxe edition | |||
Australia | February 1, 2013 | Digital download | Interscope Records |
New Zealand | |||
United States | February 12, 2013 |
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United Kingdom | April 19, 2013 |
| Interscope Records |
Australia (Second Issue) | September 27, 2013 | Digital download | |
New Zealand (Second Issue) |
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