Slow Motion Daydream

Slow Motion Daydream
Studio album by Everclear
Released	March 11, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop
Length	45:31
Label	Capitol
Producer	Art Alexakis, Lars Fox
Everclear chronology
Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude (2000) Slow Motion Daydream (2003) Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 (2004)
Singles from Slow Motion Daydream
"Volvo Driving Soccer Mom" Released: January 14, 2003 "The New York Times" Released: April 7, 2003 [1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
E!	C− [5]
Entertainment Weekly	D+ [6]
Filter	37% [7]
The Independent	[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	B [11]
Stylus	2.2/10 [12]

Slow Motion Daydream is the sixth studio album by Everclear. It was released in the U.S. in 2003 on Capitol Records and recorded in 2002.

Production

The first single released to radio from Slow Motion Daydream was "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom", ^[13] followed by second single "The New York Times".

Though the album debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, higher than the band's last, it quickly fell off the charts. By July 2004, the album had sold 106,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. ^[14] Spin listed the album as one of 2003's biggest commercial flops. ^[15]

This was the last album of new material to feature longtime members Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund who left the band later in August of that year.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Art Alexakis and Everclear.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How to Win Friends and Influence People"	3:33
2.	"Blackjack"	2:51
3.	"I Want to Die a Beautiful Death"	3:30
4.	"Volvo Driving Soccer Mom"	3:13
5.	"Science Fiction"	2:43
6.	"New Blue Champion"	3:51
7.	"TV Show"	4:10
8.	"Chrysanthemum"	1:38
9.	"Sunshine (That Acid Summer)"	4:28
10.	"A Beautiful Life"	4:47
11.	"The New York Times"	4:17
12.	"White Noise" (hidden track)	3:58

Personnel

• Art Alexakis – guitar, vocals
• Craig Montoya – bass
• Greg Eklund – drums

References

1. Anon. (April 4, 2003). "R&R Going for Adds" (PDF). R&R . No. 1498. p. 28 – via worldradiohistory.com.
2. "Critic Reviews for Slow Motion Daydream". Metacritic . Retrieved December 4, 2012.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Slow Motion Daydream - Everclear". AllMusic .
4. Mostly, though, this is vintage mid-'90s Everclear. [#15, p.122]
5. "Music - Everclear "Slow Motion Daydream"". E! Online . Archived from the original on March 25, 2003. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
6. Seymour, Craig (March 14, 2003). "Slow Motion Daydream Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
7. They don't stray from what they know and they don't tarry from their blueprint. It's just that they don't know much and their blueprint was done in crayon. [#5, p.92]
8. Perry, Tim (March 8, 2003). "The Independent London, Greater London, England - Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Page 142". The Independent . Retrieved December 1, 2025.
9. Attempts to obscure the paucity of decent songs with endless guitar wittering. [Apr 2003, p.102]
10. Hoard, Christian (February 25, 2003). "Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
11. Klosterman, Chuck (April 2003). "Reviews". Spin . Vol. 19, no. 4. SPIN Media, LLC. p. 102.
12. Howard, Ed (September 1, 2003). "Everclear - Slow Motion Daydream". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on October 21, 2004. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
13. Olson, Catherine Applefield (February 15, 2003). "Arena Football, NHRA, Castrol Pacts to Bolster New Everclear Set". Billboard . Vol. 115, no. 7. p. 9.
14. Billboard Staff (July 22, 2004). "Everclear Singer Headed To DNC". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
15. Aaron, Charles; Ganz, Caryn (January 2004). "Flops of the Year". Spin . Vol. 20, no. 1. SPIN Media, LLC. p. 91.

External links

• Slow Motion Daydream at Metacritic