| Speed Is Dreaming | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Oz Recording Studios, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:49 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | DGC | |||
| Producer | St. Johnny | |||
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Speed Is Dreaming is the sophomore studio album by American alternative rock band St. Johnny and their first release for DGC Records.
Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album four out of five stars, with critic Nitsuh Abebe opining that the band retained their characteristic melodic compositions, but having a major record label "cleans up some of the band's sound and tightens their songwriting". [1] Andrew Earles highlighted the band's previous debut album High as a Kite in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 and also called this album "near-excellent". [2] A review in Billboard , noting that the "D.I.Y. spirit" is still present in the band's major-label debut. [3] In an overview of the band's career for Trouser Press , Deborah Sprague notes that Speed Is Dreaming improves on the band's independent work and praises the interplay of Tom Leonard's layered guitar along with Bill Whitten's vocals. [4]
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