We Go to Dream

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We Go To Dream
Astrid Williamson We Go To Dream Cover Art.jpg
Studio album by
Released31 July 2015
Label One Little Indian
Astrid Williamson chronology
Pulse
(2011)
We Go To Dream
(2015)
Requiem & Gallipoli
(2015)

We Go to Dream is the sixth album by singer-songwriter Astrid Williamson. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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Popmatters thought there was "a golden warmth to these 11 numbers that burns through softly with a deeply meditative glow." [2] Femme Metal Webzine suggested that Williamson "covers the vocals across the range of music here with effortless beauty." [3]

Track listing

  1. We Go To Dream
  2. Loaded Like A Gun
  3. Hide In Your Heart
  4. Vermillion
  5. Ambienza
  6. Scattered
  7. Say Goodbye
  8. Captured
  9. Home
  10. My Beautiful Muse
  11. Saint Saviour

Personnel and recording details

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References

  1. "Astrid Williamson - We Go To Dream". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. 1 2 "Astrid Williamson: We Go to Dream". PopMatters. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  3. 1 2 admin (2016-02-04). "Astrid Williamson – "We Go to Dream" (2015)". Femme Metal Webzine. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  4. http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2015/09/08/astrid-williamson-we-go-to-dream-one-little-indian-2/