Whitest Boy Alive, The - Dreams

Label:

Smalltown Supersound

Catalog#:

STS 098

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Norway

Released:

05 Jun 2006

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	Burning	3:09	X
2	Above You	3:18	X
	Synthesizer [Crumar] - Daniel Nentwig
3	Inflation	3:53	X
4	Fireworks	3:06	X
5	Done With You	5:24	X
	Vocals [Response] - Dena Todorova , Marcin Öz
6	Don't Give Up	5:51	X
	Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Daniel Nentwig
7	Figures	3:56	X
8	Borders	5:25	X
9	Golden Cage	4:08	X
10	All Ears	3:19	X

Credits

Artwork By - Geoff McFetridge
Bass - Marcin Öz
Drums - Sebastian Maschat
Guitar, Vocals - Erlend Øye
Mastered By - Bo Kondren
Mixed By - Norman Nitsche
Producer - Whitest Boy Alive, The
Recorded By - Daniel Nentwig (tracks: 3, 7, 10) , Marcin Öz

Notes

Produced at Café Moskau, Berlin 2005.
Mixed at Villa Qrella, Pankow.
Mastered at Calyx.

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Rated 3/5

Review by bolle88 Aug 09, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

I saw them at the swedish pop-festival Popaganda this spring. I had heard about The Whitest Boy Alive a couple of weeks earlier and I was expecting just some regular guitar-based pop a la Kings of Convenience. But luckily I was wrong. Even though I like KOC a lot with their sweet harmonies and all that, TWBA really blew my mind with their more 'hypnotic' style. It was still kind of regular pop, but more monotone and much more focus on the 'atmosphere' instead of the choruses or the melodies. It was for sure one of the best concerts I've seen this year.

The week after I was so desperate to recreate the feelings I had when I saw TWBA so I bought this album. It was a good album, definately, but honestly, it was nowhere near how they sounded live the week before.

You should really give this cd a chance, it is top guality pop from one of todays pop-maestros Erland Öye. But if you're out of money, and have to choose if you should buy the album and own it for the rest of your life or see them play live for an hour I really think you should choose the second alternative. =)