Fever Dream (Alias album)

Fever Dream is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2011.

Fever Dream
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)
StudioThe Resurgam Compound, South Portland, Maine
GenreInstrumental hip hop
Length42:33
LabelAnticon
ProducerAlias
Alias chronology
Resurgam
(2008)
Fever Dream
(2011)
Pitch Black Prism
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundA−[3]
Pitchfork7.2/10[4]
PopMatters[5]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[6]
The Skinny[7]

Critical reception

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fever Dream received an average score of 74% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Ali Maloney of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a suave cocktail of rolling snares, haunting synth structures, downtempo dub and jittering slices of shoegaze – tastefully evoking the strengths of various modern masters, from FlyLo to Amon Tobin – as swirling, cut-up vocals bounce gleefully around in the distance."[7]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Goinswimmin"2:53
2."Wanna Let It Go"3:51
3."Revi Is Divad"4:00
4."No Choice"1:27
5."Dahorses"4:00
6."Lady Lambin'"4:13
7."Talk in Technicolor"3:22
8."Feverdreamin"3:25
9."Boom Boom Boom"4:50
10."Tagine"3:30
11."Sugarpeeeee"3:16
12."Wrap"3:50

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Alias – production, arrangement, recording, mixing
  • Michael Haggett – drums (5)
  • DJ Mayonnaise – additional synthesizer (5), additional production (5), additional recording (5)
  • Dax Pierson – vocals (7), additional synthesizer (7)
  • Daddy Kev – mastering
  • Jesselisa Moretti – cover art, design, layout

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fever Dream by Alias". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Fever Dream - Alias". AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Young, Alex (August 5, 2011). "Alias – Fever Dream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Grandy, Eric (August 31, 2011). "Alias: Fever Dream". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Valdivia, Victor (August 30, 2011). "Alias: Fever Dream". PopMatters. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Ryce, Andrew (August 29, 2011). "Alias - Fever Dream". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Maloney, Ali (August 2, 2011). "Alias – Fever Dream". The Skinny. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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