If You're Dreaming is the second studio album by American musician Anna Burch. It was released on April 3, 2020 under Polyvinyl Record Co.[6]

If You're Dreaming
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)
Length38:17
LabelPolyvinyl
ProducerSam Evian
Anna Burch chronology
Quit the Curse
(2018)
If You're Dreaming
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
Pitchfork7.2/10[4]
PopMatters7/10[5]

Critical reception

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If You're Dreaming was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 17 reviews.[7]

Aimee Cliff from Pitchfork said of the album: "The Detroit singer-songwriter’s second album is sparser, lonelier, and more patient, allowing the candor of her lyrics to shine through."[8]

Track listing

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If You're Dreaming track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Sleep"4:36
2."Party's Over"2:42
3."Jacket"3:36
4."So I Can See"3:22
5."Ask Me To"3:24
6."Keep It Warm"1:40
7."Go It Alone"3:18
8."Tell Me What's True"3:48
9."Not So Bad"3:15
10."Picture Show"1:07
11."Every Feeling"4:27
12."Here With You"2:56
Total length:38:17

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Morrison, Angela (March 31, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Cliff, Aimee (April 7, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Ingalls, Chris (April 9, 2020). "ANNA BURCH CREATES A SOPHISTICATED SLICE OF INDIE DREAM-POP WITH 'IF YOU'RE DREAMING'". PopMatters. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "If You're Dreaming". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "If You're Dreaming". Album of the Year. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Cliff, Aimee (April 7, 2020). "Anna Burch: If You're Dreaming". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "Bandcamp". Bandcamp. Retrieved March 18, 2022.