Last Night All My Dreams Came True

Last Night All My Dreams Came True is a live album by British indie rock band Wild Beasts. It was released 16 February 2018, under Domino Recording Company.[5]

Last Night All My Dreams Came True
Live album by
Released16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
StudioRAK Studios
Length52:29
LabelDomino
Wild Beasts chronology
Punk Drunk & Trembling
(2017)
Last Night All My Dreams Came True
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Dork[3]
The Independent[4]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10[5]
The Observer[6]

Production

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The album was recorded live over a two-day period at RAK Studios.[7]

Critical reception

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Last Night All My Dreams Came True 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 73, based on 12 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 72 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[8]

Andy Gill from The Independent wrote: "It's a burly collection, with the band's flanged guitars and proggy synths asserting their refusal to follow any set style, and Hayden Thorpe's bristling vocals similarly stretching indie constraints; but when the only "new" track is jerry-rigged together from two old tracks, it all seems a bit unnecessary."[4] Steven Loftin from The Line of Best Fit praised the vocals from the album, by saying: "The vocals of Hayden Thorpe and Tom Fleming, entwining with their falsetto and baritone beauty respectively, have always been impeccable in a live setting, and it's great to hear this forever immortalised as they run through key cuts from their back catalogue here."[5] Phil Mongredien from The Observer stated: "It's unfortunate that [the album] draws rather so heavily on material from 2016's Boy King, the first Wild Beasts album on which memorable moments were in short supply. It all adds up to a slightly anticlimactic exit for a great band."[6]

Track listing

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Last Night All My Dreams Came True track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Wanderlust"4:52
2."Big Cat"3:19
3."A Simple Beautiful Truth"2:28
4."2BU"4:22
5."Bed of Nails"4:08
6."Hooting & Howling"4:38
7."This Is Our Lot"4:25
8."He the Colossus"4:23
9."The Devil's Palace"3:43
10."Alpha Female"3:46
11."Get My Bang"3:34
12."All the King's Men"3:59
13."Celestial Creatures"4:54

Charts

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Chart performance for Last Night All My Dreams Came True
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 81
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] 12

References

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  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ Williams, Jennessa (14 February 2018). "Dork Magazine Review". Dork. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Andy (15 February 2018). "The Independent Review". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Loftin, Steven (9 February 2018). "Wild Beasts' throw a farewell party live in the studio". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b Mongredien, Phil (18 February 2018). "Wild Beasts: Last Night All My Dreams Came True review – an anticlimactic exit". The Guardian. The Observer. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ Day, Laurence (6 December 2017). "Wild Beasts announce new album Last Night All My Dreams Came True". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2020.