Only In Dreams

Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
Critic Score
Based on 26 reviews
2011 Ratings: #477 / 1031
User Score
Based on 60 ratings
2011 Rank: #199
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CRITIC REVIEWS

86
Beats Per Minute

Only In Dreams is rich enough that it is not hard to imagine people bickering about the standouts.

80
musicOMH

The record has taken adversity and chosen to stand atop it, looking to the future instead of being buried beneath its weighty pressures.

76
Pitchfork

The pristine production sounds great, but it makes the lack of complexity and occasional shortcomings ... all too apparent.

TheRootBoy
59

Returning back to the year 2011 and revisiting some of the best albums that year had to offer, I stop here at Dum Dum Girls and wonder what it would have been like to listen to this album back when it first released. Right now I'm not just not that all enamored with what I hear. I recognize that this is a sound that was becoming more and more popular for indie music at the time and the theme and lyrics of the songs off Only In Dreams are compelling, but the sound doesn't touch me now. I've ... read more

heyitsmedan
85

The album is slow in disposition, but at the same time, it is very haunting and contemplative.

zagon
81

peak production

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Track List

1Always Looking
2:18
83
2Bedroom Eyes
3:54
86
3Just a Creep
2:56
81
4In My Head
3:48
84
5Heartbeat
2:50
85
6Caught in One
3:44
87
7Coming Down
6:29
94
8Wasted Away
3:39
87
9Teardrops on My Pillow
2:48
83
10Hold Your Hand
3:57
84
Total Length: 36 minutes

Year End Lists

#4/Spinner
#17/SPIN
#40/Under the Radar
#46/One Thirty BPM
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Added on: June 30, 2011