Bad Dreams (Swollen Members Album)
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''Bad Dreams'' is the second studio album by Canadian hip hop group
Swollen Members Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting mainly of Madchild and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only (who was actually a member of the group for a short period of time in the ...
on Battleaxe Records, released in 2001. ''Bad Dreams'' was a progression of the sound the group expressed on Balance leaning more towards the mainstream. "Take It Back" was the album's first single though the record didn't take off until the second single, "Fuel Injected" was released. "Fuel Injected" turned the underground rap group into household names overnight. The follow-up single "Bring It Home" was equally successful peaking at #3 on the Canadian Singles Chart, helping the record attain Platinum certification in Canada. The presence of Moka Only on the group's two biggest singles prompted him to join the group from 2002 to 2005. The 19th and 20th tracks are bonus tracks that appear on the 2002 reissue only. The reissue also sports an alternate cover similar to the original release. The original album also contains a hidden remix of "Take It Back" produced by Joey Chavez that appears after the end of "High Road". ''
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'' magazine listed ''Bad Dreams'' as one of the 25 best albums of 2001. ''Bad Dreams'' was the seventh-best selling rap album in Canada in 2002 and the best-selling rap album of the year in Canada by a Canadian rap artist.


Track listing


In popular culture

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Year-end charts


References

2001 albums Swollen Members albums Albums produced by Evidence (musician) Albums produced by Saukrates Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician) Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year recordings {{2001-hiphop-album-stub