''Dose Your Dreams'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian
hardcore punk band
Fucked Up. The album was released on October 5, 2018 through
Merge Records.
The four-year gap between the album and their 2014 album, ''
Glass Boys'', marked the longest gap in studio albums in the band's history. This was the band's last album with guitarist Ben Cook before his departure in 2021.
Accolades
The album was shortlisted for the
Juno Award
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for
Alternative Album of the Year
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at the
Juno Awards of 2019.
"Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations"
CBC Music
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, January 29, 2019.
Critical reception
''Dose Your Dreams'' received critical acclaim upon its release. On Metacritic, a review aggregate website, contemporary music critics gave ''Dose Your Dreams'' an average score of 83 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim" based on 23 critic scores.AnyDecentMusic?
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, the album received a score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 22 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
Fucked Up
* Damian Abraham - lead vocals (tracks 1–10, 14, 15, 18)
* Ben Cook - lead vocals (15)
* Mike Haliechuk - guitar, production (all tracks), bass guitar (1, 2, 8), keyboards (5, 6, 11, 12, 16–18), lead vocals (8, 13), additional vocals (4, 10, 11, 15)
* Sandy Miranda - bass guitar (3–7, 9–11, 13, 16, 18), bass engineering (3–7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18)
* Jonah Falco - guitar, drums, synthesizer programming, drum programming; piano (1, 16, 18), lead vocals (12, 17), additional vocals (2–4, 6, 9, 10, 13), vocal engineering (2–6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17), production (2–4, 9, 12, 15–18)
Additional musicians
* Amy Gottung – additional vocals (1, 4–6, 10)
* Jen Calleja – additional vocals (2, 3)
* Jane Fair – saxophone (1, 2, 4, 9, 10)
* Yoobin Ahn – violin (1)
* John Southworth – additional vocals (4, 10)
* Ruby Mariani – additional vocals (5)
* Owen Pallett – viola, viola arrangement (7, 8, 18)
* Ayo Leilani – additional vocals (8)
* Ryan Tong – lead vocals (14)
* Jennifer Castle
Jennifer Castle is a Canadian singer-songwriter, based in Toronto, Ontario. Born in Toronto, she was raised in Mississauga and Orangeville, – lead vocals (16)
* Miya Folick
Miya Folick ( ; born June 9, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.
Early life and education
Folick was born in Santa Ana, California. She is half-Japanese and was raised as a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist, learnin ...
– lead vocals (18)
* J Mascis – additional vocals (16)
* Jeremy Gaudet – additional vocals (16)
* Mary Margaret O'Hara – additional vocals (18)
* Lido Pimienta – additional vocals (18)
Technical
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Shane Stoneback – mixing (1–3, 6–10, 13, 18)
* Leon Taheny – mixing (4, 11)
* Matty Tavares – mixing (5)
* Alex Gamble – mixing (12, 16, 17), engineering (all tracks)
* Orphx
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– mixing (14)
* Graham Walsh – mixing (15)
* Bill Skibbe – guitar engineering (11)
Visuals
* Eric Kostiuk Williams
Eric Kostiuk Williams (born 1990) is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been nominated twice for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award: in 2013 for ''Hungry Bottom Comics'', and in 2018 for ''Condo Heartbreak Disco'' ...
– cover art
* Kevin McCaughey – additional art, design
* Daniel Murphy – additional art, design
Charting
References
External links
*
''Dose Your Dreams''
at Genius
*
''Dose Your Dreams''
at Merge Records
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2018 albums
Fucked Up albums
Merge Records albums