''Dream Machine'' is the sixth studio album by German rock band

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. It was released by

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on March 3, 2017 worldwide. The album is available at retail and online stores with two versions available: a standard edition CD/

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(10 tracks) and a limited deluxe box edition (includes album CD, a CD of instrumental version of the album, a vinyl of single "What If" with a bonus track and Bill's personal notebook of handwritten notes, photos and other notes).

Background

The band first announced that they were beginning work on a new album back in 2015 while filming for one of the episodes of their web series "Tokio Hotel TV". Since then, Bill posted some lyrics and sneak peeks on his

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account. The album was made for pre-order on December 23, 2016 on

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and

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with first promo single "Something New" made available for instant download. The lead single "What If" was released on December 29, 2016.

Reception

Critical response to album was mixed. "MusikExpress" gave the album 2 out of 5 stars rating, calling it a "boom-boom-autotune". Overall, the album was mostly praised for lyrical improvements but criticized for the use of

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's booklet. Tokio Hotel *

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- lead vocals *Tom Kaulitz - guitars (tracks 1-4, 6-10), additional bass (tracks 7, 10), piano (tracks 3, 5-6, 8-10), keys, percussion (tracks 1-4, 6-10), programmings *Georg Listing - bass (tracks 1-4, 6-10) *Gustav Schäfer - drums (tracks 1, 3-4, 6-10), percussion (track 2) Additional personnel *Devon Culiner - keys (tracks 1, 3-5, 8-9), percussion (tracks 3-4, 8-9), programmings (tracks 1, 3-6, 8-9)

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References

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