''Dreamy'' is an album by the
indie pop
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band
Beat Happening, released in 1991. The band recorded the tracks in a living room and in a professional recording studio.
Critical reception
The ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' wrote: "It's a stripped-of-conventions, anti-pop stance that could sound just as calculated and empty as some elaborate pop productions, but Beat Happening imparts both quirky charm and a sense of immediacy to its material."
[ The '']St. Petersburg Times
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'' deemed "Collide" "one of the eeriest songs to come along in a while... It's eerie in a playful, sickly pretty way."[
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Track listing
All tracks written by Beat Happening.
# "Me Untamed" – 3:46
# "Left Behind" – 2:53
# "Hot Chocolate Boy" – 2:21
# "I've Lost You" – 2:48
# "Cry for a Shadow" – 2:27
# "Collide" – 3:29
# "Nancy Sin" – 2:40
# "Fortune Cookie Prize" – 3:46
# "Revolution Come and Gone" – 4:16
# "Red Head Walking" – 2:07
References
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Beat Happening albums
1991 albums
K Records albums
Sub Pop albums
Albums produced by Steve Fisk