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) is the third studio album by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, released on 26 July 2019 through

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. The album was co-produced by the band with

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, and was preceded by the lead single "

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Background

Lead singer

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said that while writing the album she had grown "really tired" of writing songs on an acoustic guitar as it "brought out things in ethat were predictable", so she began working on a laptop at home, "figuring out all these new sounds and being curious about them". Nanna said lead single "Alligator", called "driving and percussion-heavy" by ''

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'', began like a "dance song", but that it is not entirely representative of the album's sound. She described the album as "more poppy and brighter" than the band's previous album, 2015's '' Beneath the Skin''.

Critical reception

The album received positive reviews from music critics. It holds a rating of 70 on

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, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Commercial performance

''Fever Dream'' debuted at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 34,000

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s, of which 30,000 were pure album sales. It is Of Monsters and Men's third US top 10 album.

Track listing

Personnel

Of Monsters and Men *

– vocals (all tracks), guitar (1), synthesizer (1, 4–7, 10), samples (2, 4–6, 10), piano (3, 4), percussion (6), keyboards (8) *

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– vocals (1–3, 5–11), guitar (1, 5, 6, 11), piano (2, 5, 10), samples (2), synthesizer (5, 7, 9, 10), keyboards (8) *

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– guitar, synthesizer (1–3, 5–11); samples (2, 9, 10) *Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass (all tracks), synth bass (1), synthesizer (2, 5–7, 10, 11) *Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion (1–3, 5–11); programming (2, 5–8, 10, 11), samples (3, 7, 8, 10), synthesizer (3, 7–11), piano (11) Additional musicians * Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano (2, 4–6, 9) *

– programming (2, 5) * Viktor Orri Árnason – strings (4, 10) * Martin Cooke – programming (5, 8) Technical *

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– mastering * Rich Costey – mixing * Martin Cooke –

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* KT Pipal – mixing assistance Artwork and design * Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout * Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout * Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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