''The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of'' is the debut studio album by the

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band Starlight Mints. The title references the line "The stuff that dreams are made of" from '' The Maltese Falcon'', and, second-handedly,

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: In Act IV of '' The Tempest'',

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says "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

Production

The album was recorded in 1997 and 1998, years before it was released by

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Critical reception

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'' called the album "a short, well-sequenced offering of punchy orchestral pop." The ''

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'' wrote that the album "offers honest-to-God anthems with catchy refrains that sound happy even when they aren't."

Track listing

References

2000 albums Starlight Mints albums Albums produced by Dave Sardy {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub