''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (stylised without spaces) is the sixth studio album by French

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band M83. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by

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in France and by

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in the United States. The album was the last M83 album with keyboardist

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before her departure, and the band's first full

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. The album received generally favourable reviews from critics. It debuted at number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 21,000 copies, making it M83's highest-charting album to date. It sold 300,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016. The album was nominated for

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at the

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and was ranked at number 134 on ''

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'' list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s" in October 2019.

Background and recording

Prior to recording ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', M83 frontman Anthony Gonzalez moved from France to

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, United States. Describing the move in an interview, Gonzalez said, "Having spent 29 years of my life in France, I moved to

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a year and a half before the making of this album and I was excited and inspired by so many different things: by the landscape, by the way of life, by live shows, by movies, by the road trips I took alone... I was feeling alive again and this is, I feel, something that you can hear on the album." Gonzalez toured with

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, and

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before recording, which influenced the album. He was also influenced by his road trips to

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. Gonzalez cited the ambitiousness of albums such as ''

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'' by

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as the reason ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' was made a

. He described the two discs as brother and sister, with each track having a sibling on the other disc. Gonzalez created the album to remember his childhood. Gonzalez explained to ''

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'' that ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' is "mainly about dreams, how everyone is different, how you dream differently when you're a kid, a teenager, or an adult. I'm really proud of it. If you're doing a very long album, all the songs need to be different and I think I've done that with this one." In an interview with ''

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'', he described the album as "a reflection of my 30 years as a human being" and something he dedicated to himself. The album was recorded in Los Angeles at

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and

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. Because of budget constraints and union issues, the string and brass players who contributed to the album were not paid and were credited with

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s. The album features contributions from

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and

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Style

Anthony Gonzalez compared ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' sound to two of his previous releases, describing it as a mix between the

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used on ''

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'' (2008) and the

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of ''

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and

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, as well as synth-pop band

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Release

''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' was first teased on 23 June 2011 in a

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video titled "Echoes...", which also announced dates for a North American tour. The album's

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, " Midnight City", premiered online on 19 July 2011, and was officially released on 16 August 2011. On 10 October 2011, the album became available to be streamed in its entirety on the

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website. Urban Outfitters also hosted a simultaneous listening party at all of its stores the Saturday before ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' release. On 17 October 2011, the music video for "Midnight City" was released. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by

in France and by

in the United States. On 30 May 2012, a music video for the album's second single, "Reunion", was released. The video is a follow-up to the "Midnight City" music video. M83 released a music video for "Steve McQueen" on 25 October 2012. On 5 November 2012, a three-disc deluxe edition featuring remixes of "Midnight City", "Reunion" and "Steve McQueen" was announced. On 5 December 2012, a music video for " Wait" was released. The album's closer " Outro" was used in the extended trailer for 2012 film ''

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'' as well as other trailers and films over the following years.

Critical reception

''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100, derived from reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 76, based on 38 reviews. ''

''s Ian Cohen gave the album its "Best New Music" accolade, considering it the band's best record to date. Cohen also noted the reduction of the "heavily saturated synths" of Anthony Gonzalez's earlier work in favour of more accessible songs, adding that "the traditionally structured songs here are some of the most thrilling pop music released this year." Similarly, ''

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''s James Lachno felt that the album "finally fuses his innate ingenuity with an accessible, commercial edge." Rudy Klapper of Sputnikmusic praised the influence of

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on the album, and called the record "near flawless, an essential distillation of the sounds of Gonzalez's youth, nostalgia and melancholy and happiness all mixed up into a sparkling pop stew."

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of ''

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'' called the album "a towering city of sparkling synth edifices simultaneously summoning the best of the 1980s ( New Order,

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) and the current breed (

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, Empire of the Sun)". '' Under the Radar''s Laura Studarus described ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' as a "remarkable accomplishment" and a "double album of stunningly ambitious, synth-soaked dreams". Jamie Crossan of ''

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'' compared the album's "guileless and dreamy" nature to the title character of the 1943 novella ''

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'' and admitted that this comparison would be "quite a bold statement to make, but this is an album of equal valor." Reef Younis of

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felt that while "some consistency may have been sacrificed in favor of a space-filling selection of tracks, this set still represents a heaving, breathing journey through the introspective and the bombastic, the striving and the exhaustive. It is the undeniable sound of one man's triumphant dreams." Heather Phares of

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wrote that while the album "may not be quite as striking as ''

'', it delivers a welcome mix of classic sounds and promising changes." David Marchese of ''

'' felt that ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' is "full of goose-bump moments", but that the "lack of something as enjoyably plain (and relatively calm) as ' Kim & Jessie'... makes Gonzalez's insistence on oversize emotions feel a tad restrictive." In a similarly mixed review, Timothy Gabriele of ''

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'' criticised M83 for "focusing too much on magnitude throughout and too little on depth" on the album, but noted that the "totality of sound" on the album "has a way of blinding even the most critical listener to the problems that underline many of the album's lesser songs". ''

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''s Christian Williams found the album underwhelming, writing, "for an album of such impressive scale and nanoscopic attention to detail, leaves a surprisingly light impression." Kevin Liedel of ''

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'' criticised the album for rehashing sounds from earlier M83 albums and felt that it sounded "much more like an M83 wannabe's poor imitation than the real deal."

Accolades

''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' appeared on several end-of-year lists. '' Filter'' named it the best album of 2011. ''

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'' named the album as the ninth best album of 2011, writing "As with everything the Frenchman's done so far, the album is lush and ably produced, crescendo after crescendo." ''

'' named it the third best album of 2011, with

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writing: "''Hurry Up We're Dreaming'' doesn't just draw liberally from the spirit of the massive rock albums Gonzalez name-checked, it practically swallows them whole, regurgitating and redistributing them into something listeners from every corner of the music universe can hear a piece of their lives in." ''

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'' ranked the album as number five on its list of "The 75 Best Albums of 2011", while ''

'' ranked the album number 19 on its end-of-year list. Online music retailer

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ranked the album number two on its "Best Albums of 2011" list. The

" Midnight City" was singled out for praise. ''Paste'' named it the second-best song of the year. ''

'' named it the best song of 2011, with Ryan Reed writing: "On this transcendent standout ..Anthony Gonzalez and co-synth-scientist

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build layer upon layer of keys, arena-sized drums, and vocal atmospherics (not mentioning one of the tastiest sax solos this side of a Springsteen record). The result? The synth

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Tour

Prior to touring for ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', Anthony Gonzalez posted an open audition on M83's website for a multi-instrumentalist who could play guitar, bass and keyboards to join him on tour. Jordan Lawlor of

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was hired from the audition. The tour for the album began in

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on 15 October 2011 and ended on 1 December 2011 in

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. The second leg of the tour began on 12 January 2012 in Los Angeles and was set to end on 8 August 2012 in

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, but was later extended, ending in London on 8 November 2012. During the second leg, M83 performed at the 2012

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on 13 and 20 April, at the

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in Australia and New Zealand, and at

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Track listing

Original release

All music is composed by Anthony Gonzalez. Additional music is composed by

. Additional lyrics by

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and

Deluxe edition

Deluxe edition disc three # "Midnight City" (Eric Prydz Private remix) # "Midnight City" (Trentemøller remix) # "Midnight City" (Team Ghost remix) # "Reunion" (Mylo remix) # "Reunion" (Sei A remix) # "Reunion" (White Sea remix) # "Steve McQueen" (Maps remix) # "Steve McQueen" (BeatauCue remix)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming''.

Musicians

* Anthony Gonzalez – lead vocals ; background vocals ; keyboards ; programming ; electric guitar ; vocals ; piano ; orchestral arrangements, conducting ; snaps ; claps ; synthesizer *

– lead vocals *

– background vocals ; monologue *

– keyboards ; programming ; electric guitar ; bass guitar ; acoustic guitar ; snaps ; claps ; percussion ; recorders ; mandolin * Loïc Maurin – drums ; snaps ; claps ; percussion *

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– orchestral percussion ; electronic drums, percussion * The Orphans String and Brass Orchestra – orchestra *

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– orchestral arrangements, conducting * James King – saxophone ; flute,

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* Gabriel Johnson – trumpet *

– background vocals ; lead vocals *

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– acoustic guitar ;

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; banjo, mandolin ;

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* The Purple Mixed Adult Choir – background vocals ; claps * Zelly Boo Meldal-Johnsen – monologue * The Shakespeare Bridge Children's Choir – snaps, claps ; background vocals * John Graney – whistle * Chelsea Alden – monologue * Patrick Warren – piano * Amy White – background vocals * Lydie Benzakin – monologue * Toni Kasza – The Shakespeare Bridge Children's Choir direction

Technical

– production, engineering * Anthony Gonzalez – production *

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– mixing * Antoine Gaillet – mixing * Todd Burke – engineering * Mike Schuppan – additional engineering, engineering assistance * Graham Hope – engineering assistance * Cameron Lister – engineering assistance * Dave Cooley – mastering

Artwork

* Anthony Gonzalez – art direction, design * Anouck Bertin – art direction, design, photography * Ashkahn Shahparnia – sleeve layout * Shane Konen – sleeve layout

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' on M83's official website

''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' premiere
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