Dreamland (Aztec Camera album)

Dreamland
Studio album by
Aztec Camera
Released17 May 1993[1]
RecordedOctober 1992–February 1993
GenreAlternative rock, synthpop
Length51:15
LabelWEA[2]
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto, Roddy Frame[3]
Aztec Camera chronology
Stray
(1990) 		Dreamland
(1993) 		Frestonia
(1995)

Dreamland is the fifth studio album by the alternative rock band Aztec Camera, released in 1993.[4][5]

The album peaked at No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart[6] and at number 146 on the Australian ARIA Charts.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[9]
NME6/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Trouser Press wrote that Roddy Frame "approaches a nirvana of cerebral passion on 'Valium Summer', 'Let Your Love Decide' and other ethereal treats."[3] In a 2021 review of an Aztec Camera collection, Pitchfork thought that "Dreamland isn’t completely devoid of the indie rock arrangements that characterized earlier Aztec Camera releases, and even its most experimental tendencies feel firmly at home within the band’s extended catalog."[13]

Track listing

All songs written by Roddy Frame.

  1. "Birds" – 4:56
  2. "Safe in Sorrow" – 4:56
  3. "Black Lucia" – 4:00
  4. "Let Your Love Decide" – 5:03
  5. "Spanish Horses" – 4:35
  6. "Dream Sweet Dreams" – 3:27
  7. "Pianos and Clocks" – 4:53
  8. "Sister Ann" – 5:13
  9. "Vertigo" – 4:54
  10. "Valium Summer" – 5:54
  11. "The Belle of the Ball" – 3:24

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 15 May 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ Buckley, Peter (3 September 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Aztec Camera". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Aztec Camera Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "MUSIC / The Roddy and Ryuichi roadshow". The Independent. 23 October 2011.
  6. ^ "AZTEC CAMERA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. ^ "Aztec Camera ARIA chart history (albums), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. ^ AllMusic review
  9. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 56.
  10. ^ Dee, Johnny (5 June 1993). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 33.
  11. ^ "Aztec Camera: Dreamland : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
  12. ^ "Aztec Camera - reissues". 2 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Aztec Camera: Backwards and Forwards (The WEA Recordings 1984-1995)". Pitchfork.


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