Dreams (The Whitest Boy Alive album)

Dreams
Studio album by The Whitest Boy Alive
Released	June 5, 2006 (Norway) September 4, 2006 (International)
Genre	Indie pop, dream pop
Length	41:34
Label	Service
The Whitest Boy Alive chronology
Dreams (2006) Rules (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	[1]
Rockfeedback	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.1/10)[3]
musicOMH	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Drowned in Sound	[6]
NME	[7]

Dreams is the debut album by German-Norwegian indie pop band the Whitest Boy Alive. In 2006, it was released on Service Records as well as Asound/Bubbles. Early pressings of the album, such as the Norway release by the label Smalltown Supersound, carry a different track sequencing to later pressings which have since become the standard for reprints. The band's frontman, Erlend Øye, was performing an electronic arrangement of the track "Don't Give Up" with the duo Röyksopp from as early as 2001.[8]

Track listing

First pressing sequencing

The Service Records CD (SERV027) lists this track order as:[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burning"	3:11
2.	"Above You"	3:15
3.	"Inflation"	3:50
4.	"Fireworks"	3:12
5.	"Done With You"	5:24
6.	"Don't Give Up"	5:55
7.	"Figures"	3:57
8.	"Borders"	5:30
9.	"Golden Cage"	4:02
10.	"All Ears"	3:20

International release sequencing

The Asound/Bubbles CD (ASCD01) lists this track order is:[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burning"	3:11
2.	"Golden Cage"	4:02
3.	"Fireworks"	3:12
4.	"Done with You"	5:24
5.	"Don't Give Up"	5:55
6.	"Above You"	3:15
7.	"Inflation"	3:50
8.	"Figures"	3:57
9.	"Borders"	5:30
10.	"All Ears"	3:20

Charts

Chart performance for Dreams

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	36

References

1. "BBC review". Archived from the original on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
2. Rockfeedback review
3. Pitchfork Media review
4. musicOMH review Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. "CD: The Whitest Boy Alive, Dreams". The Guardian. 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on 2022-04-08.
6. Drowned In Sound review Archived April 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
7. NME review
8. "Live recording from Roskilde Festival in Denmark, June 29, 2001". YouTube. June 29, 2001. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
9. "Service Records song order". Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
10. Asounds/Bubbles song order Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – The Whitest Boy Alive – Dreams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – The Whitest Boy Alive – Dreams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2022.