Lost In The Dream (studio album) by The War On Drugs

Beautiful album

A sonic delight with masterful, whimsical writing that impresses with each song.

Album Rating: 85.90
(859/10)

1.Under The Pressure. 98
2.Red Eyes. 99.
3.Suffering. 79
4.An Ocean In Between The Waves. 100
5.Disappearing. 83
6.Eyes To The Wind. 81
7.The Haunting Idle. 84
8.Burning. 80
9.Lost In The Dream. 78
10.In Reverse. 77

An album that starts out very strong but slowly drifts away the further you delve into it. It starts very strongly with Under The Pressure and Red Eyes which are by far the best songs on the record. After that every song is pretty much the same in the fact that it has an engaging start but is dragged out so much that you lose all interest in the track. They carry songs on for far too long and that makes for a dull and long listen for us. This is probably why the run time seems so bloated as well. However, there is a lot I love about the record. One of them is the percussion performance which is a stand out for me and it makes every track it is on better. I do enjoy the lyrics and vocal as well and they also create a very consistent style of music that would be very effective if shortened down. Overall, the repetitive nature and length of this release hold it back but there is still a lot of quality and potential on display.

From Jboy56 03/25/2022 14:37

The Smiths of the New Century..?

I liked the first 3 tracks but I really couldn't get in to the rest of the album, just all sounded a bit samey to me.

Suena muy bien

I really like the sound. I tend to like shorter songs.

A maddeningly frustrating album. Every song’s beginning draws me in (that’s hard to do!), but loses me by the end. Granduciel reminds me of that guy in college who figures an interesting guitar lick and then plays it repeatedly for 3 hours.

Obviously, there’s a comparison to Dylan, but it’s a poor man’s copy.

From VictorVale 11/24/2021 13:34

A cada audição ele melhora! Grade álbum!