- electronic, new wave, alternative dance, indietronica
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
Walking on a Dream is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun, released on 3 October 2008 by Capitol Records. The album was produced by band members Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore, along with Peter Mayes and Donnie Sloan.
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Character
Character-led, grave, warm and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Metacritic 61/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- musicOMH3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- The Observer3/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.4/10
- PopMatters5/10 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Standing on the Shore4:24
- 2Walking on a Dream3:18
- 3Half Mast3:54
- 4We Are the People4:27
- 5Delta Bay3:14
- 6Country5:04
- 7The World4:37
- 8Swordfish Hotkiss Night3:55
- 9Tiger by My Side5:48
- 10Without You5:00
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Empire of the Sun
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- October 3, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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