Fever Dream
by Of Monsters and Men
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jul 26, 2019
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 70
  3. Negative: 11 out of 70
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  1. Skydog
    Aug 5, 2019
    2
    I found this CD to be a major disappointment after hearing their first album (didn't enjoy the second album much either). It's way too poppy and generic or me. :(
  2. redditorru
    Jul 29, 2019
    3
    When I heard "Alligator" for the first time, I thought to myself: "Well, it's just a teaser, they are saving the best stuff for later." Little did I know this would be the best song on the album.
    I'm a diehard OM&M fan, and I've been dreaming of traveling to one of your concerts for years. But I can't quite believe how disappointing this album is. It sounds like an attempt to step into    When I heard "Alligator" for the first time, I thought to myself: "Well, it's just a teaser, they are saving the best stuff for later." Little did I know this would be the best song on the album.
    I'm a diehard OM&M fan, and I've been dreaming of traveling to one of your concerts for years. But I can't quite believe how disappointing this album is. It sounds like an attempt to step into the pop waters, yet it fails miserably eliminating everything that OM&M once was.
    Hell, even those generic pop songs on the radio are more catchy than this.    … Expand
  3. VofVe
    Jul 26, 2019
    3
    I'm a great of this guys fan but this album moves away from what is OMAM. I think the band should follow the same line as "Beneath the Skin" and "My Head Is An Animal"
  4. tripleh3lix
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    Written very well, mixed well. But after waiting years for this, I was ultimately let down. Way too slow for me and I’m all for trying something different, but this just didn’t even sound like them :-/
  5. becauseIsayso
    Sep 9, 2019
    2
    Aptly named, the album is dull, uninteresting, uninviting, and off-putting for those who like OMAM for their originality and special touch. Granted, OMAM fans who also like bland pop music would disagree and welcome this new effort. As for me, if a change was so sorely needed I wish they'd tried prog-rock, goth or even full-blown heavy metal instead.

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PopMatters
    Aug 5, 2019
    70
    Fever Dream is a very good album. ... The problem with Fever Dream isn't exactly that it sounds so different from its predecessors. It's that Of Monsters and Men have lost some of their uniqueness and quality in the process.
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  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Jul 29, 2019
    70
    There is not as much variety on Fever Dream as “Alligator” had seemed to indicate, but there is a clear shift – it feels more open, musically, than ever before. There’s a confidence mixed with fragility, like a band born again.
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  3. Clash Music
    Jul 29, 2019
    70
    Luckily the album is the group's strongest and most enjoyable album to date. ... There are moments however when things quite work as well as on their previous albums, but these are the moments that are the most interesting and exciting.
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