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Generally favorable reviews- based on 70 Ratings
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Positive: 43 out of 70
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Mixed: 16 out of 70
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Negative: 11 out of 70
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Jul 27, 2019Went from original, folky Icelandic pop with magic and charm, to overly bland attempts at top 40. Hugely disappointing.
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Jul 29, 2019
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Jul 28, 2019After the knockout opening song, Alligator - which owes some vague debt to softer sound of Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz (check out the "hey!" that opens the song) - Fever Dream is mostly a meandering sampling of world muzak. The album seems more like a stroll than a plunge, veering away from the intensity of OMAM's previous albums. Alligator is one of their best efforts. After that, meh.
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Sep 4, 2019Although Fever Dream is a good album, it is very disappointing that they could have reclaimed their unique indie-folk pop style but rather decided to go towards something more generic and commercial. I miss their originality, a crucial factor that this album doesn't have.
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Sep 4, 2019
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Jan 29, 2023I’m glad they branched out and experimented but I think it’s a miss for me. They replaced a lot of the heart and soul of their music for lacklustre synthetic programmed drums and pop melodies. While this works for some bands, it’s too inorganic for their sound and style.
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Aug 13, 2019
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Aug 5, 2019Fever 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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Jul 29, 2019There 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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Jul 29, 2019Luckily 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.