Trouble In Dreams - Destroyer
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78 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Summary: Dan Bejar, the New Pornographer member, releases his ninth album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    Destroyer has clearly picked up where it left off and the music on this eleven song album is utterly exceptional.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Trouble In Dreams is full of amazing poetic adventures which could never flourish in the harsh light of the public eye.
  3. Under The Radar
    80
    He backs up all the contrived drama with the kind of gorgeously lush music critics dream about. [Winter 20008, p.81]
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  4. Blender
    60
    Dan Bejar is in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mode: He's made an album that sounds nearly identical to the one before it. [Apr 2008, p.78]

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  1. HK
    10
    One of the best releases of the year. The Blender review is complete crap - obviously they don't know what they're talking about. This album is not like Destroyer's Rubies in the least bit. The tracks are a little more accessible this time around, and a notable complexity is developing in Bejar's tunes and lyrics.… Expand
  2. Sean
    9
    The overall metacritic score has it right. Not as great as the previous Destroyer record, but better than most of the music out there now.
  3. GeneB.
    9
    H K said it best - some of these critics seem to take Bejar's lyrical playfulness as a personal insult to their intelligence. The music is beautiful and complex.… Expand
  4. jyotirmayaD.
    7
    I like this album a little better than "Rubies" because it doesn't use the same chord refrains throughout the whole of the album as "rubies" did. It was almost like all of the songs had the same music. Now with "Trouble..." we get a more pin-pointed variegated sound, but we don't get any of the lush arrangements which made "Rubies" so damn good to listen to. I am going to have to go to my itunes and create a mix of the two albums and compile one excellent album to my liking. And I am happy that I can do that !!!… Expand

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