- In Reverie
Infobox Album | Name = In Reverie
Type = Album
Artist =Saves the Day
Released =September 16 ,2003
Recorded = 2003
Genre =Indie rock ,Power pop
Label = DreamWorks
Producer =Rob Schnapf
Discs = 1
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4pkku3laandk]
*Blender Rating|3|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1545 link]
*Drowned in Sound (8/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/10924.html link]
*Entertainment Weekly (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,485255,00.html link]
*Pop Matters (Favorable) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/savestheday-inreverie.shtml link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2047410 link]
*Spin (B-) [http://www.spin.com/reviews/magazine/2003/12/saves_day_reverie/ link] | Last album = "Stay What You Are " (2001)
This album = "In Reverie" (2003)
Next album = "" (2004)"In Reverie" is a
pop music album recorded byPrinceton, New Jersey -based band,Saves the Day . It is their fourth studio album.Upon its release, the album immediately received much controversy due to the drastically new creative direction taken by lead-singer/guitarist and song-writer
Chris Conley . Their two previous albums, "Stay What You Are " and "Through Being Cool " were received favorably and displayed a trademark style of the band based onpop-punk chord progression s, angst-ridden and often disturbingly graphic lyrics, and catchy lead-guitar riffs.With "In Reverie", the music suddenly became far more musically sophisticated and mellow in every aspect. Chris Conley's voice also changed, becoming much softer and nasal in
timbre .Within weeks of the album's release, the DreamWorks record label which "In Reverie" had been released on was absorbed by
Interscope Records . Not long after that Saves the Day were dropped from Interscope. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/savestheday/articles/story/9753223/saves_the_day_rock_their_paranoia]"In Reverie" is Saves the Day's highest-charting album to date, reaching number 27 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in 2003. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=281258&model.vnuAlbumId=814700] According to the "Biography" section of Saves the Day's website, the album has sold over 150,000 copiesfact|date=September 2008.
Track listing
#"
Anywhere with You " - 2:32
#"What Went Wrong" - 2:49
#"Driving in the Dark" - 3:14
#"Rise" - 3:12
#"In Reverie" - 2:27
#"Morning in the Moonlight" - 1:55
#"Monkey" - 3:23
#"In My Waking Life" - 2:49
#"She" - 2:34
#"Where Are You" - 1:47
#"Wednesday the Third" - 3:39
#"Tomorrow Too Late" - 3:33
#"Don't Go Outside" (Import Bonus Track) - 1:55
#"Coconut" (Import Bonus Track) - 3:10
#"Blossom" (Import Bonus Track) - 3:08Unreleased tracks
There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." "Don't Go Outside" was most likely excluded because it is very reminiscent of the previous albums being fast paced and far removed from the general tone of "In Reverie". Coconut, on the other hand, is an acoustic ballad.The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal copy of "In Reverie" in the CD-slot.
Following "In Reverie", Saves the Day released "", but the three unreleased songs from "In Reverie" were not included.
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