Dreams Are Not Enough
Studio album by
Telefon Tel Aviv
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
GenreElectronic
Length50:02
LabelGhostly International
Producer
Telefon Tel Aviv chronology
Immolate Yourself
(2009)		 Dreams Are Not Enough
(2019)

Dreams Are Not Enough is the fourth studio album by Telefon Tel Aviv.[1][2] It was released via Ghostly International on September 27, 2019.[3][4] It is Joshua Eustis's first album under the Telefon Tel Aviv moniker since the 2009 passing of his bandmate Charles Cooper.[5] Listed top to bottom on the album's front cover, the song titles form a poem.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Pitchfork8.1/10[9]
Resident Advisorfavorable[10]
Spectrum Culturefavorable[11]
Under the Radar[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Ryan Keeling of Resident Advisor wrote, "Dreams Are Not Enough is a remarkable return that achieves things the first three Telefon Tel Aviv albums were never quite able to."[10] He added that "the best quality of Dreams Are Not Enough is the fusion of its emotions, as positivity and negativity flow into each other like convergent tributaries of a river."[10] Paul Simpson of AllMusic called the album "An absolutely crushing listen, and every bit as powerful as the previous three TTA albums."[8] Haydon Spenceley of Under the Radar commented that "the record is best enjoyed whole, with headphones, concentration, and responded to with adulation."[12] He said, "Dreams Are Not Enough is 2019's best electronic album, hands down."[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joshua Eustis, except "Arms Aloft" by Eustis and Turk Dietrich

No.TitleLength
1."I dream of it often:"4:58
2."a younger version of myself,"5:15
3."standing at the bottom of the ocean;"5:36
4."arms aloft,"7:43
5."mouth agape,"4:57
6."eyes glaring,"6:57
7."not seeing,"6:16
8."not breathing,"4:50
9."still as stone in the watery fane."3:30
Total length:50:02

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Joshua Eustis – performance, production
  • Turk Dietrich – additional production (4)
  • Deru – additional production (6), guidance (6)
  • Rafael Anton Irisarri – mastering
  • Molly Smith – art direction, art execution
  • Particula Universum – calligraphy

References

  1. ↑ Pearis, Bill (July 31, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv announce first LP in 10 years, share new single, playing shows". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (July 31, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv Announces First New Album in a Decade". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ Posner, Nina (July 31, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv returns with first album in ten years, Dreams Are Not Enough". Resident Advisor. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ Bruce-Jones, Henry (July 31, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv to release first album in a decade, Dreams Are Not Enough". Fact. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ Breihan, Tom (July 31, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv Return After Death Of Member Charles Cooper, Announce First New Album In 10 Years". Stereogum. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. ↑ Glazer, Joshua (September 27, 2019). "Ten Years After the Death of Its Co-Founding Member, Telefon Tel Aviv Returns With a Haunting New Album". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Dreams Are Not Enough by Telefon Tel Aviv". Metacritic. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Telefon Tel Aviv - Dreams Are Not Enough". AllMusic. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ Sherburne, Philip (October 1, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv: Dreams Are Not Enough". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 Keeling, Ryan (October 3, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv - Dreams Are Not Enough". Resident Advisor. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ Stevens, Nathan (October 16, 2019). "Telefon Tel Aviv: Dreams Are Not Enough". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 Spenceley, Haydon (January 2, 2020). "Telefon Tel Aviv: Dreams Are Not Enough". Under the Radar. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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