Fever Dream (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, released on 26 July 2019 through Republic Records. The album was co-produced by the band with Rich Costey, and was preceded by the lead single "Alligator".

Background Lead singer Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir said that while writing the album she had grown "really tired" of writing songs on an acoustic guitar as it "brought out things in [me] that were predictable", so she began working on a laptop at home, "figuring out all these new sounds and being curious about them". Nanna said lead single "Alligator", called "driving and percussion-heavy" by Billboard, began like a "dance song", but that it is not entirely representative of the album's sound. She described the album as "more poppy and brighter" than the band's previous album, 2015's Beneath the Skin.

Reception Critical reception

Fever Dream received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Commercial performance Fever Dream debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with 34,000 album-equivalent units, of which 30,000 were pure album sales. It is Of Monsters and Men's third US top 10 album.

Track listing

Personnel Of Monsters and Men Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion Ragnar Þórhallsson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, keyboards Brynjar Leifsson – guitar, synthesizer Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass, synthesizer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion, programming, synthesizer, piano

Additional musicians Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 9) Viktor Orri Árnason – strings (tracks 4, 10)

Technical Of Monsters and Men – producer Rich Costey – producer, mixing, programming Joe LaPorta – mastering Martin Cooke – engineering, programming KT Pipal – mixing assistance

Artwork and design Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Fever Dream Chart (2019) Peakposition Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi) 1

Year-end charts + 2019 year-end chart performance for Fever Dream Chart (2019) Position Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi) 39

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