Teen Dream
Teen Dream is the third studio album by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on January 26, 2010 as the band's debut album on the record label Sub Pop. Internationally, the album was released by Bella Union in Europe, Mistletone Records in Australia, and Arts & Crafts in Mexico. The album was produced by the band and Chris Coady.
For other uses, see Teen Dream (disambiguation).Teen Dream
The album received universal acclaim from music critics, who hailed it as one of the best albums of 2010. NME included it in their 2013 edition of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[2] The album was also included in the 2014 edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[3] In October 2019, Pitchfork ranked it in the 21st position among the best albums of the 2010s.[4]
Recording[edit]
The recording of Teen Dream took place after extensive touring of the Beach House's previous album, Devotion (2008). According to Legrand, while on tour "we definitely stored up a lot of energy and ideas that we had. By the end of the touring cycle we couldn't wait to get back home to start working on the next record. In some ways, touring is a restraint on the creative side, because it's hard to write on the road. So you just have to wait, and sit on this anticipation until the time you're able to spend days, weeks, months working on something."[5] The duo strove to create a more "sophisticated" album and, according to the group, the demos of this record were comparable to the final tracks that made up their previous record. Also, their use of extensive reverb was held back significantly. According to Alex Scally "There's very little reverb on the record".
Recording this album was considerably more expensive; Scally says, "Every bit of money we got, we spent. The recording was insanely expensive. Every single step of the way, we've just tried to go more, go further".[6]
"Norway" was released online on November 17, 2009, with the full album leaking onto the Internet a few days later.[7]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album debuted 43 on the Billboard 200 with 13,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold a total of 140,000 copies as of May 2012.[50] As of April 2012 Teen Dream has sold 21,000 vinyl copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[51]
The song "Take Care" was used for the soundtrack of the 2020 film Chemical Hearts, in the film and during the end credits.[52]
The song "Silver Soul" was sampled in Kendrick Lamar's song Money Trees [53] from his 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.