Dreams Are Not Enough

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]

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)

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. "Dreams Are Not Enough by Telefon Tel Aviv". Metacritic. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. 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. 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. Spenceley, Haydon (January 2, 2020). "Telefon Tel Aviv: Dreams Are Not Enough". Under the Radar. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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