In Reverie

For the album by Beyond Dawn, see Beyond Dawn.
In Reverie
Studio album by Saves the Day
Released September 16, 2003
Recorded February 2003
Genre Indie rock,[1] melodic punk,[2] pop[3][4][5]
Label DreamWorks
Producer Rob Schnapf
Saves the Day chronology
Stay What You Are
(2001)
In Reverie
(2003)
Ups & Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides
(2004)

In Reverie is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Saves the Day.

Composition

In Reverie showed the band continuing to explore even more than the sounds on Stay What You Are. The music became far more musically sophisticated and mellow in every aspect. Conley's voice also changed, becoming much softer and nasal in timbre.

"What Went Wrong" is about a kid who is being strip-searched despite having done nothing wrong.[6]

Release

On June 10, 2003 In Reverie was announced for release.[6] It was released through DreamWorks on September 16.[7] A few weeks after the album's release, DreamWorks was absorbed by Interscope Records and not long after, Saves the Day were dropped from the label.[8]

In April 2009, the band was tentatively planning to re-release the album with up to 12 additional tracks, including demos and B-sides.[9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(77/100)[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Blender[11]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[12]
PopMatters(Favorable)[5]
Punknews.org[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
SpinC+[15]

In Reverie is Saves the Day's highest-charting album to date, reaching number 27 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003.[16] The album was a commercial disappointment for the band and would soon change the bands direction in their next two albums Sound the Alarm and Under the Boards.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Conley and all music written by Saves the Day.

  1. "Anywhere with You" – 2:32
  2. "What Went Wrong" – 2:49
  3. "Driving in the Dark" – 3:14
  4. "Rise" – 3:12
  5. "In Reverie" – 2:27
  6. "Morning in the Moonlight" – 1:55
  7. "Monkey" – 3:23
  8. "In My Waking Life" – 2:49
  9. "She" – 2:34
  10. "Where Are You" – 1:47
  11. "Wednesday the Third" – 3:39
  12. "Tomorrow Too Late" – 3:33
Bonus tracks

Other songs from the In Reverie era

References

Citations
  1. Apar, Corey. "Sound the Alarm - Saves the Day : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  2. Raper, Dan (May 31, 2006). "Saves the Day: Sound the Alarm". PopMatters. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Allmusic review
  4. 1 2 "Album Review: Saves the Day - In Reverie". DrownedInSound. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Saves the Day: In Reverie". PopMatters. Archived from the original on February 7, 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Miller, Kirk (June 10, 2003). "Saves the Day Dream On". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 11, 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  7. Sciarretto 2003, p. 5
  8. Smith, Dane (April 11, 2006). "Saves the Day Rock Their Paranoia". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  9. "Saves the Day Plan to Re-release In Reverie. AbsolutePunk, April 22, 2009.
  10. "In Reverie Reviews - Metacritic". Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  11. Blender review
  12. "In Reverie - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  13. Greg (September 16, 2003). "Saves The Day - In Reverie". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  14. "RollingStone.com: Recordings: Saves The Day , In Reverie, 3 Stars". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 1, 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  15. Spin review
  16. "Saves the Day Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
Sources
  • Sciarretto, Amy (Sep 22, 2003). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report (CMJ Network, Inc.) 77 (832). 

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