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Teen Dream is the third studio album by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on January 27, 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.

Teen Dream
Studio album by Beach House
Released	January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
Recorded	July 2009
Studio	Dreamland DNA
Genre	Dream pop indie pop
Length	48:46
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Chris Coady Beach House
Beach House chronology
Devotion (2008) Teen Dream (2010) Bloom (2012)
Singles from Teen Dream
"Used to Be" Released: October 21, 2008 "Norway" Released: January 18, 2010 "Zebra" Released: April 17, 2010

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.[1] The album was also included in the 2014 edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[2] In October 2019, Pitchfork ranked it in the 21st position among the best albums of the 2010s.[3]

Recording

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."[4] 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".[5]

"Norway" was released online on November 17, 2009, with the full album leaking onto the Internet a few days later.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.8/10[7]
Metacritic	82/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The A.V. Club	A−[10]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[11]
The Guardian	[12]
The Irish Times	[13]
NME	9/10[14]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[15]
Q	[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Spin	8/10[18]

Teen Dream received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Metacritic, which collates reviews from various publications, indicates a score of 82 out of 100 from 35 professional critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[8] Many reviews commented on the change in sound including BBC Music, who stated that "the most unmistakeable sound on Teen Dream is that of a band truly finding its own voice".[19] Several publications focused on Victoria Legrand's vocals, with Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone complimenting Legrand's "dusky torch singing"[17] and The Boston Phoenix praising her voice as "coiling like smoke in the arches of the church".[20] Robert Christgau, writing in MSN Music, selected "Lover of Mine" and "Norway" as highlights and awarded the album a one-star honorable mention rating,[21] indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like."[22] In a negative review, Tom Hughes of The Guardian felt that Teen Dream is "carefully, even beautifully arranged", but nonetheless "oddly icy and melodically a little ineffectual".[12] Audra Schroeder of The Austin Chronicle called the album "solid" but felt that it was "not Beach House's masterpiece," quipping that the duo "still got some gold dust to kick up".[23]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
American Songwriter	Top 50 Albums Of 2010	2010	40	[24]
Billboard	Top 10 Albums of 2010	2010	5	[25]
Clash	Top 40 Albums of 2010	2010	5	[26]
Consequence of Sound	The Top 100 Albums of 2010	2010	7	[27]
DIY	50 Albums of the Year 2010	2010	20	[28]
Gorilla vs. Bear	Top Albums of 2010	2010	1	[29]
musicOMH	Top 50 Albums Of 2010	2010	5	[30]
NME	75 Best Albums of 2010	2010	3	[31]
	500 Greatest Albums of All Time	2013	203	[32]
No Ripcord	Top 50 Albums of 2010	2010	14	[33]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2010	2010	24	[34]
Pitchfork	Top 50 Albums of 2010	2010	5	[35]
	The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far	2014	5	[36]
	The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s	2019	21	[3]
PopMatters	The 70 Best Albums of 2010	2010	7	[37]
Prefix	Best Albums Of 2010	2010	5	[38]
Pretty Much Amazing	Best Albums Of 2010	2010	6	[39]
Q	Top 50 Albums of 2010	2010	13	[40]
Rolling Stone	30 Best Albums of 2010	2010	17	[41]
Slant Magazine	The 25 Best Albums of 2010	2010	15	[42]
Spin	The 40 Best Albums of 2010	2010	17	[43]
Spinner	30 Best Albums of 2010	2010	1	[44]
Sputnikmusic	Top 50 Albums of 2010	2010	19	[45]
Stereogum	Top 50 Albums Of 2010	2010	3	[46]
The Guardian	The 40 best albums of 2010	2010	11	[47]
Time	The Top 10 Everything of 2010	2010	10	[48]
Tiny Mix Tapes	Favorite 50 Albums of 2010	2010	31	[49]
Under the Radar	Top 50 Albums of 2010	2010	3	[50]

Commercial performance

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.[51] As of April 2012 Teen Dream has sold 21,000 vinyl copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[52]

The song Take Care was used for the soundtrack of Chemical Hearts, during the end credits.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Victoria Legrand, except "Used to Be" co-written by Alex Scally; all music is composed by Beach House.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zebra"	4:48
2.	"Silver Soul"	4:58
3.	"Norway"	3:53
4.	"Walk in the Park"	5:22
5.	"Used to Be"	3:59
6.	"Lover of Mine"	5:06
7.	"Better Times"	4:23
8.	"10 Mile Stereo"	5:03
9.	"Real Love"	5:20
10.	"Take Care"	5:48
Total length:		48:46

iTunes Store bonus tracks[53]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Norway" (single edit)	4:03
12.	"Baby"	3:01
Total length:		55:50

A special edition DVD package was released containing either a CD or vinyl and a DVD, featuring psychedelic visuals for each track from Teen Dream, produced by a separate director.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Teen Dream.[54]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[55]	78
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[56]	10
US Billboard 200[57]	43
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[58]	6
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[59]	6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[60]	9

References

External links

• Teen Dream at Sub Pop

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