hypersongs

Walking on a Dream

The debut album, recorded in Sydney in 2007.
Empire of the Sun, 2008

Chris Vallejo recorded additionally at Linear and Mike Marsh mastered. The recording dates are given as 2007 to September 2008 in the infobox and throughout 2007 in the text. Singles after the title song were "We Are the People" (September 20, 2008, with a Day of the Dead-inspired video shot in Mexico), "Standing on the Shore", "Without You" and "Half Mast (Slight Return)"; Mac Miller sampled "Half Mast" on "The Spins". Pollstar called it a concept album planned around a film treatment in 2009, which no other source confirms. Metacritic scores it 61, NME gave 8 of 10, Pitchfork 6.4, the Guardian's Dorian Lynskey wrote that it was a ripe cheese best not consumed whole, and Rolling Stone's Christian Hoard called it Europop on Special K. It was ranked 29th in the 100 Best Australian Albums in 2010.

Track listing

  1. Standing on the Shore4:23
  2. Walking on a Dream3:16
  3. Half Mast3:54
  4. We Are the People4:27
  5. Delta Bay3:12
  6. Country5:04
  7. The World4:36
  8. Swordfish Hotkiss Night3:55
  9. Tiger by My Side5:47
  10. Without You5:00

More from Empire of the Sun

Ice On The Dune (2013), Two Vines (2016), Ask That God (2024)

Sources

  1. Walking on a Dream (album), Wikipedia
  2. Here comes the sun, Pollstar (2009-04-08)