Beast of Dreams

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Beast of Dreams
Studio album by Pain Teens
Released October 24, 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre Noise rock
Length 45:44
Label Trance Syndicate
Producer Scott Ayers
Pain Teens chronology

Destroy Me, Lover
(1993)		 Beast of Dreams
(1995)

Beast of Dreams is the sixth and final studio album by the American Noise rock/Industrial band Pain Teens, released on October 24, 1995 through Trance Syndicate.

Music

Ayers has described the music on Destroy Me, Lover as being "weirder" than on previous releases, citing the inclusion of instruments such as a sitar, violin, and upright bass as attributing to the records diverse sound.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Piero Scaruffi [3]

Vincent Jeffries of allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, complimenting Ayers playing but noting that the record soon becomes "synthetic and repetitive."[2] Piero Scaruffi reviewed the album more positively, giving it an 6.5 out of 10, calling it a "display of Ayers' magician's skills via a series of musical abstractions."

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Swimming"   2:54
2. "Manouche"   3:22
3. "Coral Kiss"   3:56
4. "Accusing Eyes"   3:03
5. "Swamp"   4:25
6. "Embers and Ashes"   3:56
7. "Voluptus"   4:41
8. "Moonray"   3:31
9. "Frigid Idol"   4:07
10. "Skids"   3:03
11. "The Sweet Sickness"   3:24
12. "Invitation"   5:16

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Verhagen, Jason. Scott Ayers Interview Pitch Magazine. 1995, cited May 20, 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeffries, Vincent. "allmusic ((( Beast of Dreams > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved May 20, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "Pain Teens". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on May 20, 2010.
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