Talking Dreams

Talking Dreams
Studio album by Echosmith
Released	October 1, 2013
Genre	Rock[1] indie pop
Length	45:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Mike Elizondo
Echosmith chronology
Summer Sampler (2013) Talking Dreams (2013) Acoustic Dreams (2014)
Singles from Talking Dreams
"Cool Kids" Released: May 31, 2013 "Come Together" Released: June 12, 2014 "Bright" Released: February 2, 2015[2][3]
Alternate cover
Cover art for 2014 re-release

Talking Dreams is the debut studio album by American band Echosmith. The album was released on October 1, 2013 through Warner Bros. Records.^[4] All songs on the album were co-written by the four Sierota siblings and their father, Jeffery David.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Guardian	[6]

Matt Collar of AllMusic gave a positive review saying "Echosmith's 2013 debut album, Talking Dreams, introduces a group with an unabashedly youthful take on dance-rock — even though their style pays celebratory tribute to '80s pop music. A band composed of the four Sierota siblings, the California-based Echosmith includes lead singer Sydney, guitarist/vocalist Jamie, bassist/vocalist Noah, and drummer Graham. Working with producer Mike Elizondo and songwriter Jeffery David, the band's freshman effort is impressively filled out with radio-ready songs that combine U2's chiming guitars, Fleetwood Mac's harmonies, and Killers-style neo-new wave production. In that sense, Echosmith will also draw favorable comparisons to such similarly inclined acts as Paramore, Kitten, and Britain's Two Door Cinema Club. Cuts like the romantic title track, the sparkling "Let's Love," and the bubbly "Come with Me" are all infectious and smartly produced, and tend to stick in your head long after the album ends. There is a brilliant lightness to these songs — nothing ever feels too thought-out. While this doesn't lend a ton of depth to the album, with the members of Echosmith barely in their twenties and lead singer Sydney just seventeen, it only seems logical to assume that there's room for growth. And based on Talking Dreams, that growth will be a pleasure to witness".^[5]

Jake D. Mochowsk gave a positive review, saying, "Overall, Talking Dreams features good music with meaningful lyrics. However, the Sierota brothers take few risks in their chord progressions, rhythms, and melodies and Sydney does not take as many risks as one would like to hear out of such a strong female lead. Also, there are times that one could feel a little bored as songs about love, loss and triumph have been done before. Most songs do not come to big climaxes like we are used to in today’s music."^[7]

Daniel Bromfield of E Daily Emerald gave a negative review saying, "It's hard to believe the members of Echosmith are siblings — their music doesn't even sound like it was made by humans, let alone four who were born and raised together. This is "indie pop" at its most anonymous, a mishmash of the tricks that made their stylistic predecessors click with audiences. It's easy to tell which band the producers had in mind on each song — Ellie Goulding on "March Into the Sun," The xx on "Come With Me," Young The Giant on "Nothing's Wrong."^[8]

Track listing

• The album was re-released on October 8, 2014 with the radio edit of "Cool Kids" (3:35 min.) replacing the album version.^[9]

Credits

Echosmith

• Sydney Sierota – lead vocals
• Noah Sierota – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
• Jamie Sierota – lead guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, vocals
• Graham Sierota – drums, vocals

Additional musicians

• Jeffery David – percussion
• Mike Elizondo – keyboards, percussion, programming, vocals

Charts

References