Before We Forgot How to Dream

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Before We Forgot How to Dream
Studio album by
Released29 May 2015
GenreIndie folk, dream pop
Length42:23
LabelRough Trade
Soak chronology
Before We Forgot How to Dream
(2015)
Grim Town
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash7/10[3]
DIY[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
NME[6]

Before We Forgot How to Dream is the debut album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Soak. The album was released on 29 May 2015 under Rough Trade Records. It was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.[7]

It subsequently won the Choice Music Prize on Thursday 3 March 2016.

Artwork[edit]

The artwork for the album was provided by Irish artist Jack Coulter. The CD booklet and vinyl sleeve consists of three of Coulter's photographs and two of his original paintings.[8]

The front cover is a photograph of SOAK taken by Joshua Halling.[9]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Bridie Monds-Watson

No.TitleLength
1."My Brain"1:03
2."B a noBody"4:48
3."Blud"2:45
4."Wait"3:58
5."Sea Creatures"3:12
6."A Dream to Fly"0:57
7."24 Windowed House"3:58
8."Garden"3:10
9."Shuvels"3:25
10."Hailstones Don't Hurt"3:09
11."Reckless Behaviour"3:16
12."If Everyone Is Someone – No One Is Everyone"1:04
13."Oh Brother"4:28
14."Blind"2:20

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Before We Forgot How to Dream
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[10] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 37

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Before We Forgot How to Dream". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ Hakki, Tim (29 May 2015). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ Hunt, El (31 May 2015). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ Lau, Melody (29 May 2015). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. ^ Perry, Kevin (19 May 2015). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist". BBC. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Jack Coulter". allmusic.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Joshua Hailing". AllMusic. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Soak". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. ^ "SOAK | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 8 June 2015.