Mouth Dreams

Mouth Dreams is the fourth mashup album by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega.[2] It was released on September 30, 2020. Like his three previous mashup albums (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods), its source material is primarily Top 40 hits from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, but this time with an emphasis on songs about sleeping and dreams. It marks the musician's first major album release since 2017.[3]

Mouth Dreams
Mixtape by
Neil Cicierega
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2020[1]
Recorded2019-2020
Genre
Length1:01:07
Neil Cicierega chronology
Mouth Moods
(2017)		 Mouth Dreams
(2020)

Background
A spectrogram of "Mouth Dreams (Extro)"

Like his previous mashup albums Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods, its source material is primarily Top 40 hits from the late 20th and early 21st centuries; he also sampled classical music from the 19th century ("Brithoven" and "Ain't").[1] However, unlike previous albums, Cicierega uses samples from a wider variety of time periods, such as pre-1960s pop music including Dean Martin's "That's Amore" (1953) in "Aammoorree"[4] and Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" (1937) in "Whitehouse;"[5] and where Smash Mouth is usually featured either directly or indirectly with the previous albums (hence the "Mouth" series), Smash Mouth's "All Star" is only featured in one song: "Mouth Dreams (Extro)".

Like in Mouth Silence, there is a secret message hidden in the track info for Mouth Dreams. Each track contains a one-letter comment; when the tracks are arranged in reverse alphabetical order by title, the comments spell "I can't think of a secret message."

In addition, the album's cover art hides several secrets. Two Wingding characters are hidden within each of Cicierega's pupils when the image is brightened; these wingdings stand for the English letters "M" and "D", obviously referring to the album's title "Mouth Dreams." Ewoks can be faintly seen reflected in Cicierega's glasses, referencing the track "Limp Wicket" featuring samples from Meco's "Ewok Celebration." The letters that feature sparkles beside them in Cicierega's name and in the title spell out, in order, "NiCe MoDems"; likewise, the final track of the album, "Ain't", concludes with a clip of a dial-up modem.

Reception

Joseph Earp of Junkee called Mouth Dreams Cicierega's "new masterpiece" and "heinous and beautiful in the same measure." He also claimed it "might be even better" than Cicierega's past mashup albums and called it "his wildest work yet."[6] The AV Club also praised the album, calling it "so stupid, and so good."[3]

Track listing
No.TitleFeatured worksLength
1."Yahoo"
2:13
2."Mouth Dreams (Intro)"
0:52
3."Spongerock"2:15
4."Just a Baby"3:48
5."Superkiller"
2:26
6."Get Happy"3:50
7."Ribs"3:50
8."My Mouth"2:32
9."Aerolong"1:25
10."Sleepin'"1:15
11."Aammoorree"2:15
12."Where Is My Mom"2:15
13."Fredhammer"2:57
14."Limp Wicket"
2:25
15."Cannibals"
4:29
16."The Outsiders"
1:13
17."Johnny"1:29
18."Closerflies"3:34
19."Nightmovin'"1:25
20."Whitehouse"
1:54
21."Wah"
0:55
22."Pee Wee Inc"
2:36
23."10,000 Spoons"3:23
24."Mouth Dreams (Extro)"
1:44
25."Brithoven"1:07
26."Ain't"2:50
Total length:1:01:07

References
  1. Helman, Peter (September 30, 2020). "Stream Neil Cicierega's New Mashup Album Mouth Dreams". Stereogum.
  2. Neil Cicierega's 'Mouth Dreams': What is the secret message in comedian's mashup album? Fans try hard to decode it|MEAWW
  3. "Neil Cicierega's new mash-up odyssey, Mouth Dreams, is so stupid, and so good". A.V. Club. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  4. IN 1953, ‘THAT’S AMORE’ IS RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD|The Official Dean Martin Site
  5. Powerhouse by Raymond Scott Quintette - Topic on YouTube
  6. Earp, Joseph (October 1, 2020). "The Internet's Favourite Mash-Up King, Neil Cicierega, Has Returned With His Wildest Work Yet". Junkee.
  7. That's My Ronald - Amazon.com
  8. Star Wars: Never Forget, 'Ewok Celebration' Was An Inescapable Radio Hit|CBR
  9. Fate Theme by Carmine Coppola - Topic on YouTube
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