Dreaming Out Loud
Album review
Michael Moore

 

Colorado rock band, OneRepublic, releases their stellar debut album Dreaming Out Loud. As Timbaland's special project, OneRepublic has become a recent rising success with their #1 hit "Apologize" becoming the biggest radio hit in history. Dreaming Out Loud is a common rock album with strong, meaningful lyrics and superior artistic production similar to that of The Fray's "How to Save a Life."

The album starts out with "(Say) All I Need" a very good rock ballad with heavy Imogen Heap-like production and soaring heartfelt vocals. The album continues with "Stop & Stare," OneRepublic's next official single. OneRepublic sings "Stop and stare. I think I'm moving, but I go nowhere. Yeah, I know that everyone gets scared. But I've become what I can't be." The album persists with strongly produced and well sung songs. The album comes to an end with the #1 hit "Apologize," featuring Timbaland. The songs on Dreaming Out Loud are perfectly mixed, written, and sung.

With not a bad track to be found on the entire album, OneRepublic's new album, Dreaming Out Loud is a solid debut fully living up to the success of their massive #1 hit "Apologize."

Download: "Stop & Stare" "Tyrant" "Prodigal" "All We Are" and "Apologize"

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