Dreaming Out Loud

Dreaming Out Loud is OneRepublic's debut studio album that was released on November 20, 2007 by Interscope Records.
==Album Background==
OneRepublic worked in the studio for two and a half years and recorded their first full-length album. Two months before their album was due to be released, (with "Sleep" as their debut single), they were dropped by Columbia Records.
The band was beginning to gain prominence on MySpace, becoming the number-one unsigned act on the site. The song "Apologize" was already released on MySpace the same year.
When a remixed version of "Apologize" found its way onto Timbaland's "Shock Value" album in early 2007, and after the song's appearance in a number of American TV dramas, (allied with two years of MySpace notoriety), OneRepublic were blessed with a number one hit even without an accompanying album.
==Tracklisting==
#Say (All I Need) 3:50
#Mercy 4:01
#Stop And Stare 3:43
#Apologize 3:28
#Goodbye, Apathy 3:32
#All Fall Down 4:05
#Tyrant 5:03
#Prodigal 3:55
#Won't Stop 5:03
#All We Are 4:28
#Someone To Save You 4:15
#Come Home 4:23
#Dreaming Out Loud 4:40
#Apologize (Remix) 3:04
==Chart Performance==
"Dreaming Out Loud" peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It has also reached Gold status in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand & Russia. 
==Critical Reception==
"Dreaming Out Loud" received generally mixed reviews from music critics.
Andrew Leahey from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, and noted that "the album still sounded derivative, almost as if it were mimicking the popular trends that Tedder helped create with his production gigs. None of this made Dreaming Out Loud a bad album, particularly, but it did make it an unoriginal one, and Tedder continued to fare better whenever he was writing for groups other than his own."
Blogcritics wrote a very positive review, stating that "Dreaming Out Loud is full of hopeful ballads and a couple of rock songs, and reveals OneRepublic's vocal and musical talents."
Evan Sawdey from PopMatters wrote: "Though Greg Wells' high-budget production gives Dreaming Out Loud a professional sheen, the problems start and end with Tedder. His band, his voice, his lyrics—they've all been heard before. What's particularly disappointing is how his songs all just blend together in a strictly melodic sense."
Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone commented: "On the album, OneRepublic get to assert their own identity, which is a drag, since the half-loud guitars and sob-in-the-throat vocals could be absolutely anybody."
Nick Levine from Digital Spy called the album "a fairly drab, characterless affair."
Chris Jones from BBC Music expressed: "It remains an album that will appeal to fans of the OC and those moments when the lovelorn antics of the cast demand some cod-existentialism. It may be pop, but it's a long way from fun."
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