Editing Slow Motion Daydream

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Slow Motion Daydream
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
| cover        = Everclear-Slow_Motion_Daydream.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = March 11, 2003
| recorded     = 2002
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Alternative rock]], [[power pop]]
| length       = 45:31
| label        = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer     = Art Alexakis, Lars Fox
| prev_title   = [[Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude]]
| prev_year    = 2000
| next_title   = [[Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004]]
| next_year    = 2004
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Slow Motion Daydream
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Volvo Driving Soccer Mom]]
 | single1date = January 14, 2003
 | single2     = The New York Times
 | single2date = April 7, 2003<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=April 4, 2003 |title=R&R Going for Adds |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-04-04.pdf |magazine=[[Radio & Records|R&R]] |issue=1498 |page=28 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 57/100<ref name=meta>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/slow-motion-daydream/everclear/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Slow Motion Daydream|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r620919|pure_url=yes}}|title=Slow Motion Daydream - Everclear|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=meta/>
| rev3 = [[E!|E! Online]]
| rev3score = C−<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Music - Everclear "Slow Motion Daydream" |url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2908,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030325112739/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2908,00.html |archive-date=2003-03-25 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = D+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,430028,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205060531/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,430028,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2008|title=Slow Motion Daydream Review|last=Seymour|first=Craig|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 14, 2003|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev5score = (positive)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/everclear-slow/|title=Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream|last=Levenfeld|first=Ari|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 9, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511063423/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/everclear-slow/ |archive-date=May 11, 2012|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=meta/>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/everclear/albums/album/319432/review/5944866/slow_motion_daydream|title=Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream : Music Reviews|last=Hoard|first=Christian|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 25, 2003|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228180422/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/everclear/albums/album/319432/review/5944866/slow_motion_daydream|archive-date=February 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev8score = B<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |date=April 2003 |title=Reviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCou4cnn-ZkC&pg=PA102 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |publisher=SPIN Media, LLC |volume=19 |issue=4 |page=102}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
| rev9score = 2.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Howard |first=Ed |date=September 1, 2003 |title=Everclear - Slow Motion Daydream |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=367 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021014809/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=367 |archive-date=October 21, 2004 |access-date=January 24, 2024 |website=[[Stylus Magazine]]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=March 23, 2004 |title=Consumer Guide |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv304-04.php |accessdate=January 23, 2024 |website=[[The Village Voice]] |publisher= |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Slow Motion Daydream''''' is the sixth studio album by [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]. It was released in the U.S. in 2003 on [[Capitol Records]] and recorded in 2002. 

The album features a cover and title likely in reference to the record producer Lars Fox's previous band's ([[Grotus]]) album, ''[[Slow Motion Apocalypse|slow motion apocolypse]]'' released in 1993. The band disbanded in 1996, prior to Fox becoming a regular producer for Everclear since 1997 for several years.

==Production==
The first single released to radio from ''Slow Motion Daydream'' was "[[Volvo Driving Soccer Mom]]",<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Olson |first=Catherine Applefield |date=February 15, 2003 |title=Arena Football, NHRA, Castrol Pacts to Bolster New Everclear Set |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=9 |volume=115 |issue=7}}</ref> followed by second single "The New York Times".

Though the album debuted at number 33 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, higher than the band's last, it quickly fell off the charts. By July 2004, the album had sold 106,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2004-07-22 |title=Everclear Singer Headed To DNC |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/everclear-singer-headed-to-dnc-67230/ |access-date=2022-03-09 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' listed the album as one of 2003's biggest commercial flops.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |last2=Ganz |first2=Caryn |date=January 2004 |title=Flops of the Year |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CTUGqnYjTwC&pg=PA91 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |publisher=SPIN Media, LLC |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=91}}</ref>

This was the last album of new material to feature longtime members Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund who left the band later in August of that year.

==Track listing==
{{Track list
|all_writing = Art Alexakis and Everclear
|title1 = How to Win Friends and Influence People 
|length1 = 3:33
|title2 = Blackjack 
|length2 = 2:51
|title3 = I Want to Die a Beautiful Death 
|length3 = 3:30
|title4 = [[Volvo Driving Soccer Mom]] 
|length4 = 3:13
|title5 = Science Fiction 
|length5 = 2:43
|title6 = New Blue Champion 
|length6 = 3:51
|title7 = TV Show 
|length7 = 4:10
|title8 = Chrysanthemum 
|length8 = 1:38
|title9 = Sunshine (That Acid Summer) 
|length9 = 4:28
|title10 = A Beautiful Life 
|length10 = 4:47
|title11 = The New York Times 
|length11 = 4:17
|title12 = White Noise
|note12 = hidden track 
|length12 = 3:58
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Art Alexakis]] – guitar, vocals
*[[Craig Montoya]] – bass
*[[Greg Eklund]] – drums

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Metacritic album}}

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[[Category:Everclear (band) albums]]
[[Category:Capitol Records albums]]
[[Category:2003 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Lars Fox]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Art Alexakis]]


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