Music / Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

No time...

We didn't need a story, we didn't need a real world
We just had to keep walking
And we became the stories, we became the places
We were the lights, the deserts, the faraway worlds
We were you before you even existed

— "Intro"

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is the sixth studio album by French electronic/shoegazing band M83. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by Naïve Records in France and by Mute Records in the United States.

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Tracklist

Disc One:

1. "Intro" (5:22)
2. "Midnight City" (4:03)
3. "Reunion" (3:55)
4. "Where the Boats Go" (1:46)
5. "Wait" (5:43)
6. "Raconte-moi une histoire"^* French for "Tell Me A Story" (4:04)
7. "Train to Pluton" (1:15)
8. "Claudia Lewis" (4:31)
9. "This Bright Flash" (2:23)
10. "When Will You Come Home?" (1:23)
11. "Soon, My Friend" (3:09)

Disc Two

1. "My Tears Are Becomming The Sea" (2:31)
2. "New Map" (4:22)
3. "OK Pal" (3:58)
4. "Another Wave From You" (1:53)
5. "Splendor" (5:06)
6. "Year One, New UFO" (3:17)
7. "Fountains" (1:21)
8. "Steve McQueen" (3:48)
9. "Echoes of Mine" (3:39)
10. "Klaus I Love You" (1:44)
11. "Outro" (4:07)

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Hurry Up, We're Troping:

• Fake-Out Fade-Out: Used in "Outro".
• Questioning Title?: "When Are You Coming Home?"
• Shout-Out: "Steve McQueen," after the actor.
• Spoken Word in Music: The opening of "Intro," the breaks from "Reunion" and "OK Pal," and the entirety of "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" (in English) and "Echoes of Mine" (in French).
• Toad Licking: Pretty much all there is to "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire".
• Welcome to the Big City: "Midnight City" is a subversion; it was inspired by Anthony Gonzalez's admiration of Los Angeles's skyline after spending most of his life in the French countryside.

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I'm the king of my own land
Facing tempests of dust, I'll fight until the end
Creatures of my dreams, raise up and dance with me
Now and forever
I'm your king