Night Visions

by Imagine Dragons

Overview

Historically, there's a progression that bands usually follow before their sound goes full-on arena rock. Things will start small and gritty, and then as the fame and crowds build, the sound changes to match the massiveness of the venues. However, on their debut album, Imagine Dragons buck tradition and swing straight for the cheap seats, doing away with generations of sonic evolution in favor of the huge, arena-made sound of Night Visions. Dramatic and sweeping, the Las Vegas band works in the same vein as pop giants Coldplay, offering up track after track of hooky and emotional midtempo jams. While a move like this might seem overly ambitious for a freshman band, Imagine Dragons are able to pull the sound off, with songs like the already ubiquitous, seemingly soundtrack-ready "It's Time" having no trouble worming their way into whatever part of the brain it is that likes to trap songs against listeners' will. The problem is, while the band's electronically reinforced sound is definitely big, it sometimes feels as though it lacks depth. Despite this, "Every Night" will certainly have some listeners unconsciously reaching for a lighter to wave in the air before they realize what they're doing, and it's exactly these kinds of surface pleasures that we turn to pop music for in the first place. What this means is that even though Imagine Dragons might have skipped a few steps along the way to their arena sound, Night Visions is still an album that, at least for a few minutes at a time, will make everyday life seem just a little bit bigger. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	09/04/2012
Label:	Interscope / Kid Ina Korner / Universal
UPC:	0602537126835

Tracks

1. Radioactive
2. Tiptoe
3. It's Time
4. Demons
5. On Top of the World
6. Amsterdam
7. Hear Me
8. Every Night
9. Bleeding Out
10. Underdog
11. Nothing Left to Say/Rocks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Imagine Dragons   Primary Artist
Daniel Platzman   Drums,Viola,Drum Machine
Wayne Sermon   Guitar
Ben McKee   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Dan Reynolds   Vocals
Jonathan Vears   Guitar
J Browz   Bass,Guitar

Technical Credits

Daniel Platzman   Composer,Recording,Group Member
Captain Cuts   Remix Engineer
Adam Brill   Booking
Mac Reynolds   Management
Wayne Sermon   Composer,Recording,Group Member
Ben McKee   Composer,Recording,Group Member,Synthesizer Programming
Dan Reynolds   Composer,Recording,Group Member,Composer
Evgenij Soloviev   Cover Art
James Whitting   Booking
Mark Everton Gray   Mixing,Engineer
Brandon Donner   Producer
Josh Moser   Composer
Clint Holgate   Composer
RAC   Remix Engineer
TELYKast   Remix Engineer
Duncan Rice   Producer,Filmmaker,Video Director
Sara Benz   A&R
Christopher Heller   Mixing Engineer
DJ Politik   Remix Engineer
Mark Needham   Mixing
Keith Megna   Mixing Engineer
Will Brierre   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Josh Mosser   Mixing,Composer,Engineer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Robert Reynolds   Legal Counsel
Charlie Stavish   Engineer
Alex da Kid   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Remix Engineer,Executive Producer
Rob Katz   Engineer
Jayson DeZuzio   Remix Engineer
Rachel Simpson   A&R
Randy Merrill   Mastering Engineer
Joe LaPorta   Mastering
Brandon Darner   Producer
Imagine Dragons   Composer,Producer,Remix Engineer
Kevin Van Bergen   Recording
Robert Root   Mixing,Engineer
Matt Cropper   Mixing Engineer
Hillary Siskind   Publicity
Grouplove   Remix Engineer
Alexander Grant   Composer
Hygrade   Remix Engineer
Harper Smith   Photography