Lonesome Dreams is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Lord Huron, released on October 9, 2012, on Iamsound in the U.S.[1] It debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[2]

Lonesome Dreams
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)
Length45:11
LabelIamsound (U.S.)
ProducerBen Schneider
Lord Huron chronology
Lonesome Dreams
(2012)
Strange Trails
(2015)

With the release of Lonesome Dreams, the band released a series of music videos filmed in a western '70s style, which Schneider says was the focal point and narrative for the album. "We had this fun idea that Lonesome Dreams was kind of this series of old adventure tales." In an interview, Schneider alluded to influence from a specific work, called The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems.[3] "It's sort of a collection of pulp fiction and we wanted the videos to kind of reflect that and have that same feel and style", Schneider said during another interview. They also decided to release a theatrical version of the videos.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ben Schneider.

Lonesome Dreams track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ends of the Earth"4:44
2."Time to Run"5:23
3."Lonesome Dreams"4:15
4."Ghost on the Shore"4:37
5."She Lit a Fire"4:30
6."I Will Be Back One Day"3:25
7."The Man Who Lives Forever"5:18
8."Lullaby"4:00
9."Brother (Last Ride)"4:00
10."In the Wind"4:59
Total length:45:11

Charts

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Chart performance for Lonesome Dreams
Chart (2012–2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 64
Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] 97
US Billboard 200[7] 179

References

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  1. ^ Review, Allmusic
  2. ^ "Heatseekers Albums Chart". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Lord Huron is at Home on the Range". October 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "CULTURE: A Conversation with Lord Huron (Ben Schneider)". Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Lord Huron". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Lord Huron Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2024.