Mouth Dreams

Mouth Dreams
Mouth Dreams
Mixtape by Neil Cicierega
Released	September 30, 2020
Recorded	2019–2020
Genre	Mashup; remix;
Length	1:01:07
Neil Cicierega chronology

Mouth Dreams is the fourth mashup mixtape by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega. It was released on September 30, 2020. Like his three previous mashup mixtapes (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods), its source material is primarily Top 40 hits from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with Mouth Dreams emphasizing on songs about sleeping and dreams. It marks the musician's first major release since 2017.^[2]

Background

Like his previous mashup mixtapes Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods, its source material is primarily Top 40 hits from the late 20th and early 21st centuries; he also sampled classical music from the 19th century ("Brithoven" and "Ain't").^[1]

Hidden messages

When downloaded from Cicierega's website, a secret message is hidden in the track info for Mouth Dreams. Each track contains a one-letter comment; when the tracks are arranged in reverse alphabetical order by title, the comments spell "I can't think of a secret message".^[3] The mixtape's cover art contains several hidden references. The title and Cicierega's name feature sparkles, spelling out "NiCe MoDems" when selected, referencing the mixtape's conclusion of a dial-up modem. A Wingding character is within each of Cicierega's pupils, representing the English letters "M" and "D" (referring to the mixtape's title Mouth Dreams). Ewoks are reflected in Cicierega's glasses, referencing the track "Limp Wicket" featuring samples from Meco's "Ewok Celebration".^[4]

Reception

Critical reception of Mouth Dreams was positive. Joseph Earp of Junkee called it Cicierega's "new masterpiece", "his wildest work yet" and "heinous and beautiful in the same measure".^[5] The A.V. Club praised it as "so stupid, and so good".^[4]

Track listing

Featured works sourced from synonymous listings by Stereogum,^[1] MEAWW,^[3] and the A.V. Club.^[4]

No.	Title	Featured works	Length
1.	"Yahoo"	Wylie Gustafson's 1999 Yahoo! jingle Original instrumentation by Cicierega	2:13
2.	"Mouth Dreams (Intro)"	Opening theme and Rod Serling's narration from The Twilight Zone	0:52
3.	"Spongerock"	Queen's "We Will Rock You" SpongeBob SquarePants theme and end credits	2:15
4.	"Just a Baby"	Hoobastank's "The Reason" Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" Justin Bieber's "Baby"	3:48
5.	"Superkiller"	Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" Rick James' "Super Freak"	2:26
6.	"Get Happy"	The Partridge Family's "C'mon, Get Happy"	3:50
7.	"Ribs"	Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" jingle Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	3:50
8.	"My Mouth"	Aerosmith's "Dream On" Green Day's "Brain Stew"	2:32
9.	"Aerolong"	Foo Fighters' "Everlong" Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	1:25
10.	"Sleepin'"	Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy"	1:15
11.	"Aammoorree"	Dean Martin's "That's Amore"	2:15
12.	"Where Is My Mom"	The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom"	2:15
13.	"Fredhammer"	Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" Jonathan Wolff's Seinfeld theme	2:57
14.	"Limp Wicket"	Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" Meco's "Ewok Celebration"	2:25
15.	"Cannibals"	Various production bumpers James A. Moorer's THX "Deep Note" Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" Additional instrumentation by Cicierega	4:29
16.	"The Outsiders"	Found audio from various commercials and movie trailers narrated by Don LaFontaine Carmine Coppola's "Fate Theme" and "Rumble Variation / Dallas' Death" (from the 1983 film version of The Outsiders)	1:13
17.	"Johnny"	Johnny Cash's "Hurt" (originally by Nine Inch Nails) Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"	1:29
18.	"Closerflies"	Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" Owl City's "Fireflies"	3:34
19.	"Nightmovin'"	Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare" Billy Joel's "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"	1:25
20.	"Whitehouse"	Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" The White Stripes' "Fell in Love with a Girl" Additional instrumentation by Cicierega	1:54
21.	"Wah"	Edwin Starr's "War" Spice Girls' "Wannabe" Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" Clips of Wario laughing	0:55
22.	"Pee Wee Inc"	Danny Elfman's "Breakfast Machine" (from Pee-wee's Big Adventure) Gorillaz' "Feel Good Inc." Clip of Pee-wee Herman laughing	2:36
23.	"10,000 Spoons"	Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" Stu Phillips' Knight Rider theme	3:23
24.	"Mouth Dreams (Extro)"	Sounds which, when analyzed in a spectrogram, spell out "DO NOT TRUST SHREK" backwards and in Wingdings Backstreet Boys' "Drowning" Smash Mouth's "All Star" System of a Down's "Chop Suey!"	1:44
25.	"Brithoven"	Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time"	1:07
26.	"Ain't"	Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" Weezer's "Say It Ain't So"	2:50
Total length:			1:01:07

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Helman, Peter (September 30, 2020). "Stream Neil Cicierega's New Mashup Album Mouth Dreams". Stereogum. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ James, Emily (October 12, 2020). "One Good Thing: Neil Cicierega is the internet's merriest prankster. His new album delights". Vox. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Singh, Abhinav (October 1, 2020). "Neil Cicierega's 'Mouth Dreams': What is the secret message in comedian's mashup album? Fans try hard to decode it". MEAWW. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hughes, William (October 1, 2020). "Neil Cicierega's new mash-up odyssey, Mouth Dreams, is so stupid, and so good". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
^ Earp, Joseph (October 1, 2020). "The Internet's Favourite Mash-Up King, Neil Cicierega, Has Returned With His Wildest Work Yet". Junkee.

External links

[Stereogum-1] Helman, Peter (September 30, 2020). "Stream Neil Cicierega's New Mashup Album Mouth Dreams". Stereogum. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[2] James, Emily (October 12, 2020). "One Good Thing: Neil Cicierega is the internet's merriest prankster. His new album delights". Vox. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[MEAWW-3] Singh, Abhinav (October 1, 2020). "Neil Cicierega's 'Mouth Dreams': What is the secret message in comedian's mashup album? Fans try hard to decode it". MEAWW. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[AV_Club-4] Hughes, William (October 1, 2020). "Neil Cicierega's new mash-up odyssey, Mouth Dreams, is so stupid, and so good". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

[5] Earp, Joseph (October 1, 2020). "The Internet's Favourite Mash-Up King, Neil Cicierega, Has Returned With His Wildest Work Yet". Junkee.

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