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I Must Be Dreaming
Alabama Shakes
- Music Review: "I Must Be Dreaming" by Alabama Shakes | Trop | Sept. 21, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
- I must preface this by saying, I like the Alabama Shakes. Now, the new album. It’s called “I Must Be Dreaming,” and I truly must, because this album is low-key just... lame. The album has 11 tracks and comes in at 48 minutes, and I was tempted to skip several of the songs. The first song I wanted to skip was “Tea Time,” which is, in fact, the first song of the album, which did not bode well for the rest of it. “Tea Time,” to me, is vaguely reminiscent of a Tame Impala song, as far as the
- Alabama Shakes: I Must Be Dreaming | Elsewhere by Graham Reid
- When Alabama Shakes' 2012 album Boys & Girls came off the shelves at random for our The Album Considered pages it was an opportunity to single out one of their earlier songs, the Grammy-winning Don't Wanna Fight from the Sound & Color debut album for the extraordinary power of interpretation by singer Brittany Howard.
Although they had only released those two studio albums when singer
- Alabama Shakes built a kingdom in the chaos | Paste
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- 'I Must Be Dreaming' Review: Alabama Shakes Hit Snooze | InBetweenDrafts | Sept. 1, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
- Alabama Shakes return with “I Must Be Dreaming,” a thoughtful comeback whose hazy production often softens its strongest ideas.
- Alabama Shakes: I Must Be Dreaming | Pitchfork
- Read Lily Goldberg’s review of the album.
- Album out now: Alabama Shakes "I Must Be Dreaming" | FrontView Magazine
- Today, iconic multi-GRAMMY Award-winning band Alabama Shakes proudly present their long-awaited third studio album, I Must Be Dreaming, out now via Island Records....
- Alabama Shakes Set the Air on Fire Again on ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ a Soul-Shaking, Triumphant Return | Atwood Magazine | Sept. 2, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
- Alabama Shakes return after more than a decade with the feverishly spellbinding ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ a soul-shaking third album wrestling with love, mortality, political disillusionment, and the stubborn possibility of hope – all while pushing their singular blend of rock, soul, blues, and fearless experimentation further than ever before.
- Alabama Shakes returns with reinventive grit on 'I Must Be Dreaming' | The Daily Californian
- After an 11-year hiatus, Alabama Shakes breaks out a new sound with its latest album, I Must Be Dreaming, which is bursting with lush musicality that is at times inconsistent.
- Album Review: Alabama Shakes, <i>I Must Be Dreaming</i> | Hotpress
- Impressive return from Brittany Howard & Co. 8/10
- Review: Alabama Shakes, 'I Must Be Dreaming' | Paste
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- Brittany Howard on Alabama Shakes’ Reunion, I Must Be Dreaming, and Finding Hope in a Fractured World: Podcast | Consequence | Aug. 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
- Brittany Howard tells Kyle Meredith With about rediscovering Alabama Shakes and pushing through fear to write new music.
- Alabama Shakes Stay Observational, Yet Optimistic on New LP 'I Must Be Dreaming' | No Depression | Aug. 31, 2026, 4 p.m.
- It doesn’t feel like hyperbole to say that the world is a completely different place than it was when the Alabama Shakes last put out a record. Since the group released its sophomore album Sound & Color back in 2015, Donald Trump was elected president (twice), the Me Too and
- Alabama Shakes Say New Album Is About 'People Being Unified.' That Includes Them | Rolling Stone | Aug. 30, 2026, 2 p.m.
- Alabama Shakes reunite for new album 'I Must Be Dreaming,' talk unity, Flock cameras, and touring with Zach Bryan.
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