{{Infobox album | name = In Solarium | type = studio | artist = Pia Fraus | cover = In Solarium album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 2002 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Rock, indie rock, shoegaze | length = | label = Clairecords | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = }}
'''''In Solarium''''' is a 2002 studio album by Estonian band Pia Fraus released on Clairecords. It is the sophomore album of the Estonian band, and features a re-recording of 'How Fast Can You Love' from their debut album.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dan |first=Jen |date=17 December 2021 |title=Interview: Pia Fraus |url=https://bigtakeover.com/interviews/InterviewPiaFraus |website=The Big Takeover |access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref> The album was reissued in 2016.
== Reception ==
{{ music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score ={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=19 April 2026|title=In Solarium|last=Butler|first=Blake|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-solarium-mw0000705813|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> }}
Listing the album as one of the best shoegaze albums of all time, ''Far Out'' stated ''In Solarium'' "beautifully encapsulates a touch of the retro feel".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Carly |date=9 July 2019 |title=From My Bloody Valentine to Slowdive: The 50 best shoegaze albums of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/ |website=Far Out Magazine |access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref> ''Trouser Press'' considered the album "wonderful" and a maturation of the band's sound from previous albums "with no loss of energy".<ref>{{cite web |last=Reno |first=Brad |date= |title=Pia Fraus |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/pia-fraus/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref> ''Brainwashed'' compared the band's music as "strikingly similar" to the work of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, finding the songs covered in a "mesmerizing fuzz" of distortion, although found the songs so similar that they were "slightly cumbersome to wade through".<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=14 July 2002 |title=Pia Fraus, "In Solarium" |url=https://brainwashed.com/index.php?Itemid=855&catid=101&id=23062%3Apia-fraus-qin-solariumq&option=com_content&view=article |website=Brainwashed |access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref> ''Comes with a Smile'' considered the songs "bittersweet and heartfelt", finding them nostalgically reminiscent of The Wedding Present, Slowdive, Lush and Superchunk, praising the songs as "three-minute rapid blasts of alternative-pop" filled with "incessantly dreamy melodies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Ian |date=Autumn 2002 |title=Pia Fraus |url=https://cwas.hinah.com/review/?id=479 |website=Cheap Wax Audio Series |access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing | headline = ''In Solarium'' track listing | title1 = 400&57 | length1 = 3:56 | title2 = Right Hand Traffic | length2 = 2:55 | title3 = How Fast Can You Love | length3 = 3:14 | title4 = Outskirts Of Me | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = No Need For Sanity | length5 = 5:15 | title6 = Octobergirl | length6 = 3:55 | title7 = The End Of Time And Space Like We Used To Know It Is After You Have Finished Your Tea Approximately At 5:07 PM | length7 = 3:16 | title8 = Bibabo | length8 = 2:11 | title9 = On You | length9 = 4:09 | title10 = Zodalovers | length10 = 3:51 }}
== Personnel ==
* Rein Fuks – vocals, guitar, shaker, percussion * Joosep Volk – drums, vocals * Reijo Tagapere – bass * Tõnis Kenkmaa – guitar * Tanel Roovik – guitar * Kärt Ojavee – organ, synthesizer, mastering * Uku Toomet – mastering
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:2002 albums Category:Rock albums by Estonian artists