# Rock Dream > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rock_Dream > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rock_Dream.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Dream > Source revision: 1179233564 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2007 live album by Boris with Merzbow Rock Dream Live album by Boris with Merzbow Released October 27, 2007 (2007-10-27) Recorded November 2006 in Tokyo Length 110:30 Label Diwphalanx Boris with Merzbow chronology Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005) Rock Dream (2007) Walrus / Groon (2007) Boris chronology She's So Heavy (2007) Rock Dream (2007) Smile (2008) Merzbow chronology Peace for Animals (2007) Rock Dream (2007) Live Destruction at No Fun 2007 (2008) US Cover Southern Lord version cover ***Rock Dream*** is a collaborative live album between Japanese band [Boris](/source/Boris_(band)) and Japan [noise musician](/source/Noise_music) [Merzbow](/source/Merzbow). ## Production *Rock Dream* was recorded live in November 2006 at Tokyo's Earthdom festival.[1] ## Style Thom Jurek of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) noted that the album was nothing like *[Sun Baked Snow Cave](/source/Sun_Baked_Snow_Cave)*, a previous collaboration between [Boris](/source/Boris_(band)) and [Merzbow](/source/Merzbow).[1] Jurek noted that the music was not a "free-form improvisation and noise fest".[1] ## Release *Rock Dream* was released on October 26, 2007, on the Japanese music label [Diwphalanx Records](/source/Diwphalanx_Records).[2] The American label [Southern Lord](/source/Southern_Lord) released the album in 2008 on compact disc and vinyl.[3][4] The vinyl version includes the track "Dyno-Saur" that is not included on either version of CD releases.[3] The American version had packaging designed by [Stephen O'Malley](/source/Stephen_O'Malley), with their printer stating that they "never ever make anything like this again as it was painfully time-consuming and took forever to get just right!"[3] This was a limited release with the label stating that there were "a little over 3800" manufactured in total.[3] ## Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Austin Chronicle [5] The *[Austin Chronicle](/source/Austin_Chronicle)* discussed the album in their overview of Boris' career, declaring it "definitive live document, an impossibly dense double album that touches down on nearly every point of their career, from *[Dronevil](/source/Dronevil)* to *[Smile](/source/Smile_(Boris_album))'*s contorted stairway to heaven ("Flower Sun Rain"), with Merzbow's electronic manipulations stitching it all together like connective scar tissue."[5] In 2008, Raoul Hernandez of the *[Austin Chronicle](/source/Austin_Chronicle)* placed *Rock Dream* on his list of top ten albums of 2007.[6] In a retrospective review from [Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes), declared *Rock Dream* to be "not just the best album Boris ever made, but also one of the finest live albums I’ve ever heard." and that "It’s incredible then that someone recorded Boris and Merzbow that night, because for two hours they got to be the best band on the planet."[7] ## Track listing ### CD version Disc one No. Title Length 1. "Feedbacker" (Originally from Boris at Last: -Feedbacker-) 35:05 2. "Blackout" (Originally from Pink) 5:19 3. "Evil Stack" 5:04 4. "Rainbow" (Originally from Rainbow) 4:30 Total length: 49:58 Disc two No. Title Length 1. "Pink" (Originally from Pink) 4:14 2. "Woman on the Screen" (Originally from Pink) 2:37 3. "Nothing Special" (Originally from Pink) 2:14 4. "Ibitsu" (Originally from Akuma no Uta) 3:35 5. "A Bao A Qu" (Originally from Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura") 4:35 6. "The Evilone Which Sobs" (Originally from Dronevil) 13:41 7. "Flower Sun Rain" (PYG cover, later released on Smile) 8:04 8. "Just Abandoned My-self" (Originally from Pink) 13:21 9. "Farewell" (Originally from Pink) 8:11 Total length: 60:32 ### LP version Side one No. Title Length 1. "Feedbacker (Part One)" Side two No. Title Length 1. "Feedbacker (Part Two)" 2. "Black Out" Side three No. Title Length 1. "Evil Stack" 2. "Rainbow" 3. "Pink" 4. "Woman on the Screen" 5. "Nothing Special" 6. "Ibitsu" Side four No. Title Length 1. "A Bao A Qu" 2. "The Evilone Which Sobs" Side five No. Title Length 1. "Flower Sun Rain" 2. "Just Abandon My-self" Side six No. Title Length 1. "Farewell" 2. "Dyna-saur" (Bonus track, Originally from Heavy Rocks) ## Personnel **Merzbow with Boris** - Takeshi – [vocals](/source/Singing), [bass](/source/Bass_guitar), [guitar](/source/Electric_guitar) - Wata – vocals, guitar, echo - Atsuo – [drums](/source/Drum), [percussion](/source/Percussion), vocals - Masami Akita – [EMS Synthi A](/source/EMS_Synthi_A), computer, hand made instruments, effects **Production** - Yasuaki Satake – P.A engineer - Kazu – recording - Souichiro Nakamura at Peace Music – mixing, mastering - Fangsanalsatan – design [Diwphalanx] - Shizu – drawing [Diwphalanx] - [SOMA](/source/Stephen_O'Malley) – design [Southern Lord] - Thomas Hooper – drawing [Southern Lord] - Miki Matsushima – photo [Southern Lord] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-allmusic_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-allmusic_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-allmusic_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-allmusic_1-3) Jurek, Thom. ["Rock Dream"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-dream-mw0000750737). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Old"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071205092601/http://www.diwphalanx.com/old/old20070930.htm) (in Japanese). [Diwphalanx Records](/source/Diwphalanx_Records). Archived from [the original](http://www.diwphalanx.com/old/old20070930.htm) on December 5, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-southern-lord_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-southern-lord_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-southern-lord_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-southern-lord_3-3) ["Boris w/ Merzbow-"Rock Dream" 3xLP"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080525112628/http://www.southernlord.com/index2.php). [Southern Lord](/source/Southern_Lord_Records). Archived from [the original](http://www.southernlord.com/index2.php) on May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Southern Lord Records"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080525171802/http://www.southernlord.com/store.php). Southern Lord. Archived from [the original](http://www.southernlord.com:80/store.php) on May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ac-review_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ac-review_5-1) ["Six, Three Times"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151006030000/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-01-04/577251/). *[Austin Chronicle](/source/Austin_Chronicle)*. June 27, 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-06-27/640056/) on October 6, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Hernandez, Raoul (January 4, 2008). ["Wincing the Year Away"](http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-01-04/577251/). *Austin Chronicle*. Retrieved April 3, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-tmt_7-0)** Bowe, Miles (May 31, 2013). ["Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream"](http://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/boris-with-merzbow-rock-dream). *[Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)*. Retrieved July 29, 2014. ## External links - [*Rock Dream*](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/55b1383d-7138-39ff-a617-1131ff78d85c) at [MusicBrainz](/source/MusicBrainz) (list of releases) v t e Boris Atsuo Takeshi Wata Nagata Studio albums Absolutego Amplifier Worship Flood Heavy Rocks (2002) Akuma no Uta Boris at Last -Feedbacker- Dronevil Pink Smile New Album Attention Please Heavy Rocks (2011) Präparat Noise Urban Dance Warpath Asia Dear Love & Evol NO W Heavy Rocks (2022) Fade Collaborations 04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Altar Rainbow Rock Dream Walrus / Groon BXI Klatter Gensho 2R0I2P0 Hello There EPs Walrus/Groon Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Live albums 04092001 Boris Archive Rock Dream Related articles Boris discography "Boris" (Melvins song) Sunn O))) Merzbow Keiji Haino v t e Merzbow Discography Studio albums Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets Venereology Pulse Demon Merzbox Collaborations 04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Merzdub Walrus / Groon Rock Dream SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth Keio Line Klatter Cuts Full of Hell & Merzbow Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper Merzxiu Flying Basket Gensho Kouen Kyoudai An Untroublesome Defencelessness 2R0I2P0 Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rock Dream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Dream) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Dream?action=history)). 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