Girl of My Dreams (album)

Girl of My Dreams
Standard cover
Studio album by
Fletcher
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)[1]
GenrePop
Length37:13
LabelCapitol
Producer
Fletcher chronology
The S(ex) Tapes
(2020) 		Girl of My Dreams
(2022) 		In Search of the Antidote
(2024)
Singles from Girl of My Dreams
  1. "Her Body Is Bible"
    Released: June 24, 2022[2]
  2. "Becky's So Hot"
    Released: July 20, 2022[3]
  3. "Sting"
    Released: September 2, 2022[4]
  4. "Better Version"
    Released: September 9, 2022[5]

Girl of My Dreams is the debut full-length studio album by American singer-songwriter Fletcher, released on September 16, 2022, via Capitol Records.[1]

Promotion

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Four singles have been released from Girl of My Dreams: "Her Body Is Bible",[2] "Becky's So Hot",[3] "Sting"[4] and "Better Version".[5] A deluxe edition of the album was released on November 18, 2022, which was promoted by the single "Suckerpunch" as well as the previously released single, "Healing".[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[8]
Dork[9]
Gigwise9/10[10]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[11]
Pitchfork5.9/10[12]

Girl of My Dreams received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received a weighted average score of 73, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Shannon Garner of Clash called the album a "chaotic, unfiltered project that unpacks and tackles insecurities head-on" and "an intense rollercoaster of supercharged pop but even in its painful moments, the record radiates an undeniable hope". Garner named Girl of My Dreams "Fletcher’s most revealing and revelatory body of work to date" which "solidifies her position as more than just a queer artist".[8]

Writing for Pitchfork, Dani Blum was more critical, stating that Fletcher's songwriting on Girl of My Dreams "hides behind concerted confessions" and she "assigns clunky labels to her emotions without interrogating or even fully articulating them". Blum opined further that "there are shards of intriguing ideas buried in the album’s plodding acoustics and garish rock-pop confections, but Fletcher fails to excavate them" and derided the album's tracklist as a collection, concluding that "the women at the center of these songs are flat, blank spaces: The only concrete image she provides is a Taylor Swift shirt crumpled on an ex’s floor".[12]

Track listing

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Girl of My Dreams track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sting"
3:07
2."Guess We Lied..."
2:31
3."Birthday Girl"
3:16
4."Becky's So Hot"
  • Buckley
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Sommers
2:42
5."Better Version"
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Sommers
2:53
6."Conversations"
3:04
7."Serial Heartbreaker"
  • Decilveo
  • Fletcher
  • Ho
2:13
8."Her Body Is Bible"
2:57
9."I Think I'm Growing?"
1:32
10."Girl of My Dreams"
  • Decilveo
  • Fletcher
  • Wens
  • Payami
3:32
11."Holiday"
  • Buckley
  • Fletcher
  • Mary Weitz
3:13
12."I Love You, Bitch"
2:53
13."For Cari"
3:20
Total length:37:13
Girl of My Dreams Deluxe edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."20 Something"
3:33
2."I Think I'm Growing?"
  • Andress
  • Fletcher
  • Shatkin
1:32
3."Girl of My Dreams"
  • Decilveo
  • Fletcher
  • Wens
  • Payami
3:32
4."Healing"
3:08
5."Suckerpunch"
2:18
6."Birthday Girl"
  • Fletcher
  • Marrone
  • Saxe
3:16
7."Better Version"
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Sommers
2:53
8."Sting"
  • Decilveo
  • Fletcher
  • Payami
  • Wens
3:07
9."Becky's So Hot"
  • Buckley
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Sommers
2:42
10."Conversations"
  • Fletcher
  • Kasher
  • Love
  • Comstock
  • Pollack
3:04
11."Guess We Lied..."
  • Allen
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Ho
  • Sommers
2:31
12."Serial Heartbreaker"
  • Decilveo
  • Fletcher
  • Ho
2:13
13."Holiday"
  • Buckley
  • Fletcher
  • Weitz
3:13
14."Her Body Is Bible"
  • Fletcher
  • Plested
  • Sivertsen
  • Torrey
2:57
15."I Love You, Bitch"
  • Fletcher
  • Ho
  • Hope
  • Lebbing
2:53
16."For Cari"
  • Fletcher
  • McDonald
  • Shatkin
3:20
17."Better Version" (featuring Kelsea Ballerini)
  • Dussolliet
  • Fletcher
  • Sommers
  • Ballerini
2:54
Total length:52:15
Girl of My Dreams Target edition track listing[13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Fuckboy"
  • Fletcher
  • Ho
  • Oliver Peterhof
  • Love
2:15
15."Riot"
  • Fletcher
  • Ignacio Cubina
  • McDonald
  • Stolinski Williams
2:40
Girl of My Dreams Wet Dream edition track listing[14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."20 Something"
  • Fletcher
  • Jonny Hockings
  • Aquilina
3:33
15."Pussy Is Bible" 2:58

Charts

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Chart performance for Girl of My Dreams
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 42
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 66
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 45
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 77
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 44
US Billboard 200[25] 15

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fletcher – Girl of My Dreams Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Her Body Is Bible by Fletcher on Amazon Music Unlimited". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Becky's So Hot (Alternate Version) – Amazon Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Murray, Robin (September 2022). "Fletcher Returns With Explicit New Bop 'Sting'". Clash. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Daly, Rhian (September 10, 2022). "Fletcher Sinks Into Post-Breakup Grief On 'Better Version'". UDiscoverMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "FLETCHER on Instagram: "girl of my dreams deluxe edition out 11/18 featuring "suckerpunch" which is available to stream everywhere now + with even more exciting surprises to come. you can pre-order the physical of the deluxe album through the link in my bio. see you on tour in the meantime 🤍"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  7. ^ a b "Girl of My Dreams by Fletcher Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b Garner, Shannon (September 16, 2022). "Fletcher – Girl of My Dreams | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Young, Martyn (September 15, 2022). "Fletcher – Girl Of My Dreams". Dork. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  10. ^ Otero, Nicole (September 5, 2022). "Album Review: Fletcher – Girl Of My Dreams". Gigwise. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  11. ^ Chatterton, Caitlin (September 15, 2022). "Fletcher finally falls in love with herself on debut album Girl Of My Dreams". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Blum, Dani (September 23, 2022). "Fletcher: Girl of My Dreams Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  13. ^ "Fletcher - Girl of My Dreams". Discogs. 16 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Fletcher - Girl of My Dreams". Discogs. 16 September 2022.
  15. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  16. ^ "Longplay Charts vom 27. September 2022". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fletcher %5BUS%5D – Girl of My Dreams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  18. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fletcher %5BUS%5D – Girl of My Dreams" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  19. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fletcher %5BUS%5D – Girl of My Dreams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Fletcher – Girl of My Dreams" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  21. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 23 September 2022". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  22. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  23. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  25. ^ "Fletcher Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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