Before We Forgot How to Dream

Before We Forgot How to Dream is the debut album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Soak. The album was released on 29 May 2015 under Rough Trade Records. It was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.^[7]

Before We Forgot How to Dream
Studio album by Soak
Released	29 May 2015
Genre	Indie folk, dream pop
Length	42:23
Label	Rough Trade
Soak chronology
Before We Forgot How to Dream (2015) Grim Town (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	7/10[3]
DIY	[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
NME	[6]

It subsequently won the Choice Music Prize on Thursday 3 March 2016.

Artwork

The artwork for the album was provided by Irish artist Jack Coulter. The CD booklet and vinyl sleeve consists of three of Coulter's photographs and two of his original paintings.^[8]

The front cover is a photograph of SOAK taken by Joshua Halling.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Brain"	1:03
2.	"B a noBody"	4:48
3.	"Blud"	2:45
4.	"Wait"	3:58
5.	"Sea Creatures"	3:12
6.	"A Dream to Fly"	0:57
7.	"24 Windowed House"	3:58
8.	"Garden"	3:10
9.	"Shuvels"	3:25
10.	"Hailstones Don't Hurt"	3:09
11.	"Reckless Behaviour"	3:16
12.	"If Everyone Is Someone – No One Is Everyone"	1:04
13.	"Oh Brother"	4:28
14.	"Blind"	2:20

All tracks are written by Bridie Monds-Watson.

Charts

Chart performance for Before We Forgot How to Dream

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[10]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	37