The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of

The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of is the debut studio album by the indie pop band Starlight Mints.^[5]

The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of
Studio album by Starlight Mints
Released	August 20, 2000 (2000-08-20)
Genre	Indie pop
Length	35:45
Label	See Thru Broadcasting
Producer	Dave Sardy, Allan Vest, Andy Nunez[1]
Starlight Mints chronology
The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of (2000) Built on Squares (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]

The title references the line "The stuff that dreams are made of" from The Maltese Falcon, and, second-handedly, Shakespeare: In Act IV of The Tempest, Prospero says "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

Production

The album was recorded in 1997 and 1998, years before it was released by See Thru Broadcasting.^[1]

Critical reception

Pitchfork called the album "a short, well-sequenced offering of punchy orchestral pop."^[6] The Houston Press wrote that the album "offers honest-to-God anthems with catchy refrains that sound happy even when they aren't."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Submarine #3"	1:58
2.	"The Bandit"	2:26
3.	"Sir Prize"	3:10
4.	"Blinded By You"	4:01
5.	"Valerie Flames"	3:28
6.	"Sugar Blaster"	3:05
7.	"Cracker Jack"	4:49
8.	"Matador"	2:08
9.	"The Twilight Showdown"	3:03
10.	"Margarita"	3:48
11.	"Pulling Out My Hair"	3:56
12.	"Popsickle"	3:03
13.	"Pusher Girls"	3:42