Slow Motion Daydream

{{Infobox album

| name = Slow Motion Daydream

| type = studio

| artist = Everclear

| cover = Everclear-Slow_Motion_Daydream.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 11, 2003

| recorded = 2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, power pop

| length = 45:31

| label = Capitol

| producer = Art Alexakis, Lars Fox

| prev_title = Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004

| next_year = 2004

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Slow Motion Daydream

| type = studio

| single1 = Volvo Driving Soccer Mom

| single1date = January 14, 2003

| single2 = The New York Times

| single2date = April 7, 2003{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=April 4, 2003 |title=R&R Going for Adds |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-04-04.pdf |magazine=R&R |issue=1498 |page=28 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 57/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/slow-motion-daydream/everclear/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Slow Motion Daydream|website=Metacritic|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r620919|pure_url=yes}}|title=Slow Motion Daydream - Everclear|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

| rev3 = E! Online

| rev3score = C−{{Cite web |date= |title=Music - Everclear "Slow Motion Daydream" |url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2908,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030325112739/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2908,00.html |archive-date=2003-03-25 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=E! Online}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = D+{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,430028,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205060531/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,430028,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2008|title=Slow Motion Daydream Review|last=Seymour|first=Craig|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 14, 2003|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}

| rev5 = PopMatters

| rev5score = (positive){{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/everclear-slow/|title=Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream|last=Levenfeld|first=Ari|magazine=PopMatters|date=May 9, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511063423/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/everclear-slow/ |archive-date=May 11, 2012|accessdate=December 4, 2012}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/everclear/albums/album/319432/review/5944866/slow_motion_daydream|title=Everclear: Slow Motion Daydream : Music Reviews|last=Hoard|first=Christian|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 25, 2003|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228180422/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/everclear/albums/album/319432/review/5944866/slow_motion_daydream|archive-date=February 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = B{{Cite magazine |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |date=April 2003 |title=Reviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCou4cnn-ZkC&pg=PA102 |magazine=Spin |publisher=SPIN Media, LLC |volume=19 |issue=4 |page=102}}

| rev9 = Stylus

| rev9score = 2.2/10{{cite web |last=Howard |first=Ed |date=September 1, 2003 |title=Everclear - Slow Motion Daydream |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=367 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021014809/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=367 |archive-date=October 21, 2004 |access-date=January 24, 2024 |website=Stylus Magazine}}

| rev10 = The Village Voice

| rev10score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=March 23, 2004 |title=Consumer Guide |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv304-04.php |accessdate=January 23, 2024 |website=The Village Voice |publisher= |via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Slow Motion Daydream is the sixth studio album by Everclear. It was released in the U.S. in 2003 on Capitol Records and recorded in 2002.

Production

The first single released to radio from Slow Motion Daydream was "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom",{{Cite magazine |last=Olson |first=Catherine Applefield |date=February 15, 2003 |title=Arena Football, NHRA, Castrol Pacts to Bolster New Everclear Set |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 |magazine=Billboard |page=9 |volume=115 |issue=7}} followed by second single "The New York Times".

Though the album debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, higher than the band's last, it quickly fell off the charts. By July 2004, the album had sold 106,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2004-07-22 |title=Everclear Singer Headed To DNC |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/everclear-singer-headed-to-dnc-67230/ |access-date=2022-03-09 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Spin listed the album as one of 2003's biggest commercial flops.{{Cite magazine |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |last2=Ganz |first2=Caryn |date=January 2004 |title=Flops of the Year |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CTUGqnYjTwC&pg=PA91 |magazine=Spin |publisher=SPIN Media, LLC |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=91}}

This was the last album of new material to feature longtime members Craig Montoya and Greg Eklund who left the band later in August of that year.