Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

Paper Mâché Dream Balloon is the seventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 13 November 2015 on the band's Bandcamp, and then a week later on Heavenly Records. The album was recorded with almost entirely acoustic instruments.^[6]

Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
Studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Released	13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
Recorded	Early 2015 (tracks 1–11) June 2015 (track 12)
Studio	Various homes, sheds, garages, apartments, hotels, tunnels (tracks 1–11) The End, Brooklyn, New York (track 12)
Genre	Folk rock psychedelic folk psychedelic pop dream pop[1]
Length	33:46
Label	Heavenly ATO Flightless
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard chronology
Quarters! (2015) Paper Mâché Dream Balloon (2015) Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Singles from Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
"Paper Mâché Dream Balloon" Released: 17 August 2015 "Trapdoor" Released: 21 September 2015

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
musicOMH	[5]

Track listing

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–6 on Side A, and tracks 7–12 on Side B.^[7]

Paper Mâché Dream Balloon track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sense"	Stu Mackenzie	3:30
2.	"Bone"	Mackenzie	2:16
3.	"Dirt"	Joey Walker	2:50
4.	"Paper Mâché Dream Balloon"	Mackenzie	2:39
5.	"Trapdoor"	Mackenzie	2:38
6.	"Cold Cadaver"	Mackenzie	2:43
7.	"The Bitter Boogie"	Mackenzie Ambrose Kenny-Smith	4:29
8.	"N.G.R.I. (Bloodstain)"	Mackenzie	2:25
9.	"Time = Fate"	Cook Craig	2:26
10.	"Time = $$$"	Mackenzie	2:04
11.	"Most of What I Like"	Walker	3:17
12.	"Paper Mâché"	Craig Mackenzie Walker	2:29
Total length:			33:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[8]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

• Stu Mackenzie – acoustic guitar, drums, piano, vocals, flute, clarinet, double bass, bass guitar, violin, percussion, sitar
• Lucas Skinner – piano, bass guitar
• Joey Walker – acoustic guitar, vocals, bass guitar, double bass
• Cook Craig – acoustic guitar, vocals (track 9), double bass, percussion
• Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica
• Michael Cavanagh – drums, bongo, conga
• Eric Moore – nothing

Production

• Stu Mackenzie – recording (tracks 1–11)
• Lucas Skinner – recording (tracks 1–11)
• Joey Walker – recording (tracks 1–11)
• Jacob Portrait – recording (track 12)
• Mikey Young – mixing
• Joe Carra – mastering
• Jason Galea – artwork, photography

Charts

Chart performance for Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	37
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10]	37
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[11]	71
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12]	10

References

1. Kersey, Kyle (28 April 2022). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Omnium Gatherum". Under the Radar. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
2. "Reviews for Paper Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. Sendra, Tim. . AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
4. Hann, Michael (19 November 2015). "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Paper Mâché Dream Balloon review – mellow, defuzzed psychedelia". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
5. Measure, Rob (13 November 2015). "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon". musicOMH. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
6. "Paper Mâché Dream Balloon". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
7. Paper Mâché Dream Balloon at Discogs (list of releases)
8. Track listing and credits as per liner notes for Paper Mâché Dream Balloon album
9. Wallace, Ian (30 November 2015). "Week Commencing ~ 30th November 2015 ~ Issue #1344" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1344). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 6, 8, 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
10. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
11. "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
12. "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

External links

• Paper Mâché Dream Balloon at Discogs (list of releases)