Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (stylised without spaces) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83.

[12] Prior to recording Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83 frontman Anthony Gonzalez moved from France to Los Angeles, United States.

[19] Because of budget constraints and union issues, the string and brass players who contributed to the album were not paid and were credited with pseudonyms.

[17] Anthony Gonzalez compared Hurry Up, We're Dreaming's sound to two of his previous releases, describing it as a mix between the synth-pop used on Saturdays = Youth (2008) and the ambient of Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005).

[20] Critics have noted musical influences from 1980s artists, including Kraftwerk, Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel and Harold Faltermeyer, as well as synth-pop band Cut Copy.

[21][22][23] Hurry Up, We're Dreaming was first teased on 23 June 2011 in a YouTube video titled "Echoes...", which also announced dates for a North American tour.

[33] On 5 November 2012, a three-disc deluxe edition featuring remixes of "Midnight City", "Reunion" and "Steve McQueen" was announced.

"[21] Similarly, The Daily Telegraph's James Lachno felt that the album "finally fuses his innate ingenuity with an accessible, commercial edge.

"[39] Rudy Klapper of Sputnikmusic praised the influence of 1980s music on the album, and called the record "near flawless, an essential distillation of the sounds of Gonzalez's youth, nostalgia and melancholy and happiness all mixed up into a sparkling pop stew.

"[46] Simon Price of The Independent called the album "a towering city of sparkling synth edifices simultaneously summoning the best of the 1980s (New Order, The Cure) and the current breed (The Knife, Empire of the Sun)".

"[41] Reef Younis of BBC Music felt that while "some consistency may have been sacrificed in favor of a space-filling selection of tracks, this set still represents a heaving, breathing journey through the introspective and the bombastic, the striving and the exhaustive.

"[49] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that while the album "may not be quite as striking as Saturdays = Youth, it delivers a welcome mix of classic sounds and promising changes.

"[37] David Marchese of Spin felt that Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is "full of goose-bump moments", but that the "lack of something as enjoyably plain (and relatively calm) as 'Kim & Jessie'... makes Gonzalez's insistence on oversize emotions feel a tad restrictive.

"[54] Pitchfork named it the third best album of 2011, with Jayson Greene writing: "Hurry Up We're Dreaming doesn't just draw liberally from the spirit of the massive rock albums Gonzalez name-checked, it practically swallows them whole, regurgitating and redistributing them into something listeners from every corner of the music universe can hear a piece of their lives in.

[59] PopMatters named it the best song of 2011, with Ryan Reed writing: "On this transcendent standout [...] Anthony Gonzalez and co-synth-scientist Justin Meldal-Johnsen build layer upon layer of keys, arena-sized drums, and vocal atmospherics (not mentioning one of the tastiest sax solos this side of a Springsteen record).