Criminally Shy

When does a dream become a nightmare? cover

"When Does A Dream Become A Nightmare?"

1. When A Dream Becomes A Nightmare
2. Molly
3. Girl With A Guitar (music video)
4. Never In Dreams
5. Dihydrogen Monoxide
6. Prosthetute
7. Scarlett Key
8. Long Island 1998 (music video)
9. Brat
10. Lucidity

All songs written, produced, and performed by Betty Genovese.
Remastered 2025 at AIFL Mobile

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2012 Blog Notes:
The second album, "When Does A Dream Become A Nightmare?" is a significant improvement over "The Shadow Of Insanity". While nowhere near perfect, it sounds more like it's meant to be a solid listening experience. There's ambient tracks ("Brat"), more aggressive tracks ("Long Island 1998") and the fledgling footsteps towards the dancefloor style tracks I'm currently making ("Girl With A Guitar").

I'll always have a special place in my heart for this album, as it was my first "Real" release. Some of the tracks on "The Shadow Of Insanity" were 2 years old at the time of release and was more of a compilation of tracks than an album. "When Does..." on the other hand was taken from 2 sessions of writing and finished together as an album in one week.

The main problem with this release is that it has no depth. The songs are very much what you hear is what you get. Overall, it shows I have potential.

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Digital Insert

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