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70

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  • Summary: The first full-length studio release from rock artist Billy Idol in over 10 years features guest appearances by featuring Joan Jett and Alison Mosshart.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Apr 25, 2025
    80
    With Dream into It, Idol underscores his legacy as one of the original pop-punk prophets, a kid with spiky, peroxide-blonde hair who saw the future of punk and lived to tell the tale.
  2. 70
    Thematically it’s a steady path, although musically Dream Into It is fairly erratic and offers quite a disjointed listening experience as it jumps from style to style. [Jun 2025, p.70]
  3. 70
    To whereas many may have expected that Idol’s first LP after 10 years be a rock destroyer, it’s probably his most mediative to date. It’s always great to hear Idol rev it up like the rock god that he is, but arguably, at this stage, it’s more interesting to hear what Idol thinks of Bill. And he still rocks live.
  4. Apr 25, 2025
    60
    Though an uneven collection taken as a whole, Dream Into It still boasts enough songs to convince you that the sneering, charming Idol is not quite ready for the retirement home yet.
  5. Record Collector
    Jun 12, 2025
    60
    Everything is dispatched in pristine FM rock production that could use a little more light and shade. [Jul 2025, p.104]
  6. Mojo
    Apr 25, 2025
    60
    Idol's rebel yell still has snarl and charisma, but some of these songs (Wildside; Too Much Fun) feel like pop-punk makeweights included to get Dream Into It up to 35 minutes. [Jun 2025, p.82]