“The Fall” is the thirteenth and the final track of ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ standard edition. The POP rhythm and Rock instruments in the song could be shown as proof for my judgement. So I’m gonna go with a mix of POP and Rock. And continuing with the weird music flaw comes “Hopeless Opus”. It begins off with a tune good enough for a Summer mashup, but drops down to a moody melody soon after, and you probably didn’t realize it either. The vocal range he reaches in this track makes me wonder if Dan Reynolds is up to do some Country music too. The music is quite awesome on “Trouble”, again gives prominence to vocals. The almost-acoustic start gives prominence to vocals, which is a great thing, because it is Dan Reynolds.ĭan Reynolds screams “I want no trouble” in the next track. For once the pace continues from the previous track to the next. The 9th track “Dream” is a dreamy song indeed. The album is really playing with our emotions.īuy ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ Standard Edition (13 Tracks) on iTunes / Amazon Buy ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ Deluxe Edition (18 Tracks) on Amazon / Target Electric guitars, light drums and the dreamy voice of Imagine Dragons’ lead vocalist Dan Reynolds. “Friction” is a brilliant piece of musical work–the instruments, creativity, vocals and everything else.Īfter the thunderstorm that is “Friction”, the album takes us to a dreamy world right away with the next song “It Comes Back To You”. The oriental-like music runs throughout the track, only to amplify a thousand times when it comes to the chorus/hook? Love it. The chorus sounds like heavy metal–only it’s not and is aided heavily by drums. The beginning music piece sounds like something borrowed from India or Persia. I don’t really know what the band aimed to achieve with this track, but it looks as if they are trying to mix up everything–it has influences from all over the music world. The vocals are highlighted and they are a killer!!! This track is chill, got good meaning packed behind the smooth lyrics and got just the right kind of drums to keep our hearts thumping. But they aren’t the first artists to define “Life is a Polaroid”, ‘cuz we know Taylor Swift ran with it back when she released ‘1989’. “Polaroid” is the next track along our album review of ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ journey, and it gets even more difficult to define Imagine Dragons with this song. If the band aims to prove that they can conquer rock, alternative, folk and indie, this track is good proof of that. However the album jots back to the high octane start it had from the first two tracks, maybe even higher. “Life isn’t always what you’d think it’d be, turn your head for one second and the tables turned…”, some good life advice in the song as well. Heavy drums, high vocals and low vocals all blended in a sweet mix. “I’m So Sorry” is the fourth track of ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ and the Imagine Dragons we know is back. The song is great, but after “Shots” and “Gold”, the third track feels like a slow down of pace–which they might have expected to do. I don’t believe this is the song you should listen to if you want to fall in love with Imagine Dragons and their music. Hence the album and the song own the same title ‘Smoke And Mirrors’. The third track of the album is the key song of the album. The song talks about a person whom turns everything to Gold upon touch (metaphorically, of course). We kind of wish the opening music sequence continued throughout the track, but it changes towards the chorus–guess that’s what Imagine Dragons does best. Straight away the music changes from “Shots” to “Gold” to something more basic and catchier. The second track of ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ is a beautiful piece of music titled “Gold”. The song resonates an apology ‘for everything’ they have done in life. “Shots” is a classic Imagine Dragons track–unique, innovative and not afraid to experiment with drums and beats. Imagine Dragons are off to a flying start right away with the first track. Track-by-track Album Review of ‘Smoke + Mirrors’ by Imagine Dragonsįirst off we come across “ Shots“, which we got to listen to in the form of a single prior to the album release.