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'''''Maybe I'm Dreaming''''' is the debut studio album by American [[electronica]] project [[Owl City]], released on March 17, 2008.<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://myspace.com/owlcity/music/album/maybe-i-m-dreaming-15383221 |title=Maybe I'm Dreaming by Owl City_MySpaceCity – MySpace page]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181551/https://myspace.com/owlcity/music/album/maybe-i-m-dreaming-15383221|archivedate=December 20, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> Despite having been self-released and not recorded by any major producer, it managed to reach the top 20 of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance/Electronic Music AlbumAlbums]] Chartchart.<ref>Marotta, Michael (2009) "[http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/135479080 MUSIC ; Young Upstart's a Wise Owl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227034357/http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/135479080 |date=2012-02-27 }}", ''[[Boston Herald]]'', retrieved October 1, 2009</ref> The seventh track, "The Technicolor Phase", is featured on ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'''s compilation album, ''[[Almost Alice]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/archive_almostalicetracklisting/|title=3OH!3, All Time Low, Owl City, more on Alice In Wonderland soundtrack|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=January 12, 2010|access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

Following the surprise success of Owl City's second album, ''[[Ocean Eyes (album)|Ocean Eyes]]'', ''Maybe I'm Dreaming'' was pressed and re-released by [[Universal Republic]] on March 30, 2010.<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/maybe-im-dreaming/id363152446 Maybe I'm Dreaming - Owl City iTunes page]</ref>

An official music video for the song "Early Birdie" was filmed in March 2008 by Adam Young's childhood friends/bandmates Andy and Anthony Johnson ([[Windsor Airlift]]), and then released on January 13, 2011, via [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtVAVLvvXVo |title="Early Birdie" Official Music Video |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=March 24, 2014}}</ref>

==Critical reception==

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/maybe-im-dreaming-mw0000805328|title=Maybe I'm Dreaming - Owl City|website=[[Allmusic]]|author=Anthony Tognazzini|accessdate=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

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Anthony Tognazzini of [[AllMusic]] gave a positive review stating, "he builds on the skills he was developing on ''[[Of June]]'', and turns in a strong effort, full of durable, breezy melodies, personal lyrics, and carefully orchestrated folktronica."<ref name="AllMusic"/>

==Track listing==

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* Austin Tofte - additional guitars, additional instrumentation, additional vocals (1, 2, 5)

==Charts==

==Chart performance==

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!scope="row"| US [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Dance/Electronic Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name = "Allmusic awards">{{cite webmagazine|url=httphttps://www.allmusicbillboard.com/albumartist/maybeowl-imcity/chart-dreaming-mw0000805328history/elp/awards|title=MaybeOwl I'mCity DreamingChart -History Owl(Top CityDance/Electronic AwardsAlbums)|workmagazine=[[AllmusicBillboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisherarchiveurl=[[Rovihttps://web.archive.org/web/20211118004201/https://www.billboard.com/artist/owl-city/chart-history/elp/|archivedate=November Corporation]]18, 2021|accessdate=AugustJanuary 1626, 20142023}}</ref>

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==Music videos==

*{{YouTube|NtVAVLvvXVo|Early Birdie}}

==Notes and miscellanea==