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Neil Cicierega's 'Mouth Dreams': What is the secret message in comedian's mashup album? Fans try hard to decode it

Interestingly, fans of Cicierega tried to decode a secret message within the album, though the artist never claimed to have put one

Neil Cicierega is a man of multiple talents. An artist, comedian, actor, filmmaker, singer, musician, puppeteer and animator, Cicierega is the guy who gave us the early-2000s Flash animation gold 'Potter Puppet Pals' and 'Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny'. He also makes music as Lemon Demon and since 2014, has released under his own name, a series of hilarious mashup albums inspired by Smash Mouth, the band best known for the 1999 hit 'All Star'.

Till date, we’ve gotten the mashup albums 'Mouth Sounds', 'Mouth Silence', and 'Mouth Moods'. And now, Cicierega shared another installment titled 'Mouth Dreams'. 'Mouth Dreams' features multiple mashups of music by artists like Rick Astley, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Limp Bizkit, Nine Inch Nails, Owl City, Danny Elfman, Gorillaz and much, much more.

Announcing the album, Cicierega tweeted, "#MouthDreams is out!!!"

You can listen to the whole 'Mouth Dreams' album on SoundCloud. Check out the full 26 song track-list below:

01 'Yahoo': Clip of Wylie Gustafson yodeling 'Yahoo'
02 'Mouth Dreams (Intro)': Theme from 'The Twilight Zone'
03 'Spongerock': 'We Will Rock You' by Queen x Spongebob Squarepants Theme
04 'Just A Baby': 'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash x 'Baby' by Justin Bieber x 'The Reason' by Hoobastank
05 'Superkiller': 'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads x 'Super Freak' by Rick James
06 'Get Happy': 'C’mon Get Happy' by The Partridge Family
07 'Ribs': 'Baby Back Ribs' by Guy Bommarito x 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' by Tears for Fears x 'The Beautiful People' by Marilyn Manson x 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' by The Tokens
08 'My Mouth': 'Dream On' by Aerosmith x 'Brain Stew' by Green Day
09 'Aerolong': 'Everlong' by Foo Fighters x 'Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith
10 'Sleepin'': 'My Own Worst Enemy' by Lit
11 'Aammoorree': 'That’s Amore' by Dean Martin
12 'Where is My Mom': 'Where is My Mind' by Pixies x 'Stacy’s Mom' by Fountains of Wayne
13 'Fredhammer': 'Sledgehammer' by Peter Gabriel x 'Nookie' by Limp Bizkit x Theme from Seinfeld by Jonathan Wolff
14 'Limp Wicket': 'Ewok Celebration' by John Williams x 'Nookie' by Limp Bizkit
15 'Cannibals': THX Trademark Sound 'Deep Note' x 'She Drives Me Crazy' by Fine Young Cannibals
16 'The Outsiders': 'The Outsiders' (1983) trailer with voice over by Don LaFontaine x Other Don LaFontaine voice overs
17 'Johnny': 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash x 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley
18 'Closerflies': 'Closer' by Nine Inch Nails x 'Fireflies' by Owl City
19 'Nightmovin'': 'Movin’ Out' (Anthony’s Song) by Billy Joel x 'Nightmare' by Avenged Sevenfold
20 'Whitehouse': 'Powerhouse' by Raymond Scott x 'Fell in Love with a Girl' by The White Stripes
21 'Wah': 'Wannabe' by Spice Girls x 'War' by Edwin Starr x 'Down with the Sickness' by Disturbed x Various vocal samples of Wario
22 'Pee Wee Inc.': 'Breakfast Machine' (From 'Pee Wee’s Big Adventure') by Danny Elfman x 'Feel Good Inc.' by Gorillaz
23 '10,000 Spoons': 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette x Theme From Knight Rider by Stu Phillips x 'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath
24 'Mouth Dreams (Extro)': 'Drowning' by Backstreet Boys x 'All Star' by Smash Mouth x 'Chop Suey' by System of a Down
25 'Brithoven': 'Symphony No. 5' by Ludwig Von Beethoven x 'Baby, One More Time' by Britney Spears
26 'Ain’t': 'Say it Ain’t So' by Weezer x 'In The Hall of the Mountain King' by Edvard Grieg

Interestingly, fans of Cicierega tried to decode a secret message within the album after one fan believed he'd unearthed the secret message and tweeted, "Neil Cicierega's new mouth album, Mouth Dreams, besides being fantastic as always, contains a secret message in the song 'Mouth Dreams (extro)'. Visible through a spectrogram are wingdings in reverse. When translated they reveal a SPOOKY MESSAGE."

What started out as a joke soon turned serious as others also got into the guessing game. However, none were able to come up with a  concrete response as to what they thought the secret message could be.

Another fan, talking about the same and saying that the secret message is that there is no secret message, wrote, "EASTER EGGS I NOTICED IN MOUTH DREAMS: Every song was modified May 3, 2099; 100 years after the release of 'All Star' by Smash Mouth. Every song has a letter in the comments like in 'Mouth Silence', which when alphabetized and reversed, says "I CANT THINK OF A SECRET MESSAGE""

A different fan, pointing out the same, wrote, "Sorting songs in reverse by title on 'MOUTH DREAMS' spells out 'I cant think of a secret message' in the comment fields. I see you Neil Cicierega," while another, making light of the secret message situation, tweeted, "'Mouth Dreams' secret message spoiler: Gur frperg zrffntr sbe Zbhgu Qernzf vf "vpnagguvaxbsnfrpergzrffntr". Lbh pna trg vg ol fbegvat gur fbat pbzzragf ol fbat gvgyr va erirefr beqre."

Cicierega, who first released a mashup album 'Mouth Sounds' in 2014, has since gained a cult following.