However, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling more than 83,000 copies within its first week where it has since been certified double Platinum. The album received mixed reviews from music critics upon release. Musically, Night Visions exhibits influences of folk, hip hop and pop. According to frontman Dan Reynolds, the album took three years to finish, with six of the album's tracks being previously released on multiple EPs. The album was primarily produced by the band themselves, as well as English hip-hop producer Alex da Kid and Brandon Darner from the American indie rock group The Envy Corps.
It was released on September 4, 2012, through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. Night Visions is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons.
