...And Star Power
by Foxygen
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 41
  3. Negative: 12 out of 41
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  1. On-earMusic
    Oct 15, 2014
    6
    While I can't say this is a bad album, it's incredibly unorganized and has no real sense of direction. There are a few stand-out songs however; like How Can You Really, Coulda Been My Love, Cosmic Vibrations, and Cannibal Holocaust. These songs most sitting on the first half of the double album leaving the second half feeling uneventful and long-winded. Plus the "Star Power" portion ofWhile I can't say this is a bad album, it's incredibly unorganized and has no real sense of direction. There are a few stand-out songs however; like How Can You Really, Coulda Been My Love, Cosmic Vibrations, and Cannibal Holocaust. These songs most sitting on the first half of the double album leaving the second half feeling uneventful and long-winded. Plus the "Star Power" portion of this album is really nothing to talk about though it isn't bad by any means. In fact the only BAD tunes are "Mattress Warehouse" and Wally's Farm, the former being criminally bland and a test of patience while the other is just unbearable. While the whole hour and twenty minutes it takes to listen to this album isn't overall terrible, it leaves me wanting a more concise and focused album like last years "We Are the Twenty-First Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic".… Expand
  2. atmosphericrex
    May 28, 2015
    5
    There are a couple of really cool, listenable tracks on this record. Foxygen just decided to put a bunch of pointless noise in between them. The listenable tracks are a testament to Foxygen's ability to make good music, the rest is just sort of pretentious. It sort of sounds like they were allowed to just record whatever they wanted to as filler. I propose that this album should be turnedThere are a couple of really cool, listenable tracks on this record. Foxygen just decided to put a bunch of pointless noise in between them. The listenable tracks are a testament to Foxygen's ability to make good music, the rest is just sort of pretentious. It sort of sounds like they were allowed to just record whatever they wanted to as filler. I propose that this album should be turned into an EP called Actual Music On And Star Power... 1. How Can You Really 2. Coulda Been My Love 3. Cosmic Vibrations 4. You & I 5. I Don't Have Anything/The Gate 6. Flowers. But even those songs sort of feel like b-sides, this album really lacks the energy of We Are the 21st... I don't know it just doesn't really feel right.… Expand

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#85 Most Discussed Album of 2014

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62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Mojo
    Nov 6, 2014
    80
    Their star power indeed might be largely borrowed, but they wear it well. [Nov 2014, p.98]
  2. Rolling Stone
    Oct 21, 2014
    50
    An 82-minute combo plate of half-finished songs, choruses unmoored from verses, bursts of skyscraping beauty and long passages of sonic murk, all vaguely redolent of the Rolling Stones and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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  3. Consequence
    Oct 16, 2014
    67
    Star Power overwhelms with its personality, one that takes on a wildly different but equally zealous form every three minutes, one that’s exciting for a long while before suddenly making you want to shelve it for a longer while.
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