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Universal acclaim- based on 91 Ratings
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Positive: 85 out of 91
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Mixed: 5 out of 91
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Negative: 1 out of 91
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Jan 28, 2013Their sophomore record is just as odd as their self-titled debut. While songs like Turtle Island or All The Years are very chilling and beautiful, they ruin it (at least in my eyes) with queer ballads like D.A.R.L.I.N.G. or Gila. The lyrics are full with metaphors which takes a nice effect on the listener, yet can't change the fact that Devotion is a extremely strange album.
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MattM.Mar 17, 2008Amazing. 'Heart of chambers' is one of the best songs ever. Must have.
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EduardoO.Mar 4, 2008What is wrong with these people ears? Devotion is undeniable beautiful from beginning to end. I am starting to like it even better than their debut.
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O.GawdApr 2, 2008If you fancy music with which to down two shots of Jack Daniels, a bottle of red wine, and a Corona, just to set the proper mood, which one saw Victoria Legrand do before performing a set of this music to eat 'Ludes by, then by all means become hopelessly devoted to this album.
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JasonMay 4, 2008Nice follow-up.......however their debut is much better.
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JeremyF.Mar 16, 2008
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PeterL.Mar 9, 2008
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AdamB.Feb 29, 2008
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JCApr 18, 2008Yes, I can't tell the songs apart, but that is not because they all sound the same, they just go together so well. This is an album and there is no point in it that I want to advance to the next song (though "All The Years" is especially gripping). Ever watch a David Lynch movie and get that emotional tingle down the spine? Here is the soundtrack to that tingle.
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BrendanDAug 11, 2008
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Nov 3, 2010Definitely still listen to this album, it was great and in my opinion very underrated. Their new work is good but in my opinion this album is just as good, if not better.
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Aug 8, 2013Beach House will always be special because, well, their music is just special. The spooky soft vocals, perfect instrumentation and just beauty of this record makes it one of the best albums of 2008
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Aug 10, 2015Without a doubt the best album Beach House has produced to date, and probably one of the best albums I've ever heard. There's something personal and beautiful about this album that, though catchy and charming, Teen Dream and Bloom can't compare to.
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Aug 25, 2022Like the coverart depicts "Devotion " is supernatural. A layered séance that invokes lulling dreampop harmonies and soft textures
Awards & Rankings
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Beach House have created as profound an invocation of the sacred and the sentimental as you’re ever likely to hear.
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Despite the gorgeous production, listening to 11 of these ragged dirges in a row requirea unconditional Devotion. [29 Feb 2008]
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As comfortable as the Beach House sound is, it's the uncomfortable moments that are most seductive.