Give Up - The Postal Service
User Score
9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 124 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 124
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 124
  3. Negative: 5 out of 124

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  1. yikut
    Mar 10, 2005
    1
    after dntel's 'life is full of possiblites' and 'evan & chan' i had such high hopes for this. it was such a disappointment. ive tried several times to listen to it but for me, it lacks any sort of strength or reason. i was expecting something with the emotional force of 'evan and chan' and a little more of dntel in there. i was also disappointed that the idm elements of dntel were all watered down. it was more figurine than dntel. im glad that so many people liked it and will maybe go back and find some dntel. for me, i just couldnt get into it.… Expand
  2. BellinghamWA
    May 8, 2003
    2
    Aside from "Such Great Heights," there's nothing here but underdeveloped beats and brain-numbingly fey lyrics. Find the 5,638 synthpop bands actually doing it right. Leave this one for our deaf friends.

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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Almost Cool
    78
    Some people who liked the more experimental side of Tamborello's DNTEL project will simply find it a little too boppy for their liking, but it's one of those little discs that practically drills down into your subconscious.
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  2. Pitchfork
    80
    The core tension between Tamborello's complex, almost impossibly dense production and Gibbard's cutting voice makes Give Up a pretty damned strong record, and one with enough transcendent moments to forgive it its few substandard tracks and some ungodly lyrical blunders.
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  3. Mojo
    80
    Somewhere between Faultline's bedroom-boffin invention and Stephen Merritt's pensive elegance. [May 2003, p.99]
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