Give Up
by The Postal Service
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Feb 18, 2003
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 142 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 130 out of 142
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 142
  3. Negative: 8 out of 142

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  1. Jeremy
    Dec 9, 2004
    6
    Very catchy and poppy. But the sounds design is a little simple. Every sound feels like it comes straight from a synthesizer with no manipulation whatsoever. Tons of basic wave formations, and every drum sound comes directly from that machine that your little brother has. If more emphasis was put on the sound design, would be amazing.

Awards & Rankings

18
#18 Most Discussed Album of 2003
44
#44 Most Shared Album of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

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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