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Universal acclaim- based on 234 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 206 out of 234
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Mixed: 13 out of 234
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Negative: 15 out of 234
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JIApr 17, 2007sorry, it's just not that good. yes, it has harmonies, but it has little else going on. comparisons to brian wilson should be taken with a grain of salt. the vocal sound is similar but these are basically 2-part chants. there's a lot of hype in play here.
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JoMay 6, 2008Boring...nothing fresh about it, I don't get the hype.
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RuK.Nov 2, 2007How can you morons even compare this to Pet Sounds? 3/10 for a mostly terrible album. So many people fall for hype nowadays.
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voodoocookieJul 12, 2007
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k.May 6, 2007Every track reminds me of the taste in my mouth after waking from the dream of being at a large banquet eating savory foods; the taste is cotton-like saliva cakes.
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DanielJ.Apr 8, 2008This is just too abstract and weird for me. Why this album is in the toplist is for me a true mystery.
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JakeJ.Sep 17, 2008This album succeeds in recreating, and, in a sense, updating the the Beach Boys sound. Of course, with the Beach Boys, you'd get actual songs as well, and those are what is missing here. What remains to be impressive is the sheer amount of hype that is being generated around this release. In five years, no one will remember it.
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musicfanMay 9, 2007
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NeilCSep 5, 2007
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SeanAMay 7, 2007Speaking of not "hearing it" and heads in "nether regions", I'd like to know what Todd thinks this shares with Arcade Fire. Reverb? It has a lot of that and it gets to be irritating after 2 tracks. It has as a few nice moments but not enough to warrant all the 9s and 10s. This is an OPINION so don't let it upset you if you think the album is going to outlast the year.
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YourMomJun 26, 2007tiz shit
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EBApr 4, 2007Boring.
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HexumNApr 15, 2007This one must be for music snobs only. This is seriously the single most worst album I have ever heard and will probably ever hear in my life. How it managed such great reviews is well beyond me. Painfully awful. Absolute garbage. I'm sorry to sound so negative as I'm usually very open to music, but wow, this is just horrible. Wow.
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CameronSApr 23, 2007I cannot stand this at all. Preview the album and see how awful it is. This is just horrible.
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Awards & Rankings
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UncutMagical. [Apr 2007, p.114]
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His careful attention to detail and masterful use of vocal harmonies are unparalleled in modern indie rock.
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Paste MagazineIt's as lucid a marriage of the eneffably strange and crayon-bright catchy as 2007 is likely to see. [Apr 2007, p.58]