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Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings
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Positive: 63 out of 67
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Mixed: 1 out of 67
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Negative: 3 out of 67
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Jul 2, 2014Saturdays=Youth feels like a constant good dream that you never want to leave. This album feels like an alternate universe and is excellently produced and Gonzalez really pulled out all the stops to make this an excellent and very memorable experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire album and M83 is still one of my favorite bands. Thank You Anthony!
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Oct 16, 2013best album everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Oct 24, 2011Love this album, much more different to the previous M83 albums dumping their trademark shoegaze/dream pop sound in favour of a more 80's new wave/ synth pop sound.
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Aug 11, 2011S=Y taps into nostalgia and that is what makes this record so amazing. Though being pretty much different from their previous albums, it's definitely their best. I thought "Don't save us from the flames" would be their best song but once I've listened to this record, I changed my mind. "You, appearing" made me believe there's still real magic in music.
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MinhNJun 18, 2009This album as a whole is fucking great. I think it's either you love this band or hate them. You Appearing, Kim & Jessie, Skin Of The Night, Graveyard Girl, Couleurs, We Own The Sky... all awesome tracks.
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AdamP.Feb 11, 2009I dig the mixing and the sonic textures, but it seems like my fellow indie-music-philes overrate this album just a tad. Off the top of my head I can think of more than 30 albums released in 2008 that were better than this one.
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AndreC.Nov 30, 2008Stellar album - a fantastic and beautiful journey.
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HectorSep 27, 2008
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ErokJMay 17, 2008I'd have to say I like maybe 4 or 5 songs on the album. I liked alot of where before the dawn heals us, but this is getting a little too vocal and "regular". Not enough substance to be that big of an album.
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Joenh.May 10, 2008Outstanding album. Takes a few listens to properly sink in.
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EricC.May 5, 2008
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AristotleXApr 24, 2008
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SammyF.Apr 21, 2008A major step backwards for the group. A turn to pure pop cheese.
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JoeT.Apr 19, 2008
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NicholasTApr 17, 2008
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AlexLApr 17, 2008M83 simply puts all the good back into the 80z sound and I am grateful.
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DamianM.Apr 16, 2008This move was always going to divide critics. Anthony's last two releases sounded like epic soundtracks, you would be forgiven for thinking that each album was one long incredible track. This album is a collection of songs, inspired by Anthony's love of all things 80's. This move was always going to divide critics but who cares? The songs are stunning.
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NickApr 16, 2008A truely trancendant album. Beautiful songs that inspire both wistfulness for the past and anticipation for the future of M83's music.
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HugoTApr 16, 2008Oh my gosh....smells like 80ts, tell me who doesn't like it this way?Only senseless maniacs, they don't understand what is it to feel happy about music!Very easy listening, which I was beginning for! Comfortable music, totally repeatable.....Gonzaless new face warms my heart!
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MarkApr 15, 2008I like it more than dead cities, but maybe thats just because this is the direction i wanted the band to go.
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AlanS.Apr 15, 2008
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Awards & Rankings
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Filled with ambitious production and winsome nostalgia, Saturdays is an otherworldly chronicle of adolescence only a starry-eyed 20-something could make.
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For all the awe kindled by the effectively perfect sound in a transcendent highlight like 'Kim & Jessie,' the real triumph is that M83 uses such a setting for more simple melody and emotion than ever before.
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Saturdays=Youth meaningfully diversifies M83's catalog while retaining Gonzalez's indelible fingerprint.