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- Summary: The third studio album from Adam Young's Minnesota-based one-man band is melodic synth-pop laptop electronica.
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- Record Label: Republic
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Emo-Pop
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Alligator Sky | |
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Where was I when the rockets came to life? And carried you away into the Alligator Sky? Even though I'll never know what's up ahead I'm never letting... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 15
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Mixed: 8 out of 15
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Negative: 3 out of 15
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Jun 30, 2011The dozen tracks of effervescent, shimmering, faith-based synth pop blend Young's adenoidal, Warped tour-ready vocals with a decidedly '80s new wave flavor.
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Alternative PressMay 19, 2011Owl City's second major-label effort is much more mature, dynamic and well-rounded. [Jun 2011, p.109]
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Jun 14, 2011On All Things Bright he treads ingratiatingly melodic, lyrically twee, electro-pop territory that will be familiar to fans.
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May 25, 2011Featuring 11 miniscule variations on Fireflies, the giddy worldwide smash that put home-studio boffin Adam Young on the map, this unrelentingly wide-eyed follow-up offers more genteel Christian rock reconfigured as techno lite.
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Jun 14, 2011The 12 songs on All Things Bright and Beautiful, Owl City's third album, certainly demand the audience's imagination -- or at least their willingness to go along with the world Adam Young dreams up, a cartoonish place where the skies look like alligators, the rivers taste like fruit, and emeralds poke their heads out of every rock.
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Jun 1, 2011Overall, All Things Bright and Beautiful isn't a bad album; it's just not very interesting.
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May 24, 2011Owl City is electro-pop's unwanted bastard child, combining all the worst elements of the genre. The production is lazy and unbelievably dull.
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Positive: 20 out of 23
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Mixed: 1 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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Apr 27, 2015
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May 12, 2021My favourite album from him. Haters gonna hate but i love all of the songs in this album.
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Jun 15, 2011
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Oct 5, 2013
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Jul 8, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 9, 2018
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Jul 1, 2011
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