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Young Dreams
In springtime, We light a fire Underneath the dark sky I take some time, to read your mind You are shy, but so am I We get it, like everyone else... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Mar 18, 2013
    80
    A charming, optimistic LP, delivered with a smile.
  2. Mar 7, 2013
    80
    The Norwegian band’s debut full-length Between Places drips with a youthful joie de vivre.
  3. Mar 4, 2013
    70
    Young Dreams have created a collection that compacts all the sunny sounds of youthful hopes and expectations into one blissful whole.
  4. 70
    If you like your summer pop to keep you on your toes then this is definitely for you. Otherwise this is an impressively ambitious if somewhat misguided debut from a band well worth keeping tabs on.
  5. Q Magazine
    Mar 12, 2013
    60
    Fortunately, the game of spot-the-influences swiftly gives way to more complex pleasures. [Apr 2013, p.113]
  6. Mar 4, 2013
    50
    For the most part, though, debut album Between Places cuts and pastes a series of well meaning but unengaging pop vignettes.

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  1. Dec 9, 2013
    8
    The instrumentation is often crowded and sometimes drowns the vocals, but it still manages to engage the listener to the end. Fun, temporarilyThe instrumentation is often crowded and sometimes drowns the vocals, but it still manages to engage the listener to the end. Fun, temporarily addictive album. Expand