Devotion
by Beach House
  • Record Label: Carpark
  • Release Date: Feb 26, 2008
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 91
  3. Negative: 1 out of 91

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  1. axelkoch
    Jan 28, 2013
    5
    Their sophomore record is just as odd as their self-titled debut. While songs like Turtle Island or All The Years are very chilling and beautiful, they ruin it (at least in my eyes) with queer ballads like D.A.R.L.I.N.G. or Gila. The lyrics are full with metaphors which takes a nice effect on the listener, yet can't change the fact that Devotion is a extremely strange album.
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 25, 2022
    6
    Like the coverart depicts "Devotion " is supernatural. A layered séance that invokes lulling dreampop harmonies and soft textures

Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Most Shared Album of 2008

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Beach House have created as profound an invocation of the sacred and the sentimental as you’re ever likely to hear.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Despite the gorgeous production, listening to 11 of these ragged dirges in a row requirea unconditional Devotion. [29 Feb 2008]
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  3. Rolling Stone
    70
    As comfortable as the Beach House sound is, it's the uncomfortable moments that are most seductive.
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