• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 28, 2009
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 112
  2. Negative: 24 out of 112

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  1. LeefnaS
    Sep 6, 2009
    6
    This isn't bad music, it's just a complete Postal Service rip-off - yet even more sterile - and I feel like a complete pansy every time I try to listen to it. I'm also sick of hearing about owls.
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. A handful of ballads do add variety to the album's pace, but Owl City is largely a vehicle for the one song Adam Young knows how to make.
  2. Young's second set of lush, Postal Service-indebted electronic pop, Ocean Eyes, is so daydream-ready, you might forgive him for admitting out loud that he'd ''rather pick flowers instead of fights.''
  3. Love songs like "On the Wing"--a ballad with a plush, twinkling electro beat where the singer lies awake dreaming of his beloved-- are serious mush, like an amorous e-mail you'll regret in the morning.