Pop Psychology
by Neon Trees
  • Record Label: Mercury
  • Release Date: Apr 22, 2014
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
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  1. Mab_987
    Jun 5, 2014
    6
    Coming from a big fan of their first 2 albums, Pop Psychology has a fair amount of highlights, to me but lacks the consistent quality of their past work. The more introspective stuff can get cliche a lot of the time, and the straight-up 80's synth-pop songs lack any real life. This album really works best when they keep that sense of wit & tightness that made them such a force ofComing from a big fan of their first 2 albums, Pop Psychology has a fair amount of highlights, to me but lacks the consistent quality of their past work. The more introspective stuff can get cliche a lot of the time, and the straight-up 80's synth-pop songs lack any real life. This album really works best when they keep that sense of wit & tightness that made them such a force of personality in the pop world in the first place. Not a good starting point but worth your time if you're already a fan of their other stuff.

    (For my more in-depth review, look up "Spin It Reviews" on YouTube.)    … Expand
  2. Skydog
    May 5, 2014
    6
    Went into this album thinking I'd be the same old Neon Trees album that we'd come to expect but was very s hocked by tracks like "Unavoidable" and "First Things First". I probably wouldn't spend money on the album though, thank god for Spotify!

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    Jul 11, 2014
    40
    While Glenn gamely belts out every song like it's a Broadway audition, his band's appeal remains some distance short of universal. [Aug 2014, p.111]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 23, 2014
    83
    Nothing here is as relentlessly hooky as 2012's "Everybody Talks," but its bubbly propulsion informs the cheeky "I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)" and swooning "Teenager in Love." That mix of energy and insight makes Psychology a 40-minute master class in the kind of pop that moves both the body and the brain.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Apr 22, 2014
    60
    Pop Psychology opens with the biggest, shiniest songs he's come up with, each taking on a slippery aspect of post-modern romance.
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