User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 37 out of 44
-
Mixed: 6 out of 44
-
Negative: 1 out of 44
Review this album
-
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
-
[Anonymous]Nov 9, 2006One of the best this year. A constantly fun and interesting listen. "Swans (Life After Death)" is one of the best songs this year.
-
-
FlinchBotSep 23, 2006Album of the year so far.
-
-
KevinMSep 16, 2006
-
-
anonymousAug 24, 2006YAY! The Unicorns are back!
-
-
miguelcAug 8, 2006ill give it a ten if not for its feel good vibe but its its uniqueness. i havnt heard anything this adventurous in a while.
-
-
HeidiSJul 28, 2006
-
-
JasonLJul 5, 2006The melody to track 4 is so close to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" it's distracting...you can literally sing along to "We Didn't Start the Fire" and it matches almost perfectly. Track 10 sucks. All subtle build-up with absolutely no payoff. But all in all, this is a really good album. I find some of the tracks to be terrific, many are good, a few are disappointing.
-
-
CircuitRiderJun 30, 2006
-
-
mikes.Jun 26, 2006When I first heard this band I thought they really sucked. But after I listened to the album they too have good songwriting. problem lies in that the songs are too long, production is horrible, singer suxxx vocally, band is sloppy. Not for everyone, an aquired listen
-
-
ChrisWJun 18, 2006A Little too adventurous, it's like they are trying too hard to find their niche. Track #10 is horrible! Others pass by questioning... Why?
-
-
MusicaliDMay 31, 2006Certainly an album that gets better and better. Catchy, fun loving and adventurous. Stylistically all over the place. So many different instruments sprinkled throughout. Every song is solid except #10. It has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, no idea how it made it on. Otherwise better than expected. Yay!
-
-
kenkMay 22, 2006so good, where theres a will theres a whale bone = awesome
-
-
KdevilhMay 15, 2006A masterful and perhaps unwitting cover of some of Billy Joel's greatest melodies... Rough Gem completely captures (if not out and out borrows) "we didn't start the fire." i
-
-
EJLEDJMay 11, 2006Superb album! Unquestionablly one of the greatest albums of all time. (Only beat out by The White Stripes and The Raconteurs). A great band with much potential creating soaring melodies, beautiful soundscapes, and top notch pop. Listen Now!!!
-
-
MauriceTMay 9, 2006Beautiful, wonderful and silly album. Think of a cross between The Beatles, carribean music, children's music and Syd Barrett. These guys are a must see live.
-
-
BillCApr 29, 2006Very nice instrumentals
-
-
JasonAApr 28, 2006Amazing album. Very catchy. Crank it up and immerse yourself in the instrumentation. Quirky, clever, inelligent pop. Deserves more attention then I know it's gonna get.
-
-
AaronQApr 28, 2006More mature, easier to understand, meaning better than The Unicorns. Another great, epic pop record, which seems to be the trend so far this year. Better with every listen.
-
-
derekmApr 21, 2006
-
-
WillLApr 20, 2006
-
-
HankMApr 18, 2006Christian G, Will Sherrif? I think you mean Will Sheff. Anyway, this album is pretty great. That's all I have to say.
-
-
wjApr 17, 2006Don't listen to the negative reviews. If you liked wwcohwwg then you will like this a lot. It is amazing pop. i guess it is understandable that some people will not like this, but if you do like it, you will really, really dig it. Jogging Gorgeous Summer, Don't Call Me Whitney Bobby and Rough Gem will make your spring brilliant.
-
-
MoogCApr 17, 2006Doesn't quite reach the greatness or the energy of the Unicorns' Who Will Cut Our Hair... album, imo, but a beautiful piece of work nonetheless.
-
-
ChristianGApr 17, 2006
-
-
JimApr 17, 2006Definitely worth listening to, but not as immediate as The Unicorns. Still, the best thing to come out this year along with Liars and Destroyer. Top 5 album thus far.
-
-
jimhApr 15, 2006marks the evolution of the unicorns into one of the greatest indie bands of the decade. get it.
-
-
JDApr 15, 2006I'm a big fan of Wolf Parade and Arcade Fire. It's very nice to hear greats songs like those on this wonderfull album ... And nice to see an another great album comming from Montréal.
-
-
MattDApr 15, 2006I think this record ombodies everything I loved about the Unicorns, and replaces everything I wasn't so crazy about with sounds and melodies and other stuff I think I enjoy even more. Wow. What a masterpiece!!
-
-
JoshMApr 15, 2006V good.
-
-
ashisawesomeApr 14, 2006I think Tiny Mix Tapes is really full of shit and helps only to sabotage the second coming of these guys. Mix Tapes is about them... not about the music. Dont allow preconceived opinions dilute your first impressions of the islands!
-
-
A rich, exciting, and emotionally deep sounding album that carries on the freewheeling spirit and sound of the Unicorns as well as that of the Elephant 6 bands of the late '90s.
-
Those who felt like maybe they were starting to get Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? only to be left out by Unicorns’ sudden dissolution should be reassured that Return to the Sea is a more rooted and confident effort.
-
Entertainment WeeklyThe Frank Zappa/Neutral Milk Hotel/Muppet Show vibe doesn't always jibe, but that's half the fun. [7 Apr 2006, p.63]