Thank Your Lucky Stars
by Beach House
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Oct 16, 2015
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. PopMatters
    Oct 16, 2015
    90
    Thank Your Lucky Stars is melancholy beauty. It’s music for late nights, for falling adrift in slow dark waters and gazing numbly at the glowing moonlight.
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 27, 2015
    85
    The idea that you can have too much of a good thing is thoroughly debunked with Thank Your Lucky Stars, such is the beauty of the songwriting and their uncanny ability to create an all-consuming mood.
  3. Consequence
    Oct 21, 2015
    83
    This album is not like anything they have ever done, and gives music fans reason to be thankful.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Oct 16, 2015
    83
    It would have been a shame for Thank Your Lucky Stars to have been misspent or glossed over; as is, the full sonic and emotional weight is tremendous.
  6. Pitchfork
    Oct 16, 2015
    81
    Thank You is still undeniably a Beach House album, a familiar mix of warm tones and chilly sentiments. With the imprint still fading on Depression, Thank You’s impact is undeniably dulled, causing a strange "too much of a good thing" problem.
  7. Mojo
    Dec 11, 2015
    80
    Beach House's second album in three months underlines just how precision-stylised their frosty, often glacially-slow dream-pop has become. [Jan 2016, p.88]
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  8. Uncut
    Dec 11, 2015
    80
    Coming so soon after Depression Cherry, it would be easy to dismiss Thank Your Lucky Stars as a mere postscript, but, if anything, it's the more impressive of the pair. [Jan 2016, p.72]
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  9. AllMusic
    Nov 9, 2015
    80
    In its own way, Thank Your Lucky Stars is just as rewarding as Depression Cherry, and arguably more immediate. Instead of releasing another mammoth effort like Bloom, they've delivered two smaller-scale triumphs that can be appreciated separately or together.
  10. Spin
    Oct 20, 2015
    80
    Beach House’s releases to date have come fogged by intoxicant, nostalgia, and hypoxia, but Thank Your Lucky Stars does what their work has begged for all along and wipes the dew from their rearview mirror. You’re going to like what you see.
  11. Under The Radar
    Oct 19, 2015
    75
    Companion album or not, it does nothing but further cement Beach House's legacy of consistent beauty and quality.
  12. Rolling Stone
    Oct 23, 2015
    70
    At times, their formula can shade into self-imitation: "Common Girl" is a pale shadow of "On the Sea," from 2012's Bloom, going so far as to use nearly the same lovesick keyboard intro. But that's a minor misstep for a band as remarkably consistent as Beach House.
  13. Clash Music
    Oct 22, 2015
    70
    It's a damn fine record and manages to avoid treading exactly the same ground its older sister did.
  14. Pretty Much Amazing
    Oct 23, 2015
    67
    As welcome as is this darker tone, the unapologetic sonic uniformity makes it difficult to pick out individual songs.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 140 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 128 out of 140
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 140
  3. Negative: 5 out of 140
  1. nadick01
    Oct 19, 2015
    10
    A little darker, a little more stripped back, more lyrically-driven and experimental- I find this to be even better than DC. "One Thing" findsA little darker, a little more stripped back, more lyrically-driven and experimental- I find this to be even better than DC. "One Thing" finds Victoria and Alex experimenting with a little bit of Velvet Underground sound, "All Your Yeahs" is a low-key anthem and "Elegy to the Void" progresses throughout the song to take you on a distorted sonic journey. Brushing this album off because of the release date (so close to DC) is lazy. This album covers gaps in Beach House's sonic universe that hadn't been covered yet further cementing the band's consistency while still bringing something entirely new to the table. If DC's sound was set in the mid-80s this was made in 1991. Most compelling Beach House album to date.… Full Review »
  2. ReubenIsAGod
    Oct 16, 2015
    8
    I found this WAY more compelling and interesting then Depression Cherry. Something felt really odd about Depression Cherry, this feels a lotI found this WAY more compelling and interesting then Depression Cherry. Something felt really odd about Depression Cherry, this feels a lot more will melancholy which is probably why it has more emotional weight opposed to Depression Cherry. Screw it I like it, its a solid release.… Full Review »
  3. alexo774
    Oct 19, 2015
    10
    I love Beach House, and this new record may very well be their best one. I like them all, but there's really something about this one. It's aI love Beach House, and this new record may very well be their best one. I like them all, but there's really something about this one. It's a bit sadder lyrically than Depression Cherry, despite some of the songs sounding more upbeat. Maybe that's what I like about it. Get it now!… Full Review »
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