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Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings
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Positive: 49 out of 54
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Mixed: 3 out of 54
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Negative: 2 out of 54
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LuigiOct 14, 2007I don't think this sophomore work is better than the debut disc. Nevertheless is pleasant, interesting and also intriguing.
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Aug 3, 2014Less exuberant than the previous project, but with a much deeper and sadder meaning, it is hardly possible to imagine that an even more versatile and joyful album could be done by Beirut. But they did it. At the end, it feels like a congruent, medieval and superb fairy tail that is (ironically) very real.
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JordanDec 10, 2007Best album of 2007 IMO.
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TiagoF.Oct 14, 2007One of the best albums this year by far.
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mattaOct 16, 2007Not quite as gorgeous as his debut but still mostly wonderful. It's currently hovering right outside my top twenty of the year.
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BDubOct 17, 2007
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dgNov 7, 2007Just beautiful music, with so many different sounds!
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EricC.Nov 29, 2007
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TomH.Dec 18, 2007A great second album from Beirut, beautiful and well worhty of critic's praise for it.
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Sep 4, 2010To this day, this is the most beautiful album I have ever heard. It thrives on swelling melodies that reach deep down into you and pull every emotion out. Zach Condon is a prodigy.
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Nov 3, 2010This album has to be among my top 5 favorites of all time. What a beautiful masterpiece. Every song leads to the other perfectly and ends with such an amazing journey of a song with "The Flying Club Cup".
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Jul 24, 2015Something different, but unlike so many other "different" indie bands it isn't self important and different just for the sake of it, but perfectly blends the lyrics into the style of music for a new and yet somehow at the same time old sound.
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It's a more pensive presentation--dare I say it: more mature.
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The new album conjures something of Condon’s own imagination, more deftly-etched romantic fiction than dry travelogue, and is all the better for it.
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It's difficult at times, though, to pick out one song against another and some tracks are too same-y or too heavy-eyed for a second glance.