- Record Label: Vagrant
- Release Date: Jul 14, 2009
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings
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Positive: 36 out of 43
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Mixed: 4 out of 43
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Negative: 3 out of 43
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Oct 12, 2011Forget all the trappings of hippie cliches and get your head out of the sand and just listen. This is a fine album with great song writing. Looking forward to their next effort. Go see them live. They're amazing.
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Feb 1, 2011Full Review is available here: http://thecriticalfan.blogspot.com/2011/02/music-review-edward-sharpe-and-magnetic.html
When this album came out way back in 2009, it was rightfully categorized as a throwback to the free-love lyrics and â -
Dec 4, 2010
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Aug 20, 2010I listened to this album over and over for about a week but I failed to grow a beard, wear bold plaid shirts, or ride a fixie. So I think most the magic was lost after a few listens. Your results may vary.
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EricCAug 31, 2009
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros have crafted a love letter to Laurel Canyon and all of its quasi-mystic juju that is as infuriatingly contrived and retro as it is forward-thinking and majestic.
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Following a good few listens, Up From Below's ebb and flow is replaced with definite peaks and troughs, leaving such highlights dulled down.
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The group's attempts to evoke Age of Aquarius utopianism are suffocated by self-consciousness; the record feels like an art-college thesis.