Wake Up
by Youngblood Hawke
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Apr 30, 2013
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Panda_moniums
    Jun 17, 2014
    5
    Sure, there are some decent tracks - Rootless, Stars, Dreams, Blackbeak, and Say Say, but not decent enough to save this album. Everything else is just tacky, overdone instrumentals accompanied by emotionless, wrung out voices and terrible lyrics. This album may have been intended to help soak up the summer sun, which some tracks don't fail to meet that goal, but Wake Up cannot make upSure, there are some decent tracks - Rootless, Stars, Dreams, Blackbeak, and Say Say, but not decent enough to save this album. Everything else is just tacky, overdone instrumentals accompanied by emotionless, wrung out voices and terrible lyrics. This album may have been intended to help soak up the summer sun, which some tracks don't fail to meet that goal, but Wake Up cannot make up it's mind as to it's for the summer, or for serious deep listening.… Expand

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Q Magazine
    Aug 20, 2013
    40
    The relentlessly summery mega anthems sound identical. And exhausting. [Sep 2013, p.109]
  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Aug 5, 2013
    60
    A rapid sugar rush, followed by a gradual crash.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 5, 2013
    60
    Bar a few tracks on their debut album--most notably Rootless and the glorious We Come Running, which makes fine use of a children's choir--they are neither as outre as the Polyphonic Spree nor as imaginative as the Flaming Lips.
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