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Teen Dream
Album Rating: 84

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Released: January 26, 2010
Label: Sub Pop
Producer: Chris Coady

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Ratings
A.V. Club:91
Pitchfork:90
Paste:90
NME:90
All Music:90
musicOMH:80
Tiny Mix Tapes:80
Spin:80
PopMatters:80
Drowned in Sound:70

End of the Year Lists
AoTY 2010: # 18
NPR Listeners (Mid Year): # 7

Track List

  1. Zebra
  2. Silver Soul
  3. Norway
  4. Walk In The Park
  5. Used To Be
  6. Lover Of Mine
  7. Better Times
  8. 10 Mile Stereo
  9. Real Love
  10. Take Care

Reviews

Pitchfork

Beach House's sound was fully formed at the time of their 2006 debut. They had slow, shadowy dream-pop down; at times they recalled Mazzy Star or Galaxie 500, but songs like "Apple Orchard" and "Master of None" had a dark and blurry resonance all their own. Artists that start out so assured and distinctive can run into trouble on second, third, and fourth records. Hardcore fans are there no matter what, but others may wonder: Do I need another album from this band? When I'm in the mood for what they bring, can't I just put on what I already have?

Drowned in Sound

Back in the mid to late Nineties, one of the most egregious insults reserved for a record was to suggest it was the kind of thing that’d go down well at a dinner party. In retrospect this was a rather strange criticism, partly because it seemed to frequently be hurled at relatively avant garde trip-hop types (typically by journalists extolling the virtues of The Verve), partly because it came with the inference that, by contrast, house parties were presumably all wonderful punk rock musical meccas.


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