Album of The Year

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Helplessness Blues

85
Based on 14 reviews
2011 Ranking: #15 / 492

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Track List
  1. Montezuma 
  2. Bedouin Dress 
  3. Sim Sala Bim 
  4. Battery Kinzie 
  5. The Plains/Bitter Dancer 
  6. Helplessness Blues 
  7. The Cascades 
  8. Lorelai 
  9. Someone You'd Admire 
  10. The Shrine/An Argument 
  11. Blue Spotted Tail 
  12. Grown Ocean
Reviews

Drowned in Sound (Full Review)

It’s a richer, more diverse sound than their self-titled LP or the Sun Giant EP.

musicOMH (Full Review)

Helplnessness Blues is not a reinvention, but rather a refinement.

NME (Full Review)

Fleet Foxes suck. They’re the soy-latte house band of Starbucks.

Pitchfork (Full Review)

The record showcases the band's expanded range and successful risk-taking, while retaining what so many people fell in love with about the group in the first place.

No Ripcord (Full Review)

Helplessness Blues is a cosmic, bombastic record, undaunted and ready to expose itself on every corner with a whole lot of heart.

One Thirty BPM (Full Review)

Fleet Foxes have become a band who will not stop pushing, who will challenge themselves to avoid stagnancy, who will work with both their instruments and their minds.

PopMatters (Full Review)

This is a dynamic record that improves on the band’s already impressive accomplishments in every way.

Consequence of Sound (Full Review)

It’s an album that makes you sad that it’s not longer; sad that it can’t just go on forever.

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Details
Released: May 3, 2011
Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Indie Folk

Ratings
A.V. Club:100
Beats Per Minute:94
Consequence of Sound:90
musicOMH:90
No Ripcord:90
Paste:90
Spin:90
Pitchfork:88
All Music:80
Drowned in Sound:80
PopMatters:80
Coke Machine Glow:70arrow
Tiny Mix Tapes:60
NME:40

End of the Year Lists
# 18 - Amazon
# 21 - American Songwriter
# 18 - BBC
# 13 - Bigger Than The Sound
# 13 - Clash
# 14 - Consequence of Sound
# 3 - FILTER
# 3 - MOJO
# 4 - No Ripcord
# 28 - Obscure Sound
# 3 - One Thirty BPM
# 2 - Paste
# 18 - Pazz and Jop
# 15 - Pitchfork
# 1 - PopMatters
# 20 - Prefix
# 3 - Pretty Much Amazing
# 4 - Rolling Stone
# 33 - SPIN
# 31 - Stereogum
# 27 - The Fly
# 20 - The Guardian
# 12 - Uncut
# 4 - Under the Radar

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