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80
Country music and bluegrass keep winding their way into the album, and while it rarely smacks of a gimmick, these rustic numbers often evolve into EDM around their drum machine-introducing choruses, as if True was a remix album commission Avicii picked up while vacationing in Appalachia.
12y
80
Avicii has been mostly lucky — a producer of serviceably adrenalized electro-house anthems who stumbled his way into the zeitgeist via a particularly canny soul-rave mashup. It turns out that he’s a smart, fun, and persuasive pop songsmith, closer in spirit to Bruno Mars than Swedish House Mafia.
12y
75
The challenge he faces, and mostly meets, on his official debut, True, is how to break up a woozy, whomping live experience into songs with feeling — to translate house music for the home. His answer: Invite a genuine smorgasbord of collaborators.
10y
70
True is an album that takes one type of music and moulds it into something completely different, allowing Avicii to cement himself as one of the best DJs in the world.
12y
70
The Swede’s debut album picks up on this Mumford & Synths sound for a set of folk, soul and addictive house beats.
11y
40
All in all the album is a failed attempt at broadening the palates of the “EDM generation” in America.
11y
10
Fans will likely write this off as churlish hatred of pop EDM, but there are other artists that are more than capable of arousing genuine dance-floor thrills.
11y
See, I don't know if this deserves this score. Probably doesn't. But, this is the first album I heard and Avicii' will always mean a lot to me. It's just based off my personal enjoyment!!
Favourite: You Make Me
Worst: Shame On Me
1. Wake Me Up - 8
2. You Make Me - 8
3. Hey Brother - 7.5
4. Addicted To You - 8
5. Dear Boy - 7
6. Liar Liar - 6
7. Shame On Me - 3
8. Lay Me Down - 4
9. Hope There's Someone - 4.5
10. Heart Upon My Sleeve - 6
Average: 6.2
Quick Comment:
Today it is Tim Bergling birthday, I thought I would do this in honor of him. Good start but didn't finish strong, personally it felt like the first half or so had some meaning towards or even had a bit of ... read more
It's OK
Most of this album sounds like it was made to be played at sunset parties at bars near the beach during summer time. The most generic version of music of that type of situation but slightly more enjoyable
The radio songs (Wake Me Up and Hey Brother) are nice and better are the deeper cuts of the record (Hope There's Someone and Heart Upon My Sleeve)
Overall, this record is OK
One of the biggest names in 2010s EDM, Avicii's debut album cemented itself in the genre's history with an ambitious crossover of unexpected genres alongside his signature house style that made him blow up in the first place. "Wake Me Up" is a song EVERYBODY knows, and "Hey Brother" too, but... that's not really all that pleasant of a listening experience after the first time.
Anyway, this album gets a lot mostly right, but it falls just short of something ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Wake Me Up 4:09 | 88 |
| 2 | You Make Me 3:53 | 80 |
| 3 | Hey Brother 4:15 | 84 |
| 4 | Addicted to You 2:28 | 82 |
| 5 | Dear Boy 7:59 | 75 |
| 6 | Liar Liar 3:59 | 71 |
| 7 | Shame on Me 4:13 | 66 |
| 8 | Lay Me Down 5:00 | 74 |
| 9 | Hope There's Someone 6:21 | 72 |
| 10 | Heart Upon My Sleeve 4:43 | 67 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
