First ever posthumous album released by a still living artist

400th must hear album!

Lifelong Mastermind defender

Very different from the normal Beach House style, incorporating some ideas from Gothic Rock and exploring LeGrand's vocal range

Pir means “to attack” like piracy
Somnia mean “to sleep” or like insomnia
Not sure if pirsomnia means “attack of sleep” or “too attack sleep” or what

It’s fine. I feel like it was way too overproduced but it was a fun album that made some good points

Weakest of the trilogy

Rough around the edges for Cocteau Twins’ first album but still good with many highlights

I get it now

Better than I was expecting. Do It Again definitely was the stand out track.

Got my favorite blur song on it (Fade Away)

WSG is always hit or miss

I've heard some stuff from the velvet underground before so I came into this album expecting a lot more than I got. The beats felt lazy and boring, the vocals were nothing special and the lyrics were awful. I was waiting for the album to start for its entire runtime.

The country hate on this forum is crazy

Although a few of the songs fall a little short, the instumentation and vocals are unique and amazing throughout the album. This is actually a compilation album of works made in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and Abner Jay was one of the leading contributers to blues, and by extension most of the music we have today. My Baby is Coming Back to Me is life changing

Creates a similar vibe to and shows a lot of the characteristics which would go into Loveless (one of my top 5 albums of all time), but falls flat on the individual song. They sound incomplete, and in general there's not much that separates each track from the one before it. The vocals are also really lacking, which is one of the best features in Loveless. Standouts are Sueisfine and I Can See It

Balloonerism is a lot different from Mac’s other albums in terms of production. It uses a lot of disconnected sounds to make this really interesting spacey mood. On Friendly Hallucinations, the funky dub bass and the clashing symbol clearly don’t belong together, or do the two vocal tracks being played on top of each other, but in this track it all comes together to make this spacey vibe that really embody the feeling of being on a trip. Off key singing on tracks like 5 Dollar Pony ... read more

A really cute and pleasant album. It feels very light while still having serious and important lyrics. The singing is amazing of course, and so are the beats and the production. The one thing I don't really get is the Here Comes the Moon hype, it didn't really stand out to me besides being similar in lyrics to Here Comes the Sun. There's nothing too special or super unique from this album, but its nice to just sit back and listen. Another critic L

I loved the airy atmosphere this album created. The music was lush and vibrant and it's a great example of distortion. I would recommend this album solely for the experience. It didn't have any individual standout tracks on the album, besides maybe Out of Time, but that's not too much a problem for these kinds of more character-based albums. This is more of a personal thing, but I feel like a lot of noise pop songs have these unnecessary choruses that break the tension that the ... read more

Some of the instrumental tracks felt a little draggy and overambitious but for the most part I liked the thematic drone and repetition of this album. Felt a lot more inspired by the British Invasion than their later work. Great, unique and influential debut