3 Favorite Tracks:
Instant Crush
Within
Doin' It Right

3 Favorite Tracks:
Paper Bag
Limp
I Know

3 Favorite Tracks:
Space Song
Sparks
PPP

3 Favorite Tracks:
River Man
' Cello Song
Day Is Done

3 Favorite Tracks:
Hunger of the Pine
Intro
Every Other Freckle

3 Favorite Tracks:
No Cars Go
Keep the Car Running
Intervention

The production is generally excellent, but that alone can't rescue this bloated and bland effort from Drizzy.

3 Favorite Tracks:
You Only Live Twice
IMY2
Pipe Down

I love the lo-fi synth direction MGMT went with here. Those first 3 tracks are an incredible way to open an album. After that it does tail off a bit with some tracks that sound nice but don't go anywhere. "Tslamp" is good though and "One Thing Left to Try" is the highlight of the second half.

3 Favorite Tracks:
When You Die
She Works Out Too Much
Little Dark Age

Even though AnCo gets rid of their most abrasive instrumentation in favor of a stripped-down acoustic style of psychedelia, I still find this to be the hardest album of theirs to get into. The melodies are so obscured it'll take several listens for songs to finally click. And even then, certain tracks never do ("Visiting Friends"). Even with these obstacles, there's an undeniable pull and warmth this album has that kept me coming back for more.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Winters Love
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There are definitely some tracks that could've been cut *cough* Daffy Duck *cough*, but there's no way I'm giving a record with the three tracks listed below on it anything below a 90.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Banshee Beat
Did You See the Words
The Purple Bottle

I wish this record was a little more consistent and the more experimental parts weren't so abrasive. Penny Dreadfuls might be my favorite track by them ever though.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Penny Dreadfuls
Chocolate Girl
Bat You'll Fly

Whenever I get tired of the music I listen to day-to-day, I'll play this all the way through. The sampling here is incredibly impressive and there's so much variety from start to finish. It's unlike anything else in my library. "A Cold Freezin' Night" is one of the coolest songs I've ever heard.

3 Favorite Tracks:
A Cold Freezin' Night
The Story of Hip Hop
Thirty Incoming

3 Favorite Tracks:
The Heart of Life
Waiting On the World to Change
Stop This Train

3 Favorite Tracks:
Open Your Eyes
Chasing Cars
It's Beginning to Get to Me

3 Favorite Tracks:
Music to Walk Home By
Elephant
Enders Toi

I have similar feelings for this and Punisher. It's all very pretty but can drag on, especially in the second half. The melodies are stronger in this, but the production is better in Punisher.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Motion Sickness
Demi Moore
Scott Street

Dreaming Out Loud is the perfect pop rock record. Catchy enough to be memorable after one listen, and earnest without being cringy.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Apologize
Stop and Stare
All We Are

3 Favorite Tracks:
You Found Me
Never Say Never
Where the Story Ends

I'm incapable of removing my nostalgia for this. This was the soundtrack to all of my bus rides to school in the 4th grade. Walkman on, headphones in, head against the cold bus window. Bliss.

3 Favorite Tracks:
Over My Head
How to Save a Life
Look After You

I've really hated Alex Turner's voice ever since the Arctic Monkeys' guitars stopped drowning it out. It's probably half the reason the last AM record I enjoyed was Favorite Worst Nightmare. Apologies to dudes from Sheffield who might sound like that. Despite this little hurdle, I was excited to hear what many people were describing as AM's most ambitious record. I respect them for having the cajones to change their sound especially after such a successful album. Unfortunately it's more miss ... read more