Best Ever Albums

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Aug 2012 00:42:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/04/2012 04:42

Teen Dream but they're both just okay.

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Wed, 1 Aug 2012 02:09:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/01/2012 06:09

I think it all comes down to intangibles. It's what you feel after listening to it. I finish Bloom quite impressed but I experienced it without really feeling it. Teen Dream has a little more danger to it, one that doesn't quite try to make it's sadness feel extremely epic and precise. It's more nostalgic and certainly dreamy.

Re: Beach House

19loveless91 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 07/31/2012 17:00

Jhereko wrote:

Bloom

I liked Teen Dream but never quite got why so much fuss was being made. Nice but nothing special. As an album Bloom is far far better.

Either way it confuses me that such a decidedly middling band (not a criticism just an observation) would be so heralded whilst Coldplay and other moderate bands/artists still gets flak from a lot of people. Bizarre double standard.

P4k also gave Real Estate an 8+ grade, and they're the definition of the "middling and inoffensive bands". Spot the pattern?

As for the topic - Teen Dream. For some reason I thought the songs on Bloom mostly resemble one another, or at least, I thought that Teen Dream was a bit more diverse. Probably a bit silly.

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:45:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/31/2012 16:45

Necharsian wrote:

Aaaaagreed. Except I don't really see the correlation between them and Coldplay..

Well they're both bands that I would describe as 'middling' or 'moderate'. Easy to listen to, inoffensive, not particularly innovative, slow to evolve (although Coldplay certainly win in this department), simple song structures, complete focus on melody and one has a female singer that sounds like a man and the other has a male singer who sounds like a woman. So it all balances out.

Re: Beach House

GeevyDallas — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:41:09 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 07/31/2012 15:41

Devotion 😨

Re: Beach House

Necharsian — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:35:58 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 07/31/2012 15:35

Jhereko wrote:

Aaaaagreed. Except I don't really see the correlation between them and Coldplay..

Re: Beach House

Hayden — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:10:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/31/2012 13:10

Teen Dream is better.

Went with that.

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:49:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/31/2012 10:49

Jhereko wrote:

Maybe one is more popular than the other?

IDK, who is "Coldplay"

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:43:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/31/2012 10:43

Bloom

I liked Teen Dream but never quite got why so much fuss was being made. Nice but nothing special. As an album Bloom is far far better.

Either way it confuses me that such a decidedly middling band (not a criticism just an observation) would be so heralded whilst Coldplay and other moderate bands/artists still gets flak from a lot of people. Bizarre double standard.

Re: Beach House

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:40:46 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 07/31/2012 09:40

revolver94 wrote:

Contest on RYM? are those official things that go on, or something similar to what you did with the women in music tourney?

They had a ten year anniversary thing. I put my name in and won Teen Dream.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/titusfox/rym_10th_anniversary_giveaway___winners___/

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:20:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/30/2012 17:20

I voted Teen Dream. Both are really good though.

Re: Beach House

revolver94 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:18:05 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 07/30/2012 17:18

harkan wrote:

Teen Dream is probably the pick here. I won Teen Dream in a contest on RYM which is the first CD I have won. I think if Beach House continues as a band for many more years, these two albums will be seen as their pick of the discography.

Contest on RYM? are those official things that go on, or something similar to what you did with the women in music tourney?

Re: Beach House

paladisiac — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:02:41 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 07/30/2012 14:02

i think they're pretty even. I chose Teen Dream because it houses my fav Beach House track, "take care".

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:16:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/30/2012 13:16

Both are decent albums, but nothing so special about them. There are two or three songs on Teen Dream that worth listening to more than once but I just liked the opening track on Bloom and after that it was just disappointment.

Re: Beach House

Mirek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:41:55 GMT

Author: Mirek

Posted: 07/30/2012 12:41

It's to early to decide. In my opinion you can say that album is OK when after few years you can still say that it is OK 😉 For Bloom still is to early

Re: Beach House

videoheadcleaner — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:47:15 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 07/30/2012 07:47

Teen Dream is probably the pick here. I won Teen Dream in a contest on RYM which is the first CD I have won. I think if Beach House continues as a band for many more years, these two albums will be seen as their pick of the discography.

Re: Beach House

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:19:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/30/2012 06:19

I think I need to listen to Bloom a few more times, it's growing on me

Re: Beach House

revolver94 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:19:21 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 07/30/2012 06:19

I'd really check out Bloom, it is a great record.

Also, I'd vote, Bloom, but I haven't listened to Teen Dream enough yet to make that kind of judgment.

Re: Beach House

Facetious — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:14:14 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 07/30/2012 06:14

Haven't heard Bloom yet, and I haven't heard all of the tracks from Beach House and Devotion, but what I have heard from those two indicates that their first three albums all suck equally. My opinion may change when I hear those albums in full though.

Beach House

revolver94 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:06:15 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 07/30/2012 06:06

It's too soon to tell which album users of this site prefer so far, but do you prefer Teen Dream or Bloom?

Feel free to comment about how I'm super lame for leaving out Beach House and Devotion.