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Today's album of the day

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2011.
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Overall rank: 183
Average rating: 79/100 (from 403 votes).

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Tracks:
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

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[MrFrogger]

Fantastic album, I feel like I can drown in its sweet harmonies.

[Evandar]

I dig the song, but the album is godawful boring.

[Patman360]

At first I wasn't a fan, but it gets better with every listen, it's really grown on me, it'll never surpass their debut however.
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[jeremylannister]

one of my favourites from 2011, "the shrine/ an argument" was a big surprise and is my favourite track from this album. i think they improved from their debut, and that is really good as well.

[Mercury]

Pretty far superior to the debut, more variety, better crafted songs, a cooler darker tone, and just some real twists and turns. At times on here they remind me a lot of Simon and Garfunkel! And I feel like I don't get fucking disgusted with big over the top harmonies by the end of this album, unlike their debut.

It's a solid 8.4.
The debut is maybe a 7.9
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-Ryan

ONLY 4% of people can understand this chart! Come try!

My Fave Metal - you won't believe #5!!!

[meccalecca]

Hell yes! sweet progressive-folk with sun-soaked harmonies.

[useless]

I made the mistake (at least according to most people) to listen to this first and I have not yet grasped their debut (although I have listened to some singles off of it, most notably the beautiful White Winter Hymnal, as well as their masterpiece according to me, Mykonos) although it is far more popular, well known and respected as an essential listen especially regarding the genre it represents. I have to admit this is really likable, you can hear the influence they got from Simon & Garfunkel all over, as well as their vocal harmonies looking up to The Beach Boys. That said, opening with Montezuma is probably its high point and sadly never reaches again these heights (although that acoustic guitar during the end of Sim Sala Bim is insanely good), not to mention the last few tracks are somewhat dull (that noisy jazz part in The Shrine/An Argument feels really out of place). I really like the lyrics, they give a feeling of spontaneous words and thoughts thrown at a piece of paper the moment they were conceived and they have a nice underlying touch of social commentary as well, especially the title track. Overall, this is very good, solid stuff, just not "Best album of its year" exciting and if you ask me it could really use a couple more songs like Montezuma. Oh, and I'm not really sure how The Cascades works (interlude? short instrumental?) but it's among the best tracks in here and underrated as hell.

[pearljammer13]

I really didn't like this much at all when it came out, but my taste has progressed intensely over the past couple years and I really enjoy this album a lot now. I prefer Bon Iver (I always seem to pair them together), but Fleet Foxes is pretty dang good too.

[Evandar]