Better Oblivion Community Center
by Better Oblivion Community Center

Better Oblivion Community Center by Better Oblivion Community Center
Year: 2019
Release date: 2019-01-24
Overall rank: 4,856th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 157 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2019 (67th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (879th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,856th)

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Overall rank: 4,856th | 2010s rank: 879th | 2019 rank: 67th  Overall chart history
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From Purplepash 01/18/2020 02:41 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From flamingyesdept 03/24/2019 00:22 in Info On Music You Make
Notwithstanding the dubious use of the word 'debut' it's a really solid album and worth 29 minutes for a listen. It's early, and is growing on me, but yours is the top of 2019 for me so far. High praise indeed!! Thankyou :D
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From paladisiac 03/11/2019 15:14 in What album are you listening to right now?
#2019 #MAKEORBREAK
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70/100
Dylan Thomas, which is excellent, and then a collection of songs Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst were reluctant to put on their solo records.

The best thing BOCC did for me was touring with Christian Lee Hutson, who blew me away as their opener and cast a dense shadow over their set (which, frustratingly, started an hour late).
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From 05/24/2020 14:26 | #252013
Nice album, maybe a little more variation missing.
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65/100
Some nice indie tunes here, nothing memorable with the great exception of "Dylan Thomas" which is one of my favourite songs of 2019
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From 07/08/2019 08:23 | #239103
First great Conor album in 15 years. Hope for those hitting 40? Or find spirit in the youth?
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60/100
Decidedly, Phoebe Bridgers is on fire right now. After a first solo album in 2017 named "Stranger In The Alps", the Californian re-offended with supertrio boygenius the following year with a first EP, now she presents her new side-project with Conor Oberst named "Better Oblivion Community Center ". Yes, it's really the duet that nobody expected a week ago. "Better Oblivion Community Center" is obviously not attached to a single style. With the musical past of Conor Oberst, the duet manages to diversify itself with the electronic accents of "Exception To The Rule" or the noise-rock sounds of "Big Black Heart". The album is unexpected and enjoyable but there are some pretty forgettable moments, taking over the clichés of indie folk. With "Better Oblivion Community Center", Conor Oberst has been offering one of its best performances for a long time, thanks to the infallible charisma of Phoebe Bridgers.

6/10

Best track: "Dylan Thomas"
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