...And Star Power
by Foxygen

A lot of critics, music lovers in general didn't get this album. Some people hated it, some loved it. Most where dissapointed - therefor it didn't get alot of hype and popularity.
The listeners who didn't like it saw it as a serious deep lo-fi album that turned into an experimental psychotic comedy rock circus.
To me personally, it's a fucking masterpiece.
Star Power got it all. They got the 70's retro throwback plastic soul theme, chaos. Good tunes all over, impossible to get bored listening to it. Is it a mess? Yes, it's a bloody mess.
Do you like mess? No? You don't like The Beatles White Album's lazy setlist? No Frank Zappa We're only in it for the money? Exile on Main Street?
Stop underrating this album, think it trough and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.
It's fucking STAR POWER!

From covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/23/2014 03:41 | #125043 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Probably the boldest statement made in music since Kid A, these guys just mixed every conceivable concept in a 2 cd set and created one of the most amazing jouneys ever to anyone willing to risk it. Of course it's messy at some points but the confidence with which it is executed and how fantastically it flows makes it worth the ride. The array of influences it transpire from the Velvets to the Beasties' Ill Comunication, Miles Davis' early 70s gems and the core psychodellic sound which has become its trademark all combine perfectly without loosing an ounce of originality and all of these, despite not having a track that stands clearly from the rest as the album works better as a whole experience from start to finish. Star Power is one of those albums in the vein of Trout Mask Replica that will polarize listeners but will not create indeference at any point. If there is justice in the world, 20 years from now this album will be hailed as a masterpiece and an influential recording for generations to come. Not bad for a band that sounded as a weak Tame Impala barely a year ago...

From babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2014 01:52 | #124912 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

We Are the 21st... was the perfect blend of whimsical psychedelic rock and pop. This is a complete mess. Which is normally something I like, but messes should either be short (Bee Thousand, Meat Puppets II) or contain some truly great songs (the White Album, Mellon Collie). This fits neither category. Coulda Been My Love and Cosmic Vibrations are good songs, but after that it devolves into something that is long and experimental for the sake of being long and experimental.

From HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/14/2014 22:12 | #124520 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Having listened to this a few times, I'm in love with this album. It is difficult, and it seems chaotic, but it starts to come together around the third and fourth listens. It's pure psychedelia experimentation, which probably explains why that got a bunch of artists who make the same prone-to-weirdness music to help on this album. They throw what sticks, and most of it lands well. There's a lot to dig through, but it really is a fantastic album.

From meruizh 10/14/2014 18:57 | #124505 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is a complete mess of an album. It's starts with some solid tunes. Cosmic Vibrations is a terrific song. The Part two of the album (Star Power I-IV) the album starts drifting away, but it's still manageable.

Everything after that is just a disaster. It sounds like a band with a lot of shit on their mind and not giving a fuck about what they're are making. You may say this is ambitious, but letting these guys produce their own album was the worst mistake. When you reach the Part 4 of the album "Cold Winter/Freedom" you just want to throw the record to the garbage.

On it goes, all smeared vocals and lunatic mixing, until ‘Everyone Needs Love’, a lovely, Jagger-esque ballad with backing vocals from Wayne Coyne, arrives to a feeling of: ‘Where the fuck have you been for the last 50-odd minutes?’ And that’s the frustrating thing: Foxygen’s talents shine despite themselves here. Maybe they’ll knuckle down next time now they’ve got this sprawling mess out their systems? If there is a next time.