Teen Dream (album) by Beach House

Favorite Tracks: Lover of Mine, Real Love, Take Care

From LedZep 03/14/2020 17:33

It sounds like something I should love, but I just don't. It's pretty, warm, and instrumentally rich, but it all falls short of stardom. Unlike most people here, I'm unfortunately not a big fan of Victoria's voice. That paired with songs that all seem just a bit too long and synthetic limits emotional impact, and makes this a good but not great album. I like that people dig them, I wish I could like them more, but whatever.

I've listened to this album 3 times now, and am pleased to say that it gets better with each listen!
I particularly love Silver Soul and 10 Mile Stereo. They're like yin and yang in regards to each other- Silver Soul is a more meditative and steady ballad whereas 10 Mile Stereo keeps building and building to a summit!
It's probably the most garagey record I've heard from them; they seem so raw and focused on getting the lyrics across that they're seemingly unbound by measure structure at times.

85/100

Phenomenal dream pop album putting Beach House on the map as one of the best acts of all time.

Favorite tracks: Norway, Zebra, Better Times

The definitve Beach House's masterpiece and probably the best dream pop album ever made (contending with Heaven or Las Vegas of course). All the work they've done after this is almost equally good, but this is where their glory begins. The first half may sounds more epic but second half is also brilliant, being "10 mile stereo" the climax and one of my favourites songs to date.

Teen dream features an absolutely sublime A side filled with dreamy synths and love lorn lyrics. The B side does the same thing but to a less potent effect.

From thirstyDog 07/22/2019 19:17

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From imimesis 07/22/2019 17:34

A super classic. But is it better than the follow up Bloom? Hard to say.

And to round off the 2010s for this surprise dream pop hitmaker, their latest album 7 is also a contender. If it weren't for Kanye, Kendrick and Vampire Weekend, I'd say Beach House are the sleeper gold medalists of 2010 albums.

Favorite Tracks:Zebra, Used To Be, Better Times

Awesome. 2010 was a great year for music.

Favorites: Zebra, Walk in the Park, 10 Mile Stereo.