Teen Dream (studio album) by Beach House

This is not my favorite album. This is not the best album I've heard. But still, this album evoques a certain feeling on me every single time I hear it. It's pure magic. There is no other way to describe it. It makes me feel like I have lived a thousand lives and suddenly I felt the nostalgia of all of them combined. I feel like im in the highest mountain of the North Pole watching the sky. I feel like I've known this songs since I was born. This is an album that comes to my mind whenever I feel happy or sad, whenever people ask me for a perfect album. Teen Dream is a dream pop masterpiece and one of the best albums of all times. I have probably listened to this like 100 times. And im planning on listening to it many more.

From Timestarter 06/29/2020 14:34

Fav. Tracks: Zebra, Silver Soul, Real Love, Take Care.

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.