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1. Cave In
2. The Bird And The Worm
3. Hello Seattle
4. Umbrella Beach
5. The Saltwater Room
6. Dental Care
7. Meteor Shower
8. On The Wing
9. Fireflies
10. The Tip Of The Iceberg
11. Vanilla Twilight
12. Tidal Wave
Release Date: 2009 | |
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3 of 4 thought this review was well written
So, lately I've noticed that Owl City has started to be played on Much. I've also noticed a fair amount of people tweeting about jamming out to him, and I've discovered him on a lot of people's iPod's when I raid them. So, if you don't know already, who is Owl City? Owl City is a one man project with the name of Adam Young hailing from Owatonna, Minnesota. His style is snyth-pop music heavy on the bleeps and blurps like you'd find if your kitchen were to suddenly come alive with happiness as they do your dishes, or cook your Kraft Dinner. He has this innocence about him and frankly he should date Lights. They'd make an amazing snyth-pop joy filled couple. (They're going on tour together in 2010.)
So, on July 14th 2009 his sophomore effort Ocean Eyes dropped digitally to the public. I picked up this record a couple days later, because at the time I wasn't so enthused about Owl City's pop act. When I pressed the play button in iTunes my head exploded with the first track, Cave In's upbeat sound. I could tell the production was way more well done on this record, unlike his first album Maybe I'm Dreaming. Cave In is a fantastic opener and left me curious for what was to come.
The next few tracks continue to come at me with their joy, like a day where you just lay out on the beach with no worries of homework and you lay there soaking the up the sun. The fifth track gets a bit somber, The Saltwater Room. This song was on Young's debut but it seems to fit in a lot better with Ocean Eyes .
What's my favourite track off of Ocean Eyes you ask? That would have to be Meteor Shower, clocking in at only 2:14 it rends itself apart to give you the heart of it: 'I am not my own/ for I have been renewed/ please don't let me go/I desperately need you.' That lyric says it all right there, whether you believe it's coming from Young's Christian influence or a relationship it's a moving track that sits very well in the middle of this album.
The lead single for Ocean Eyes is Fireflies, and it makes a perfect one. It's doing really well and in Canada with frequent plays on Much. How can people resist with cute lyrics like: 'Cause I get ten thousand hugs/from ten thousand lightning bugs' ?
Owl City's sophomore album is a breath of fresh air, and like many others lately I am breathing it in. He's clearly becoming a huge hit and his universally infectious music will be playing on my iPod for a long time to come. Ocean Eyes is a fitting name for this album and even as the snow begins to drift down we can all remember that our summer lives on in spirit through Owl City.
Score: 4/5
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Major improvement over your first review. The first person account of your experience with this album isn't a bad way to go, but I'd work on adding a bit more description of the music itself as well (in the future).
I've never heard of this, but if he's touring with Lights than it might be good.
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Thanks, I'll try to continue to improve.
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Reviews not perfect, there is a couple grammar errors, but overall I think your on the right track if your going to continue reviewing.
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Thanks
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I really don't get everyone's fascination with this album, but hes from minnesota so whatever
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Good review. I like this but dont like it at the same time. Keyboards remind me of Lights.
LICKITUNG!!!!!!!!!
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Music=Good
Vocal Melodies=Good
Lyrics=Fucking ridiculously over the top and bad
And thats why i can't listen to Owl City anymore.
Also lol at him dating lights
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This guy is dating Lights? Why am I not suprised. the music is basically the fucking same.
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well there is a perfect match for you
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when will people realize that this shit is horrible.
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wow, the two of them dating doesn't surprise me one bit.
always wanted a machamp; always had to do that stupid trade shit.
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Im still deprssed to this day that nobody ever traded me a Machoke, Haunter, Graveler, or Kadabra.
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Im still deprssed to this day that nobody ever traded me a Machoke, Haunter, Graveler, or Kadabra.
word.
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I've heard bits of this and think you probably overrate it, but hell you review good for a 14 year old.
Just things like this:
This song was on Young's debut but it seems to fit in a lot better with Ocean Eyes .
you need to say whyy
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im fourteen too guys 
pretty good review, album blows
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so wait you're a 14 year old girl? Sweet I'm 15
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thanks guys.
I like this album, making a computer/keyboard beats and sounds fit together nicely isn't as easy as it seems.
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A lot better than your first review. Just a little pet peeve of mine, but you might want to put track names in quotation marks and italicize album names. Some people do it differently, but do what what you think is right for you.
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I fucking hated the songs I heard off here. and I love lights.
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I really really dont like this guy - I've seen him live and my friends ALL love him... don't see it. Just not good music IMO
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