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timbo8
January 16th 2011


633 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Seeing as this was my favorite album of 2010, I couldn't disagree more

AlexTM510
January 16th 2011


1471 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I f*cking hate this review



but it was written well

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
January 16th 2011


27679 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

this was my favorite of 2010, and i honestly didnt even have to think twice about it

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
January 16th 2011


27679 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

i dont really get this review at all, sorry



"The tracks don't aim for highs and lows or rise and fall well enough to stand on their own."



i'm not sure what you're saying here, but what is "babopbyeya" if not a track that has MULTIPLE "highs and lows" and "rises and falls"? or, um, the rest of the album? "sir greendown" in itself is the "low" to "dance or die"->"faster"->"locked inside"'s constant "high" (this is not a matter of quality, sir greendown is amazing, it's more a matter of mood).



"She's something no one's listened to in a minute, "



what does this mean?



the third paragraph clears up a little bit of the fog left by the rest of the review, but it still leaves me a little bewildered as to what you're really trying to say.



natey
January 16th 2011


4195 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i'm not sure what you're saying here, but what is "babopbyeya" if not a track that has MULTIPLE "highs and lows" and "rises and falls"? or, um, the rest of the album? "sir greendown" in itself is the "low" to "dance or die"->"faster"->"locked inside"'s constant "high" (this is not a matter of quality, sir greendown is amazing, it's more a matter of mo


i was half singing the chorus of tightrope / half saying that none of the songs suck me in with anticipation



"She's something no one's listened to in a minute"

I meant her sound hasn't been around a lot

Electric City
January 16th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

how does it feel to be so wrong?

kingsoby1
Emeritus
January 16th 2011


4970 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i feel like most of the people that like this didn't hear her first EP before this.



i typically agree with butler but not on this one :[

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
January 16th 2011


27679 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

her ep is good



not nearly as good as this

natey
January 16th 2011


4195 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire

kingsoby1
Emeritus
January 16th 2011


4970 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the ep is incredible. 3 perfect songs

Electric City
January 16th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this has at least 5

greg84
Emeritus
January 16th 2011


7654 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I agree. Her EP is a bit better than this album. Mostly because it's way shorter.

natey
January 16th 2011


4195 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

what 5

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
January 17th 2011


27679 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

all songs that arent "make the bus," (ruins it, sorry) "neon gumbo" i guess (but that doesnt, honestly) and mayyyyybe "come alive" are fucking excellent. even the interludes.

Electric City
January 17th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

cold war, tightrope, oh maker, babopbyeya and take your pick. for me it's come alive

Electric City
January 17th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

say you'll go too

kingsoby1
Emeritus
January 17th 2011


4970 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i just cant agree with that robertsona, i feel like every track beyond cold war, make the bus, come alive, and wondaland is decent. Those four are really groundbreaking for the genre, but the rest are just solid pop/neo-soul that's been done before i feel.



i'm not saying anything here sucks (it made my top 25), i mean tightrope is a solid track. it's just not what anyone would expect to hear after an album as original as metropolis part 1.

Bitchfork
January 17th 2011


7581 Comments


Babobyeya is the best off this and wondaland comes in second followed by make the bus

natey
January 17th 2011


4195 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i'll be your secret santa, do you mind



I don't much like BaBopBye Ya... I feel like I'm vaguely at a mall or JC Penney and .... uh....



this album is also way too long to hold up at a 3.5 or 4 I should mention that

Gyromania
January 17th 2011


37192 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Wow, fuck your 3.



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