Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

this



is



so



fucking



emotionally distant



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Album Rating: 5.0

really i don't believe this is a 5 on musical merit alone.



and while i can understand people being like most emotional album ever! i still don't think it's classic level



however this album basically got me into indie so thank god for it cause my music taste would've sucked balls without it

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

literally every modern indie/folk artist buries Bon Iver



This is one thing that I really just cant get into



at all

Album Rating: 3.5

oh mannn, me and proggy slighty agree on one

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

if you guys like Iver and haven't listened to Iron and Wine,



GET ON THAT

Album Rating: 5.0

dude even though i said this is not a 5 musically and i don't like vehemently disagreeing with people iron and wine is definitely not on this level

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah this is way better

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

lol



my buttcheeks are on this level



In my opinion. There are so many ways to dissect this and make a fair argument as to why this is ridiculously overrated. I could do it all day. Robert Christgau wrote a review on this (one of the most famous music critics ever) and its the most fitting review for this album, you guys should check out his view, (even though I hate Christgau with a passion)

Album Rating: 5.0

no i really really dislike cristgau it will probably just make me angry

Album Rating: 5.0

however you yourself could go for it i would have no problem with that

Album Rating: 5.0

This sounds a lot different than Iron and Wine js.

Album Rating: 4.5

cristgau is an idiot

no shit

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"no i really really dislike cristgau it will probably just make me angry"



I hate him more, but he hit the nail on the head with this one.



I have many problems with this album, the biggest being that Vernon's beautiful singing voice is used terribly, the production here on his vocals is annoying and I absolutely hate his melodies. The record is also extremely raw and bare, which can sometimes be a folk records best asset (See "Pink Moon"), but here, the bareness is not backed up by anything that really sticks with me. It's forgettable, and not the emotional powerhouse that people seem to think it is. I think that Vernon is talented, but his horrible melodies and overrated lyricism is something that I can't ignore. Just my opinion. People 5 this because "it's so raw, calm and beautiful", but I think that most moments on here just fall victim to terrible melodies and the fact that he's using the bareness as an asset, while ignoring the quality of the music.

Album Rating: 4.5

http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=6065&name=Bon+Iver

I lol'd

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

terrible melodies

hey guyz lets go see what rollingstone and allmusic have to say as well

Album Rating: 5.0

How is his voice used terribly? He has a damn good falsetto and he uses it often, it doesn't detract from the feel of the album at all. Sounds like he's singing in a box it's nbd dude. The lyrics on this are no Hospice but they're still pretty good and tell me how the melodies are "horrible". It isn't like they're sugarpop trying to fit into folk or anything.



What you say really doesn't make any sense/go to any real points. Bareness as an asset? No silly that's bareness as an overall feel of an album, as something that's supposed to give the listener a feeling. That's just called atmospheric.

Album Rating: 4.5

terrible melodies

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"To which I can only compare Ralph Carney's grooveful, multifaceted 45-second intro to "The Invoice," which in its subsequent minute says more about our shared aloneness than Vernon's whole record."- this is a line from Christgau's review, and probably the only Christgau review I would ever endorse. I am not going to deny that it's a ridiculously verbose review, but the content is something I definitely agree with.