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| 3.0 good | ghostalgeist | May 8th 23 |
3.2 / 5. One of Adam Young's better releases, which is a shame because a fair deal of these
songs tend to blend together. Owl City has a distinctively dreamy, lush, bright-faced
synthpop sound that was established very, very well on the project's first album, but
unfortunately for Adam, he has a tendency to recycle similar-sounding, somewhat autotuned
vocal melodies and insist upon quirky lyrics that drown out the pleasant instrumentals.
Standouts: Saltwater Room, Early Birdie, Air Traffic, On The Wing
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| 4.5 superb | Supertails | August 11th 12 |
While 'Fireflies' has given Adam Young somewhat of a it's-cool-to-hate-him reputation based on its similarities to indie electronic group The Postal Service, before 'Fireflies' was even an idea there was this album.r"Maybe I'm Dreaming" is my personal favourite Owl City album, as it best captures what Adam Young is best at: dreamy synth melodies that carry you off to another world.rThis is most evident on tracks like 'Air Traffic' and 'Early Birdie'. The former is slow and simple, but melodically and vocally gorgeous. The latter is more of an upbeat glitch-inspired track about seeing sights and enjoying the world.rEven the romance of the album is far different from contemporary artists. 'The Saltwater Room', 'The Technicolor Phase' and 'I'll Meet You There' manage to combine abstract poetry with honest love (whether romantic or not) to create something much more honest and pure than the calculated love songs of today.rThen there are tracks that are just pure fun and joy. 'Rainbow Veins', 'Super Honeymoon', 'West Coast Friendship' and so on show Young's over-joyous approach to life and the world, which makes it incredibly hard not to just feel happy and blissful when you get swept up in them.rAll that being said, the album's naïveté and abstract lyricism turns a lot of people away, so you have to come at it with an open mind. But for everything above, I give it a 4.5/5, even though few will agree.
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| 4.0 excellent | rubberbend | March 30th 10 |
The dreamy lyrics, the honeynut tunes and melodies and the ability to think have captured me. Maybe I'm Dreaming.
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| 0.0 | Avirov | June 21st 09 |
A pleasant electropop fest with a nice variety of instruments and textures heavily driven by energetic digitized vocals. Maybe I'm Dreaming may not be anything special but it still merits a fun, soothing listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | beezay | April 17th 09 |
Really great cd. Very relaxing and calm to listen to. Altogether a great cd, but most of the songs sound very similar. But it's to be expected because of the genre being electronica.
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| 4.0 excellent | moku | November 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | s0nicx | July 19th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 19th 23 |
| 3.5 great | naej | October 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | MxL0 | November 26th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Vlexis | April 8th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Venom94 | February 13th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Jade | January 5th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Verix | October 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | JNavs | February 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | rob23 | January 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mttgry | January 13th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Linx | September 2nd 14 |
| 2.0 poor | CK | April 25th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Weedon | February 13th 13 |
| 3.0 good | SMK | October 23rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | Will R. EMERITUS | August 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Viales | April 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jdawg | April 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | vivapo | December 12th 11 |
| 2.5 average | jjpivot | January 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | ctaxxxx | December 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Mactai | November 6th 10 |
| 3.0 good | golnar | November 2nd 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | chumong | October 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kimm | September 16th 10 |
| 2.5 average | DinoX | August 25th 10 |
| 1.0 awful | Krow | July 27th 10 |
| 2.5 average | perlox | July 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ginsu | June 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | iBOCK | February 4th 10 |
| 3.0 good | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | January 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Aesir | October 23rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | jebird | August 23rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | sperry | August 20th 09 |
| 2.5 average | idbz | May 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | CxLTxN | February 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | dropdead | December 29th 08 |
| 3.5 great | natey | August 16th 08 |
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