While 'Fireflies' has caused a lot of an it's-cool-to-hate-him towards Owl City's Adam Young, nobody bothers to listen to the rest of the album and realize how little he sounds like The Postal Service.rThat said, Ocean Eyes is far from a perfect album. It can't seem to find a sound it wants to use, and certain songs (such as 'Dental Care' or 'The Bird and the Worm') will only be loved by serious fans and a few others.rThe album's strength is in its production and in Young's unwavering heart in his music. It's clear this isn't manufactured pop (there's a reason 'Fireflies' was his only big hit) and the abstract lyricism will cause both massive fans and serious detractors.rIt's strange how much better a second disc of material makes the album, but that second disc contains some of his best work?to the point that it's baffling why it was relegated to some "deluxe edition".rAll-in-all, Ocean Eyes is a bit of a hit-or-miss album for most, but for me personally it was great. A step down from 2008's "Maybe I'm Dreaming", but still great. The deluxe disc redeems it somewhat, however.
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