 | Owl City All Things Bright And Beautiful
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| 0.0 | bunnyxd | April 5th 11 |
Im visiting John fraser and No face accounts and Clicking on NO on all of their reviews
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| 1.5 very poor | qwer7yfreak | May 25th 11 |
I can always count on Owl City to boost my objectivity!
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| 1.5 very poor | WashboardSuds | April 24th 11 |
"Potential" is an interesting word. It foresees achievement and failure simultaneously. It never means an artist is guaranteed to utilize their potential, nor does it mean they are doomed to failure. With the assumption of potential comes either satisfaction or disappointment, a prognostic at best.rWhen Owl City, young and naive, released the bubbly and respectable Of June and Maybe I'm Dreaming, I had hopes that he could somehow make his gooey lyrics and dreamy aesthetic work, maybe coming to the realization that instrumentation should be more prominent than vocals, or that "sweet", "delicate" and "effeminate" had an extremely fine line. Ocean Eyes was a slump, going in the direction I had hoped he didn't head for, trying too hard in terms of ambition. It's sad to say All Things Bright and Beautiful is even worse, though it's just how it is. "Potential" was a flickering flame come his 2009 breakthrough, but now it's snuffed out completely. Benefit of the doubt? High expectations? Maybe so. I'm sure it's not that hard to write less ridiculous songs that don't aim for simplistic daydreamy appeal ("Alligator Sky"? "All Things Bright and Beautiful"? Come on) or erect themselves as the "cake and icecream" of electronic music though. Even still, it's my fault, not his.
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| 0.0 | fr33convict | March 28th 11 |
I really want to just 1 this right now.....
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| 1.0 awful | Rudy K. EMERITUS | June 14th 11 |
Like having an orgasm and saving the rainforest, all at the same time.
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| 1.5 very poor | ghostalgeist | May 8th 23 |
I listened to this entire album and I deadass couldn't hum a single bar from any of its songs once I was finished with it. If you held a gun to my head and asked me to sing any phrase or segment from "Alligator Sky", you'd probably have to pull the trigger. The production is top-notch, as always, but it's all in service to a bunch of bland, hollow songs without any drive, tension, or urgency. It's not quite 'chill' enough to put on as background music, but it's not interesting enough to demand your attention, so it just faintly exists in this 'nothing' space that makes you nod off but not fall asleep, per se. Adam has at least beaten the 'Postal Service knockoff' allegations by deciding to be boring as hell, so I'll give him that.
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| 2.0 poor | 3waycrash | September 12th 16 |
As much as Ocean Eyes was a guilty pleasure, this was a misstep. This turned me off from listening any further.
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| 1.0 awful | ChaoticVortex | July 10th 15 |
This is some of the most superficial electro-pop music I've ever heard in my entire life.
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| 2.0 poor | iGuter | April 21st 14 |
Adam Young is really a kid at heart looking at the bright side of life, and a lot of the criticism aims at his non-sensical, bubble pop lyrics and beats that make you think it's all cute, but nothing else. The critics are also right and wrong on this. I don't fault Owl City for making something light and fluffy for the audience, it's a good product and it sells well. But what's lacking is substance and meaning.
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| 2.5 average | Supertails | August 11th 12 |
It was hard to give this a 2.5/5. Not because I think the album's amazing, but because the few songs on there that I really enjoy truly *are* amazing.r"All Things Bright and Beautiful" was step 1.5 of Owl City's departure from dreamy synthpop. 'The Real World' entices you into thinking otherwise, with beautiful abstract poetry about living in your imagination, but right after that 'Deer in the Headlights' hits you with a much more commercial approach to music. After that the album switches between rock, alternative rock, folk, dance, rap(???), and even ballads.rSadly, most of this album is very skippable. However, there are some real gems on here. 'The Real World' is gorgeous if you know what it's like to get lost in your imagination; Plant Life is mostly just Young and his piano, strewing about metaphors for being in a hopeless place and getting out; How I Became the Sea is pure abstract lyricism combined with beautiful production (plus an Ocean Eyes reference); and Shy Violet is...something else, but very enchanting.rMy recommendation would be to just listen to those songs. If you like them all, maybe check this album out. Otherwise...you could probably leave this one alone.
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| 3.5 great | TheGardener | March 26th 12 |
I think I'm the only one on here who genuinely enjoys Owl City. Oh well, I'm okay with that.
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| 0.0 | TheSadLittleDinosaur | June 20th 11 |
I really don't know why I even attempt to listen to these types of albums... I mean, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but they prove me wrong every time. It's almost saddening.
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| 1.5 very poor | Dreakon | June 17th 11 |
I actually kind of enjoyed Maybe I'm Dreaming and Ocean Eyes, they were catchy and fun (though lyrical abominations, especially Ocean Eyes). This however has no redeemable qualities. The only decent song on this is "Honey and the Bee".
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| 0.0 | Steoandnoodles | May 17th 11 |
More positivism from Owl City! This time; God joins the fun. A perfect collection of songs
for the young but anyone over the age of 13 should not like this. With wobbly, sappy, jelly-
like goo dribbling from the womb of the record's squeaky clean production; All Things Bright
and Beautiful is a bubble full of teeth rotting jelly-floss-sugar-cane...gummy bears.
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| 3.5 great | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 3.5 great | moku | November 3rd 23 |
| 2.0 poor | s0nicx | September 26th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Timmy | April 13th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | December 30th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Brabiz | March 28th 21 |
| 3.0 good | MxL0 | December 4th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Vlexis | April 8th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Cormano | November 11th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | El Olam | July 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Venom94 | February 13th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Lucman | October 24th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | wg98 | September 15th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Verix | October 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jade | June 4th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Enzx | April 1st 16 |
| 1.0 awful | BHAR | February 21st 16 |
| 3.0 good | JNavs | February 9th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Spigot | February 9th 16 |
| 3.5 great | jbus | November 6th 15 |
| 1.0 awful | 13km | August 9th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Runeii | July 11th 15 |
| 2.5 average | rob23 | January 24th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Linx | September 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | zanx | February 20th 14 |
| 1.0 awful | ANJ45 | July 11th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Zantera | March 1st 13 |
| 1.0 awful | Ziio | February 27th 13 |
| 1.0 awful | JS19 | February 19th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Weedon | February 13th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | DadKungFu EMERITUS | January 4th 13 |
| 3.5 great | youpi | December 30th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Hoppip | December 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | TH3FU | September 20th 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Bleak | September 2nd 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Will R. EMERITUS | September 2nd 12 |
| 2.5 average | chayka | June 1st 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Acorn | April 30th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Viales | April 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Jdawg | April 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Silas | March 30th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Coast | February 7th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | mttgry | February 7th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | MTTS | February 5th 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Damon | January 21st 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Vyndax | January 8th 12 |
| 3.0 good | BcA187 | November 26th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Aids | September 24th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | PacM4n | September 14th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | kanker | August 6th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | TT | July 18th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Shukal | July 11th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | pumi | June 21st 11 |
| 1.0 awful | kojpl | June 19th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | X3ni92 | June 19th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Nerf | June 18th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Scoot | June 17th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Lakes. | June 16th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Curse. | June 16th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | NateT | June 15th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Knott- EMERITUS | June 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | gates | May 29th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | NoFace | April 1st 11 |
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