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8.0
9281
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
9294
6.0 |
The Times
...these songs have a naive melodiousness that could uplift even the most cynical of souls
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6.0
9049
6.0 |
Evening Standard
His twinkly electronica and high, innocent voice can be charming, but lines such as: “I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs” often make him too twee to tolerate
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6.0
9116
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
Ocean Eyes is a collection of well structured but not over-thought out pop songs that will add a ray of sunshine to the bleakest day
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6.0
9237
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
...this is music aimed squarely for the naïve-at-heart, and the industrial knife-sharpeners are best waved elsewhere than at the entirely likeable Young
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5.0
9060
5.0 |
The Observer
Young is a capable tunesmith, but any semblance of personality is submerged beneath the record's airbrushed sheen
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5.0
3198
5.0 |
Spin
Pristine pop electronica: synths and strings meld seamlessly into dreamy, summery atmospherics
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4.0
3199
4.0 |
Rolling Stone
...like an amorous e-mail you'll regret in the morning.
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4.0
9104
4.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Ocean Eyes, and the entire shtick he peddles under his Owl City alias, could be seen as one of the most outrageous rip-off jobs in pop history
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4.0
9227
4.0 |
The Independent
...some of the drippiest lyrics ever committed to disk
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4.0
9234
4.0 |
The Guardian
...what sounds charming on the first few listens loses its attraction, and soon one feels one is drinking Um Bongo instead of fruit juice
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4.0
9483
4.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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4.0
10561
4.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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3.0
9409
3.0 |
State
One of the worst [albums] that we’ve ever had the misfortune to listen to
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3.0
9252
3.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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3.0
9037
3.0 |
Clash
It’s all very pretty sounding on paper, but in reality lazily produced and poorly written
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