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Teen Dream [CD + DVD]

Beach HouseAudio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)

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Bloom is the fourth full length album by Baltimore-based Beach House. It builds on 2010s Teen Dream to further develop their distinctive sound yet stands apart as a new piece of work. Bloom is meant to be experienced as an album, a singular, unified vision of the world. The many layers of Bloom are uncomplicated and meticulously constructed to ensure there is no waste. Bloom was recorded in ... Read more in Amazon's Beach House Store

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  • Audio CD (January 26, 2010)
  • Original Release Date: 2010
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • ASIN: B002ZIAC26
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,067 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Zebra
2. Silver Soul
3. Norway
4. Walk in the Park
5. Used to Be
6. Lover of Mine
7. Better Times
8. 10 Mile Stereo
9. Real Love
10. Take Care
Disc: 2
1. Zebra (Video)
2. Silver Soul (Video)
3. Norway (Video)
4. Walk in the Park (Video)
5. Used to Be (Video)
6. Lover of Mine (Video)
7. Better Times (Video)
8. 10 Mile Stereo (Video)
9. Real Love (Video)
10. Take Care (Video)

Editorial Reviews

Recorded in upstate New York, in a converted church called Dreamland with producer/engineer Chris Coady (who has worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead, and a bunch of others) Teen Dream is the third album from the Baltimore-based duo Beach House, and their Sub Pop debut. The new album gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months. Teen Dream will be packaged with a companion DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a different director.

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56 of 59 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars beauty and magic February 6, 2010
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I like dreamy pop. I'm 56 years old and I liked the Beach boys as a kid in 1962.This was before the Beatles. I liked them and the Four Seasons. "Don't Worry Baby" was my idea of pop perfection. So I am a fan of unapologetic pop music.
The Beach House's Teen Dreams makes me feel good. Sort of reminds me of Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, High Llamas.
The DVD is not up to par with the music. It's actually detracting. And I don't like the recurring motif taken from the hackneyed Temptations' riff from the beginning of "My Girl"
All the same, Teen Dreams is still close to perfection.
I am thrilled that I found the review on Pitchfork and that I decided to take a chance on the CD. It's beautiful music and I will be sharing it with friends and family.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beach House - Teen Dream January 26, 2010
Format:Audio CD
Beach House have been working quietly and steadily since their 2006 debut, amassing fans, styles, and sounds along the way. Teen Dream is the most fully realized album by Beach House to date, filled to the brim with their signature lush melodies and dreamy ambiance. This album pushes into decidedly shoegazey territory, bringing to mind the masterful works of the Cocteau Twins. But Beach House are no style thieves, and Teen Dream sounds like a unique work, heavily inspired by history's great dream pop acts without being a copycat. The songs are lilting and beautiful, and easily the most compelling compositions to date for the band. Songs like "Zebra" and "Silver Soul" are powerhouses, pushing the band into new and daring territory without sacrificing a thing that has made them so successful within their sphere. This is a must-have album for dream pop fans. Expect plenty of critical praise.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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For many it was only a matter of time until Beach House delivered big time and sought world domination. For this punter alternatively (with the exception of a couple of songs such as "Apple Orchard" on their debut and "Holy Dances" and "Gila" on their second LP "Devotion") a sense of deep indifference has been the predominant feeling about this band. Indeed if truth be told they seemed like a bunch of Mazzy Star sound-alike's with "Fade into you" the overused template. What a mad fool I have been, "Teen Dream" is an outright stunner and propels them into the major leagues.

The anticipation around this album across American music blogs has been huge largely as a consequence of widespread leaks of the album. The result is that it is already being hyped up as this year's Animal Collective equivalent e.g. an album released in the first month of the New Year which will dominate 2010's musical landscape. In the first place a comparison between "Teen Dream" and "Merriweather" makes little sense since they are chalk and cheese in terms of musical styles. But more than this they are unhelpful since they burden "Teen Dream" with a comparison which it does not need and a weight of expectation that this fragile beauty should not be required to carry. After all it is the quality of the music that counts.

Beach House is a duo from Baltimore comprising Victoria Legrand (yes she is related to the French composer Michel) and Alex Scally. "Teen dream" is on the Bella Union label and Sub pop in the US and recorded in a church in upstate New York and you can tell. This is an album of real grace and power. The songs are characterised by an ethereal dreamy pop sensibility and Legrand's voice has echoes of Nico, Marianne Faithful, Patti Smith and of course Hope Sandoval. It gives a slightly hard, sultry and sometimes raspy edge to Beach House's sweet melodies and Scally's wonderful backing instrumentation.

The album starts brilliantly with the sublime "Zebra" which sets the tone for the rest of the album with its slow guitar lines that build and burn into a classic pop anthem. It is gorgeous stuff as is "Silver Soul" which follows it. And then there is "Norway" the single which has been readily available for months. In this reviewers humble opinion it is one of the greatest pop songs of this century thus far. Legrand's vocal is as smokey as a fine Cuban cigar and contrasts with the breathless backing vocals. This mix is combined with a weird and slightly distorted electronic backing but which works in spades. It is bloody perfect and if you don't get the album at least download this. The slow processional pop of "Walk in the Park" which follows "Norway" is remarkably its equal and provides no let up. These first four songs are by far the strongest opening quartet to an album which I have heard in many years.

"Used to be" has shades of the wonderful innocence found on Mercury Rev's "Deserters Songs" album and for some reason "Lover of Mine" reminds me of "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" with a slight Japanese feel. "10 mile stereo" is easily the best vocal performance by Legrand on the whole album. The only qualms I have come in the shape of "Real Love" and "Take care" which are the tracks at the moment that I can't get too worked up about. "Take Care" has one of those constant repeat vocals that go on beyond the point of irritation.

Small caveats for what is a towering performance. "Teen Dream" is a lush and magisterial album that you would be fool not to let it into your life. They support Grizzly Bear in the forthcoming spring UK tour and that will be some concert. 2010 is starting well "Teen Dream" shifts it up a gear.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Warm
Beach House emerged on the surface of my music collection late in the bands career. The first I heard of them was browsing Pitchfork, who connected them with sounding like Cocteau... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Kirk J. Wagstaff
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellence
Beach House may never get close to the heights they reached with this album, but they will be forgiven. Few artist have ever achieved this level of perfection.
Published 2 months ago by bejorco
5.0 out of 5 stars Never put it down
I bought this because 'Bloom' was so magical. I was not disapointed. Soooo glad this album has become part of my life.
Published 4 months ago by heavymetalman
4.0 out of 5 stars It's Great!
Pleasant...

Best Tracks:
Zebra
10 Mile Stereo
Walk in the Park
Silver Soul

This effort grows on me... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Fred M. Schill
4.0 out of 5 stars The vocals make Beach House original
The lead singer has the most beautiful vocals no dream pop/shoegaze lover could ever imagine. Hoarse whispers from angelic creatures singing jazzy solos in unison.
Published 4 months ago by Sam
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect
nothing beats a drive with this album in... there's nothing else to say just buy it & support great artists!
Published 4 months ago by JoeMama
5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot be explained
Is Teen Dream breaking any molds or technically advanced? No, but that's besides the point. I understand criticisms leveled at this album and I would probably tend to agree with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by D. Krysl
5.0 out of 5 stars Teen Dream
I love all the albums Beach House has made but I feel this one is there most developed. They have a great sound that they have created, really original. Read more
Published 10 months ago by david
5.0 out of 5 stars DELIGHTFULLY & MAGICALLY SOMBRE.
I have heard many songs that are dedicated to pets but I have seldom heard a song about an animal like ZEBRA done so well. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Harkanwar Anand
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE!!!!
i love beach house. this band makes me feel so lovely and this album is great. i listened to it on a road trip, this fall, and it made for a beautiful drive. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bombadoodie
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