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Jun 30, 2011The dozen tracks of effervescent, shimmering, faith-based synth pop blend Young's adenoidal, Warped tour-ready vocals with a decidedly '80s new wave flavor.
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Jun 14, 2011On All Things Bright he treads ingratiatingly melodic, lyrically twee, electro-pop territory that will be familiar to fans.
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Alternative PressMay 19, 2011Owl City's second major-label effort is much more mature, dynamic and well-rounded. [Jun 2011, p.109]
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Jun 9, 2011Even on All Things Bright and Beautiful's grandly titled "The Yacht Club," he laments that his heart "can't harbor this paddleboat."
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Q MagazineJun 20, 2011Despite it's title and Young's Ben Folds-esque vocals, All Things Bright and Beautiful keeps its beliefs at a distance for the most part. [July 2011, p. 117]
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Jun 14, 2011No fear on this album, none. It's an all-out emotional outpour, from the ballads to the rockers, a focus that makes sense in its own way.
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Jun 14, 2011For the most part, the songs are unable to transcend their cheesiness, turning Young's formula from winning to wincing.
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Jun 14, 2011The 12 songs on All Things Bright and Beautiful, Owl City's third album, certainly demand the audience's imagination -- or at least their willingness to go along with the world Adam Young dreams up, a cartoonish place where the skies look like alligators, the rivers taste like fruit, and emeralds poke their heads out of every rock.
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Jun 1, 2011Overall, All Things Bright and Beautiful isn't a bad album; it's just not very interesting.
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May 25, 2011Featuring 11 miniscule variations on Fireflies, the giddy worldwide smash that put home-studio boffin Adam Young on the map, this unrelentingly wide-eyed follow-up offers more genteel Christian rock reconfigured as techno lite.
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Jun 16, 2011Like its predecessor, Ocean Eyes – an unexpectedly big US hit thanks to its flyweight lead single, Fireflies – this album suffers from a lack of substance.
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Jun 14, 2011Listening to an Owl City song is like speed-eating a box of Girl Scout cookies: You go from tasty to pukey in minutes.
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Jun 20, 2011Soppy nostalgia that bares little else.
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May 19, 2011All Things Bright and Beautiful, 12 sterilized laptop clunkers that are indeed bright but far from beautiful. There's no maturity in sight.
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May 24, 2011Owl City is electro-pop's unwanted bastard child, combining all the worst elements of the genre. The production is lazy and unbelievably dull.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 53 out of 73
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Mixed: 3 out of 73
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Negative: 17 out of 73
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