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Dreamy and soothing. 4 stars
Love this album. I think Beach House has a cool, dreamy sound and Victoria Legrand has a really cool voice. I had tickets to see them opening for Grizzly Bear around the time of this album, but I got stuck in traffic on my way to Ann Arbor and missed their set. Highlights for me here are "Zebra", "Walk in the Park", and "Silver Soul", but I don't think there's really a weak track here. 4.5 stars.
Blech House. Album art is already enough of a tip-off towards its blandness but this could only count as dream pop if dreams were always about white or off-white wallpaper. A better recommendation would be Memories In Beach House by City Pop supergroup Seaside Lovers comprised of Akira Inoue, Masataka Matsutoya, & Hiroshi Sato which is a beautiful, lush, dreamy, exotic record and actually does have a teen dream on the cover as well.
Nothing special but would listen again
This is sooo dreamy and soooo poppy....
Thought I would like this more. I think I prefer their other albums. Still good but great?
A very good album. An album that’s good on a walk
Because my heart stands for nothing and your soul's too weak
Some really good songs on this album. Really evokes a feeling of melancholy and happiness at the same time.
First listen…. Followed on from Simon and Garfunkel on my list and the intro to Zebra is a perfect dovetail between the two albums decades apart. Got a very traditional indie vibe. Nice, but not particularly attention grabbing so far. 2.5 - it’s ok. Don’t think I’ll be back again though. Maybe 2
This takes me back, an all timer for me
This was a very dull lisen
𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 is one of those albums that makes dream pop feel effortless. The songs drift along on warm organ tones, hazy guitars, and the deep, unmistakable voice of Victoria Legrand. Everything moves at an unhurried pace, creating a sound that feels both intimate and expansive at the same time. What makes the album work so well is its consistency. Tracks like 𝗭𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆, and 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 all share the same dreamy atmosphere without ever becoming dull. Instead, the record feels like one long, glowing mood. It’s simple music in many ways, but the melodies and textures make it surprisingly immersive.
fluffy dream melodies, mostly without substance and impact
412/1089 - There are other tempos besides 100 BPM you know? And other chords besides major and minor triads. You could even not use any chords and instead have lines which imply harmony! But instead it's the same tempo and chord changes for an hour which reject any fundamentals of what makes music interesting to listen to.
friday night lights as an album -- its enjoyable, but not unique enough to get top billing
all the songs kinda sound the same but like they are good. It’s like cigarettes after sex, just gets boring after a bit but like if it comes on I’ll bump to it
Beautiful but not fully my vibe
I don’t understand what shoegaze means
Oh wow, buen disco. Lo disfrute bastante. Me encantaron las progresiones armónicas y los arreglos instrumentales, suena muy etéreo y muy agradable. Te sientes flotando constantemente. El trabajo lírico y vocal, me gustó, destaca mucho su estilo y se mezcla muy bien en la música. La verdad esta muy bien trabajado el disco y en lo personal creo que tiene un gran estilo, creo que para el tiempo en el que salió fue algo muy novedoso y que influenció a muchos artistas actuales. Buen disco.
uninspired and bland
I was expecting to like this more. I picked up a couple of Beach House albums back in the day and kept them in frequent-ish rotation, so I was looking forward to adding another to the shortlist. It’s still pretty and well-made, spacious and atmospheric as any Beach House album, but it didn’t grab me. I enjoyed it well enough and could see myself giving it another shot, but for now I’m pleased but not awed.
Yeah, it’s ok
Dream pop Zebra Used to be
Sometimes dream pop can actually just feel like you want to go to sleep (i.e. it's boring), but this manages to straddle the line incredibly well and makes for a really engaging, yet somewhat calm, listen.
Sad boy indie
One of the most beautiful musical experiences of XXI century
u redu je album pogotovo me je iznenadila druga pesma koja izgleda da je sample u money trees
This is pure Laura jam
I love music that's so big it just wraps itself around you.
Higher than 4.0 but not 5. 4 point something
Quiet but pretty Dream Pop.
So I can listen to dream pop all day. I had never heard of this band, but I went and checked out another one of their albums right after this, Depression Cherry, and liked that, too. I might go fall in a dream pop hole for a while today, it’s been a while.
This caught my ear. It’s nothing over the top, but I enjoyed listening to it. Say what you want about the music from this era, but these guys are better than most of their contemporaries. But then, that’s why I listen to the older stuff. I guess that makes me an old fogie.
boring lift music... not aged well since the 2010's
Pleasant. But, ultimately, dull as ditch water. (I'm on a stinker of run here)
Not really my style, not bad by any means, just not something I personally prefer.
Not bad not great!
Not my thing
Getting educated on mid 2000s indie
Zzzzzzzzzz
So dreamy.. and by that I mean it just about puts you to sleep.
Pipe this into the baby room at day care, and those babies will nap like fiends. It's music, but nothing stands out as extraordinary.
So boring. I don't know what dream pop is, but pretty sure it's not for me. I gave up and listened to Breach by Twenty One Pilots again instead.
gmerto miyvars beach house
Hab das gestern angehört und fands nicht übel. Heute fällt mir aber auf, dass ich mich an NICHTS erinnern kann.
So habe ich mir immer Musik von Pendelnden vorgestellt. Wenn man keine wirkliche Aufnahmefähigkeiten hat, aber irgendwas auf den Ohren haben möchte. Man verpasst auch nichts, wenn man doch mal einen Artikel auf dem Handy liest. Chillig, aber nichts besonderes
I consider myself a BH fan, but I don't feel this is their best work. I don't think it's necessarily "aged badly", but it feels dated in the sense that it's infused with early 2000s indie angst. Still, it's a great album for a rainy day or as background music (and I mean that as a compliment). BH are so talented when it comes to molding a consistent and tangible vibe across an album. Listened to: at Metrotech. Favorite tracks: Silver Soul, Walk in the Park, 10 Mile Stereo, Take Care
Not gonna lie the oscillating guitar parts on “Norway” made me a little seasick.
140226 20:15 3.5
This album is so nostalgic to me as I used to listen to it on repeat when it was released in 2010, I can so vividly remember I was living in Brooklyn and listening to it on the work bus to the Bronx and while cleaning the dorm kitchen etc. (alongside The XX, Mumford & Sons, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix, Florence & The Machine kind of vibes). It has a deeply comforting sound to me, which I don’t think is solely the nostalgia either, it’s just a soothing kind of chill music that makes me feel like I’m floating away. (4.5 stars)
I actually unexpectedly loved this? It had that luscious emotive quality that I associate with Gang of Youths and Foals. Definitely will be coming back to this one.
I dig this record. I'm a big fan of this style of dream pop with the ethereal vocals. I listened through a few times and dove into their catalog. This album seems like the right choice for the book but I like what I'm hearing on their other albums too. I'll probably listen to some Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval after this. I have to say, I'm not a fan of the band name. If you name your band Beach House or Camera or Sherpa or Cake, you will never come up in an internet search, making you essentially invisible. Just a minor quibble. But anyway, this is one of the better new to me albums I've gotten and it'll be going into the rotation. Really enjoyed Silver Soul and Norway, but there are no skip tracks on this one.
Fifty minutes of blissed out dream pop. While there's not much to differentiate the tracks, each one is pleasant in its one way. It's both a positive and a negative that there's no song that stands out as great or awful. While I wouldn't necessarily expect big hooks on an album like this, I do wish that it instead felt layered or hypnotic. But it's also lacking a swirl of sounds that really draw you in. Most tracks have a single synth or guitar that's too clean or anonymous to really smother you. Victoria Legrand's deep vocals provide a nice weight to the album, but there are times they sound clumsy, and the lyrics aren't anything to write home about. Still, there's nothing here to drive you away, and it's a peaceful listen while it's on. Just don't expect to hear anything that sticks with you.
I really enjoy this
Norway is incredible
Nothing spectacular but definitely enjoyable.
One from my collection. There is something calming about this album, The way the music rises and falls. It is like a symphony. While there is nothing outstanding, it just hits the right spot. Notable Track is probably Zebra or Take Care. 4 Stars
Pretty boring. Chill emo music is really not my favorite genre.
More like a 2.75. I feel like this album really found its footing in the later half. Another one of those albums that you have to be in the right mood for. Also, another band where I could take a greatest hits album from them, but not individual albums. Well, with Bloom as an exception maybe.
4.2/5 Stars Top Songs: Silver Soul, Walk in the Park, Norway
I heard this band back when there was a lot of hype in the 2010's, and I thought they were good, but they didn't stick with me in any way. I can see why now, but I also do like and appreciate it a lot more, now. I think they were mixing some sounds and genres in a great and aurally pleasing way while still writing very good songs that do stand up. It's missing the last piece to make it 5 stars for me, but it's definitely a solid 4.
ziemlich psychedlisches Album, war ganz okay aber auch nicht überragend
schön melancholische Musik, könnte ich ewig anhören. Der ultimative Banger (wie deren Lied Space Song) hat mir aber gefehlt, sonst wären es 5 geworden.
Wie Honig in den Ohren
Just so perfect and dreamy. Dream pop perfection
Ganz nettes Pop-Album. So richtige Highlights für mich waren nicht dabei. 3/5
An easy listen. Solid blend of harmonies. powerful, breathy vocals, beach guitar vibes. A real jam.
Pleasant dream pop. Beginning to sound dated
Left me totally lukewarm. 3.0
wavyyy
At best this album is knock of MGMT or something. But mostly it's just fluff, the kind of stuff that defined this boring era in music. 2/5.
It's fine/ good I remember feeling 3.5
beach house yay
Same-ish
Smooth lyrics, and chill vibes.
Working musixb
It's fine... But it is forgettable.
Loved this album, it was great weekend vibes with the family. Doing crafts making crayons for Valentine's day
Meh
3/5 not my cup of tea but work totally see how this is my boyfriends favorite band. in the most complimentary way.
zebra is still so good
3.5 (48:46, 10 tracks, 3rd album , 2010), Dream Pop (shoegaze) I've listened to this dozens of times now - possibly more than any other album yet. Struggling between 3 (boring dream pop) and 4 (interesting mood music) - ended with 4 just because of how many times I've listened to it and I would revisit it. Baltimore based dream-pop 3 piece (sometimes referred to as a duo as the drummer is an ‘after thought’) is led by Victoria Legrand is the lead vocals and lyrist – born in France, went to VASSAR her deep vocals are often confused to be male but she is cis-gender female. Alex Cally went to Oberlin so a lot of student debt here. Beach House – the name, according to Victoria, was somewhat random. They’ve toured with Skyler Skjelset of Fleet Foxes and Chris Bear of Grizzly Bear as touring musicians Teen Dream’s lyrics are abstract and atmospheric, focusing on a journey toward self-discovery for two overeducated musicians their lyrics are difficult to interpret. Legrand went on Twitter to address Katy Perry's album Teenage Dream, which was released later that year, for having a similar title as the band's album, writing they "can't believe this, and not in a good way" when linking to the Teenage Dream Wikipedia article. All by Victoria Legrand, except "Used to Be" co-written by Alex Scally Three singles; "Used to Be", "Norway" and "Zebra". Favorite Track: Zebra 1. "Zebra" 4:48 2. "Silver Soul" 4:58 3. "Norway" 3:53 4. "Walk in the Park" 5:22 5. "Used to Be" 3:59 6. "Lover of Mine" 5:06 7. "Better Times" 4:23 8. "10 Mile Stereo" 5:03 9. "Real Love" 5:20 10. "Take Care" 5:48 Total length: 48:46
It’s ok I suppose but doesn’t really inspire me to listen to their other albums. Unchallenging background music at best!
Sana a
I thought it was ok, first couple songs were really good but after that it was meh
Pleasant
I liked the first two tracks, then the reverb, tremolo and the aetherial vocals became a bit too repetitive. 2.75/5
some of the songs are so popular for good reason 7-8/10
8/10
Light and relaxing
Soothing
Beige
My only previous knowledge of this band was that Elegy to the void song that James put on a playlist so I was excited to try this. Sadly nothing on this album as good as that song. 10 Mile Stereo was my favourite
Wouldn't describe this as an album I needed to listen to before death. Sounds like someone has listened to a Fleet Foxes album and decided it was too edgy
There is very little that gets my goat as completely as “faux indie” so I was surprised to find that this was quite the best of the one star albums we’ve endured so far. Tom.
The first track was nice but the others were all a bit same. Nothing stood out for me.
this is the newest album i've had so far. nice to hear something not from the 70's,, ofc i know the tiktok part of this band, and their sound is pretty consistent so i wasn't surprised. they're pleasant songs and idk if i'm ever gonna get INTO this album but i could imagine it would be good to put on in the background yk
I love Beach House - just beautiful music. This isn't my favorite album of theirs (that would be Depression Cherry), but it's still awesome.
Really great. I like Beach House, so I knew that I was going to like it but it beat my expectations for sure.
Heard Before? Yup, when it came out. Notes: - I appreciate a narrow minimalist formula, and I like the tiny tweaks they make to differentiate songs. - that said, simplistic arpeggiated leads, static pads, unvarying drumbeats and bored sounding vocals do not an album make, no matter how much they are recombined. - the entire mix sounds like it was filtered with a pillow, like post-punk drained of all edge and thrill. - yet another band blue-mixing their female vocalist for zero reason. Verdict: Beige music for beige people. Listen Again? Nope. There's just no reason to seek this out.
Kind of disappointing to be honest. I was expecting more. I've heard of these guys and had heard good things about this particular album. But, it didn't live up to it. It just stayed in neutral and never picked up.
Definitely the type of music I would have been listening to in college
Solid album.
- Har et soft spot for “dreamy pop”, kan ikke sige så meget andet faktisk - Jeg synes sangene er lidt ensformige, men når man elsker det er det vel ikke en dårlig ting. Men måske kunne der godt have været noget lidt mere karakteristisk over hver sang, som ville gøre det til et endnu bedre album - Silver soul er min yndlings
“Zebra” - chamber pop, minimalism, Philip Glass, careful and restrained. Close listening is rewarded with deliberate repetitions of figures. The verse and chorus chord progressions seem simple at first but with small two beat detours here and there, before we rise or resolve. At first what seams simple slowly reveals a complexity of craft not for ornamentation but for the object as a whole. An Amish chair? What works is when it works for emotion and contemplation. What doesn’t work is maybe not entirely the fault of Beaxh House, but it also works wonders of a sleepy coffee shop. “Norway”, “Walk in the Park” - introduces drum machines. Harp like guitars give life and float. Now less Amish chair and more gourmet chocolatier box of truffles. I start to wonder if this tidy little box of gilded crafts the band made can be faulted. The pop nature of the album becomes more evident, and although extremely well made—what is added as deliberate as what’s left out— I think about what I love here but what is tragic that Beach House’s precious creations have been gobbled up like a $12 eclair and a tall cinnamon turmeric mocha from a 7th wave Christian coffee shop. It might be less a fault of society’s issues with consumption of delicious and approachable things, and more with Beach House’s clear choice to omit anything more bitter / include anything less palatable than the sadness, intospection, and cleverness that they’ve hidden behind vetiver scented gauze and Pendleton wools that hides the wounds too well. “Lover of Mine” - a high point so far. Intro reminds me of 80s “I’ve been waiting for a girl like you”. And follows with 80s songwriter aynth rock requisite sophistication. The synthetic quality is welcome and well delivered. “10 Mile Stereo” soars. Buried drums give altitude to the melodic devices (string synth) The drum machine is a tightly wound propeller. I like the way the album has opened up from Glass to explore various pop textures and ideas, with a thesis in intimacy and clockwork art and artifice kept firmly in slot. “Real Love” aside from a vehicle to prove capability of emotion through breathy ranged vocals is a snoozer until the army of wind up toys comes in like an art museum gift shop. (This is good at first taste but I’m ready to move on once the trick is revealed). “take care” - I’m tired. My turmeric mocha has worn off. The emotion and and care is still present though and the experience isn’t entirely hollow. This song is like a high school slow dance in a cedar lodge. Fire beats the cavernous place. The song reminds us that even in the coldness of the world, no matter what wood steel and glass facade we find ourselves shopping in, we still have human connection despite the cold. This is ultimately an optimistic album. The shallow pop is a not brave but still kind of effective attempt at creating conviviality and connection and warmth in a cold world. Is this using the tools of the system to subvert the system? Not revolutionary but not pointless either. Glass: promethium, terror, triumph, glass and steel skyscraper, suffocation, mushroom cloud is still a cloud Beach house: promethian principal is the fire in hearth, between two people. Joining and splitting. Like the atomic fission or fusion. It is not algorithmic, to credit. It was right hearted, but had the misfortune to fall prey to the consumerism that it was trying to find optimism in. Like feeding a wild bear with the sweetest of intentions, and it bites off your hand.
Chouette album qui s'écoute très bien pendant le travail
Música de fundo. Bem daquela época mesmo. Parece música que tocaria em Gossip Girl e similares
No standouts. Perfectly listenable.
Vibey, def ahead of its time
I disliked this album in 2010 and I still dislike it now. It has all the elements of things I should like and there are very similar bands that I like, but this group just feels extra whiny.
Somehow, both Beach House and their album "Teen Dream" had completely passed me by until now. My initial impressions were positive; the opening track is gentle and dreamy, with a sonically broad, 'full' scope. The vocals are restrained and pleasant, underpinned by lovely harmonies. However, this isn't an album for toe-tapping or head-shaking; it is a 'listening' record that demands you sit down and truly take it in. It is subtle and low-key, but as the tracks progressed, I found it somewhat one-paced. While inoffensive to the ear, it lacked the drama, variety or dynamic shifts needed to keep me engaged. I doubt I’ll be revisiting it. Three stars. (And a final thought: the artwork is truly awful.) 1 "Zebra" (4/5) 2 "Silver Soul" (3/5) 3 "Norway" (3/5) 4 "Walk in the Park" (3/5) 5 "Used to Be" (4/5) 6 "Lover of Mine" (3/5) 7 "Better Times" (3/5) 8 "10 Mile Stereo" (3/5) 9 "Real Love" (3/5) 10 "Take Care" (3/5) Total - 32 Average - 3.2 221/1001 124/221 albums reviewed were new to me.
Amazing album. Previously listened to Depression Cherry and thought it was ok but nothing special. This album is something special
I have never listened to Beach House before. This was an incredible surprise. Great album
Fine I guess for what it is but very boring. 2.5
Beach House is always a hit in my eyes, I loved this. It's on the longer side instead of Depression Cherry, love this.
Enjoyable
Great. Big uni flashbacks.
Easy to sink into this one
I'm extremely bias because when it came out I would look out the window of the steamy Manchester bus, listening to this on my broken iPod that needed me to hold the aux cable way too hard, and hope that a Zoey Deschannel manic pixie dream girl would see me and think I was mysterious and break my heart.
A time machine to Primavera 2018. Makes me want sewer beers
This kind of reminds me a of Florence and the Machine a bit, though I didn't like it quite as much as I do them. It's not something that's a go to for me, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. 3.5/5
Thought I'd listened to this one before, but I guess not. I liked it quite a bit and has me wanting to check out their whole discography. Good times. 3.75/5
Pretty, breezy, gauzy album...but there's not much to it and it just kind of sits there. I forgot about it as soon as I heard it. Not bad by any means, just kind of samey and boring. Some of it was like something that would fit on a Lynch/Badalamente soundtrack though which I can appreciate.
Some soothing dream pop. I really like the first half, opening track is lovely and I also enjoy Walk In the Park. But it gets very samey quickly. Beach House nails the ethereal quality of this kind of music but they don't really have the dynamic edge that can make it interesting, in the vein of groups like Cocteau Twins. Never fully understood the hype they get in the indie world but, it's a pleasant sound
Is this album really just one long song? If you're not looking at it move through the list, it all just blends together. I mean, it's fine enough music and the voice is lovely. But what's to grab onto here? Having listened a few times, I'll say it's perfectly fine background music. I don't think I could tell you three lyrics they used in a row, though. It does NOT belong on this list. Everyone that hasn't heard it is going to be just fine. They haven't really missed anything interesting or life-changing. Go listen to Cocteau Twins or Dead Can dance or Enya even. At least you can tell when a new song starts with them. While there's nothing annoying at all about this album aside from it's unchangingness, I'd usually give it a 3. MOR. But I'm annoyed by it's determined need to be the same the whole way through. I'm dropping it to a 2 because Why would you want to listen to it?
This is another example here of nothing wrong with it but no memorable. This is 1,001 Albums to Hear Before You Die...I've gotten a lot of "1,001 Albums that wont annoy you but you wont remember tomorrow"
Fun listen, nothing special 5/10 3/5
A bit whimsical for me
Pleasant but uncompelling.
very enjoyable while driving, reading, dissociating
Very good
It was perfectly pleasant if somewhat unremarkable.
Is this easy listening? There's nothing offensive about it, but there's nothing that truly excited me about it. I would absolutely, in a heartbeat, put this on in the background at a dinner party if I didn't want to point on classical music. But I didn't get swept up in any of the tracks and want to repeat them. Solid. Inoffensively bland. Musically strong. Just not my cup of tea.
alright
This was a super chill album. Not bad to listen at all.
Really good dream pop but I can't say that this album is particularly memorable.
Very representative of that decade. It's very good, but I hardly want to listen to this kind of stuff in general.
A great lush, warm and melancholic vibe all the way, but I can't say I was hooked by anything.
One of my goals for 2026 is to be less harsh with my reviews. I want to reserve 1s for only the most heinous of albums. Congratulations, 'Teen Dream'! That's you! Seriously. If I wanted to chill out to the delicate sounds of soulless non-music, I'd find some good ASMR. Note to admin: This is misclassified. It should be under shoegaze; not pop and definitely NOT rock.
Whenever it’s notated in the album’s review that the album was on the 1001 list I know that it’s going to be a one star. I think it’s supposed to give the album some credibility, but it just warns me nonsense awaits. Makes me question my life choices now that I’m 300 plus albums deep in this mess.
5.5/10
Popero, de ensueño, espacia, lindos teclados y efectos en generall. Está muy bien logrado pero creo que lo dreamy lo vuelve largo y eso le quita fuerza
Would listen again. Don't see the top album status, but piqued my interest.
It's not bad. Does what it says on the tin
Zebra: 4/10 Silver Soul: 6/10 Norway: 6/10 Walk In The Park: 5/10 Used To Be: 5/10 Better Times: 4/10 10 Mile Stereo: 3.8/10 Real love: 5.4/10 Take Care: 5/10
Nothing special
Generic chill sound, but not displeasing. I can tell why this flew under the radar of the masses, though. Needs more bite.
You couldn't find a more appropriate label for this than "Dream Pop".
Chill but didn't love
Fuck yeah - gimme shoegaze and dream pop any day of the week. Yeah, you could argue every song follows a similar format, but what a format. The crescendos here are beautiful. Production is beautiful. Vocals are beautiful. Listen to this, sit down and look at the stars and tell me you don't feel even a little bit better. 8 / 10 Best track/s: Walk In The Park, Better Times, Zebra
Boring and annoying at the same time.
8/10
It reminds me a little of Arcade Fire. I do not like Arcade Fire.
love the dreaminess, but gets a bit old towards the end of the album, 3/5
Zebra - 7 Silver Soul- 8 (money trees) Norway - 7 Walk In The Park - 8 Used To Be - 8 Lover Of Mine - 7 Better Times - 7 10 Mile Stereo - 8 Real Love - 7 Take Care - 8 This is so good musically. Sometimes dont love the vocals but the music overall feels ethereal.
185/1001 Beach House - Teen Dream Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ The algorithm has turned up two perfect weekend albums for me. This is perhaps not the Beach House album I'd have picked (Bloom or Depression Cherry), but it's still a wonderful listen. As the title suggests, it's got this dreamlike quality to it, but it doesn't completely carry you away. This is a bit more sparse than the two albums mentioned previously and not as lush. Still, I love it.
Pretty chill, don't know how often I'd revisit thkught
Album #1,001 Dreamy shoegazey background music. Nothing great, nothing offensive. It just is.
I like shoe-gazing, this one was good enough to add to the rotation.
beyond easy to listen to and lose yourself in, letting it all wash over you
i really love beach house but i've only listened to their cherry depression album! but this one is so good. it's putting me in such a mood 🫶🏻
Was wondering why this album was in the list. Then Silver Soul came on and of course it's because of Kendrick. I know of the most popular song of this artist because of these sad tiktok edits that are popular nowadays but I don't think their normal repertoire is that interesting. The start of this album is great to have on in the background but feel more like something you listen to when looking out a car window feeling self-pity. Definitely a vibe but not the one I'm in right now, maybe I'll try listening again later. The later part of the album got better after Used To Be
One of the albums of the decade for sure. Very cohesive and back to back really strong tracks. Beak house at the peak of their powers. Very emotive and take care is a fantastic ending. Have a very fond memory of listening to this album outside on a warm summer evening drinking aperol sprizes as the sun set.
this is the type of band to be in. just chill af
I had zebra on my end of year favourite songs mix of 2010. Funnily enough I never got around to listening to the album. I enjoyed listening to it today and it is definitely worth repeat listens. Dreamy music for when you just need to chill out. I’ve given it 3 stars, but feel it could be a 4 if I spend some more time with it.
Put it on, listened to it. Next day forgot I had listened to it and put it on again. Understood why. It's nice in the background, it's well put together but it's kind of just there in the background.
In some.ways there's nothing outstanding about this album, but on the flip side it's great to chill out to & worth repeat listens
Very pleasant
Can't possibly give this an unbiased review. This album will always hold a special place in my heart with the number of times I listened to it with Desmond when he was first born. For a while there Zebra was the song that I sang to him every time I put him down to sleep. And even with the tension of that environment I still love the song and this album as a whole. Such a dreamy and wonderful ride. I get sucked in each time that I take a single step into Zebra. For me this is the Beach House album that gets the most play. The songs have a beautiful, shimmering quality about them. And (at least for me) I find this to be some of their best lyrical work. My favorites are Zebra (obvs), Walk in the Park, Silver Soul, and Norway. But I have a huge amount of love for 10 Mile Stereo and the warmth of the closer Take Care. I always come away from this album feeling better about the world. Unquestionable 5 / 5.
Very pleasant album to soothe my brain the morning after a rough night with sick kiddos. No real standouts except I have heard Silver Soul before. This is an incredibly consistent album from start to finish that was just a treat to listen to. Reminded me a fait bit of Fleet Foxes. Not really sure where the My Bloody Valentine influence comes in because this is good music I am listening to and MBV is not.
Never really listened to Beach House except for what Kev has played for me. Really great album with some cool synths and electronics working in the background. Wispy vocals go really well with this. All around strong album, no complaints at all over here. Shoutout Baltimore
I love Beach House and Teen Dream! Shoutout Bmore! They are the epitome of dream pop for me. They're one of those bands that on the surface it's nothing special, but the layers and textures in their songs are incredible. Found them at Roo 2013 and haven't turned back. Pretty much every song on here is beautiful to me. Standouts are Silver Soul (sampled by Kendrick on Money Trees), Walk In the Park, 10 Mile Stereo, and Take Care. My kinda vibey album. Wish Bloom was on here too as those are their best 2.
2.5 meh
8/10 - I really liked this, soft indie synth pop
While this is classified as straight up pop I would put it in a genre that is called something like psychedelic pop if that is a thing. Its slow and sometimes kind of trippy and repetitive but the vibe throughout the album remain coherent and its definitely something I would listen to again or have on in the background while reading in the evening.
Not my favorite of them. It lost me in the middle and it's a little repetitive. Favorites: Silver Soul and Take Care.
We had this playing on our ride home from New Hampshire yesterday. It was better background music to be stuck listening to in the car than yesterday’s album, but is that what music should aspire to be? Background music? I also learned something new - there’s a category of music called dream pop, which this apparently is. Aptly named because it’ll put you to sleep listening to it. This was a snooze fest. Not sure why people choose to listen to this.
This album is a sleeper. I don’t see what the critics were acclaiming after listening to this album as it did nothing for me whatsoever. It was essentially the same dull song over and over again. No bueno.
Classic Shoegaze. It is perfectly ignorable. There is literally no statement, no musical point of view, no reason for existing. Album cover is perfect … almost there but not really … if you take the time to look closer, you’ll just be disappointed.
There was absolutely nothing interesting about this music. I appreciate that this is relaxing and calming, but even so, there needs be something that keeps you engaged. There is just nothing to grasp onto here. The cover art is very appropriate, barely visible beige, that sums up the album well. Barely noticeable.
Dream pop duo that's a bit more shoegaze-y and ethereal than similar sounding MGMT or Band of Horses. Tracks kinda run together in a not great way. Standout is "Silver Soul".
Trippy to listen to this after about 12 years of dreaming it. This sound is genuinely in my dreams. I was there! When it happened! It was electric when it came out. It sounds so simple now but it was genuinely sooooo cool when it came out. Feels attached at the hip to that Grizzly Bear sound on Vekatamist. And now I can’t help deconstruct it when I listen. Much more Farfisa than I realized. More old drum machines. I just like this sound a lot and I’m allowed to like what I like. Is it the most dynamic sound ever? Hell no, it’s fairly one-note. They’ve got a sound and they just keep doubling down. But I just like something about it… it feels effortless. A lot comes down to the strident, enchanting vocals. Great sound. 4/5
Great album. Very dreamy and chill. A little too chill, if you asked me. I'm on to you, Beach House!
Definitely enjoyed this dream pop album. Would love to keep digging into their catalogue.
Teen Dream is undeniably lush and beautiful. The textures are warm, the melodies drift pleasantly, and the whole album creates a soft, dreamlike atmosphere that’s easy to sink into. As mood music, it works very well. It’s calm, cohesive, and carefully constructed. For me, though, it stays mostly on the surface. I enjoy having it on, but it doesn’t dig in emotionally or linger once it’s over. The hazy vocals and slow-moving arrangements blur together in a way that’s soothing rather than compelling. It feels designed to support a mood more than to demand attention. I understand why this album means a lot to people, and I respect the craft behind it. It’s a record I could happily play in the background, but not one I feel drawn to sit with or return to intentionally. A solid three stars: lovely, immersive, and pleasant, but not something that deeply resonates with me.
I'd confess to anything to make this stop. When I set out on this project, I promised myself I'd listen to every album in its entirety. Thanks to collections of sound like this, I have broken that promise several times. I lasted under 3 tracks - on the third one they'd discovered the reverb knob on their synthesiser/computer program and were wriggling it backwards and forwards to particularly torturous effect. Just say no.
Good
This was OK, hadn't listened to much of them before and an entire album was a bit much for me but wouldn't mind hearing some of these tracks in a mix.
Absolutely fantastic album - still distinctly remember first listening to it during an a level maths class. Close call between this and their next album, Bloom, for my favourite.
Never heard this, very xx-like? Cool.
I don't know this band but I found this to be a reasonably enjoyable dream pop album, able to hold its own against some of the other shoegaze albums that've come up here. It's also probably doomed to slide out of memory fairly easily though.
Disfrute la vibra, buenos tracks
Ethereal, layered perfectly, never a flat moment. A perfect front-to-back dream-pop album. Beach House can make a legitimate claim for best run of albums of the 2010s, and this kicked it off. Songs added to the playlist: Zebra Norway Walk In the Park Used to Be Better Times 10 Mile Stereo Real Love Take Care
Wouldn’t even be on 100000000001 albums to listen to before you die
Loved it and hope to return. Started out particularly strong. As a full album, the dreaminess works for me, although it does verge on sleepiness toward the end.
2.5
Ethereal but good for little more than background music.
Teen Dream is definitely one of the most relaxing albums on this list. For some reason, when i first saw it, I thought that this album was gonna be shoegaze but since this album has practically zero distorted guitars or even anything resembling shoegaze, it isn't and is just a dream pop album. And that genre sure doesn't lie as this album sure was dreamy. The keyboards and the vocals especially gave that dream like vibe and i really liked that about this album. Granted, i don't get the album's full effect since i listened to this before work but i can still easily appreciate it. I was initially thinking of giving a high 3 stars but the later songs helped me push it to a 4. Best Song: 10 Mile Stereo Worst Song: Norway
Another band I wasn’t aware of. Another album that got much better on second listen. A bit dull first time round. Enjoyed tracks 2-4 second time round and Better Times. A few still didn’t move me though - e.g. Lover of Mine. Slight melancholic feel to it all. From a 2 to a high 3.
Fell asleep to the 1st time, I guess thats why they call it Dream pop. As something of a dreamer, I approve. Beautiful effects throughout. Especially on Norway.
That was quite an unexpected treat. I have to be honest I’m very sceptical of music I’ve not heard of from this era, but to be fair, this is one I could revisit Eclectic and interesting throughout. It’s making a. Strong call For a guest appearance on the playlist of the mythical café Kelvinos
Not very bad, but certainly not good
I don’t really understand why this the album that ends up on this list. Like it’s great, I love beach house, but I think that bloom and depression cherry are both better and I think they both showcase the style better. It was a good listen I’m just a little perplexed. Favorites: Norway, Take Care, Baby (Bonus Track)
Nice chill vibes. Perhaps a little too mellow? 2.5 if it was an option
Zebra Silver Soul Norway Walk in the Park
First listen and it is from Sub Pop, so looking forward to it. The first two songs started off jaunty and energizing and I was poised to purchase it in whole. I may still grab those songs, however the tunes slowly turn repetitive and in some cases badly out of tune, not that tune is a must, but more than that...discordant. Lover of Mine in particular made me push away.
Beach House/’Teen Dream’ are good but do I really need this album before I die? I’ve seen Beach House and it was an oddly loud concert. I enjoyed it then it kinda left my mind (besides how loud it was). This is good relaxation music to fall asleep to. The tracks blend together and it’s calming. I’ve listened to many Beach House albums and they all sound the same: solid but nondescript. Top tracks: “Zebra,” “Walk in the Park,” “Take Care”
*Joe Pesci Tales from the Crypt Meme* What the fuck is this piece of shit?! God, this is so not my vibe, and I'm gonna rate it completely on that. I hate whatever "dream pop" is. And this is that. Miss my ass with this. (it does sound lovely, tho, so here's your 2)
--Zebra...a dreamy alto --Silver Soul...I get the feeling this album has a vibe that it's going to stick to. will it get old? --Norway...song is nice, but very similar to what came before as I suspected. and we have 30+ more minutes of this --Walk in the Park...why is this over five minutes long? --Used To Be...the vibe continues. I appreciate that this is "only" four minutes long --Lover of Mine...I think this highlights one of the limits of the 1001. We only have so much time to listen before we move on to the next and sometimes an album is very much a "mood". I am not in the mood for this today --Better Times...I am liking this one. it has the same feel as the other tracks but the vocals are a little more exciting --10 Mile Stereo...another fine vocal performance but why is it five minutes long? If this album were a tight 35-40 we would be cooking --Real Love...same stuff --Take Care...I feel like I've listened to this same arpeggiated intro chord at least five times by this point
This album came out at the height of the indie movement of the aughts, so of course I'm familiar with it. It didn't grab me then, and it doesn't really grab me now. I recognize that it's good at what it does. I think the dreamy synth pop sound is cool, and they were certainly kings of it in the day. But, it's a little slow and a little bit monotonous for me. It's still an enjoyable album, but I wouldn't say that it's anything exceptional and certainly not an album that everyone needs to hear. However, if this sound is your thing, it's a must listen.
I’ve just never been able to really get into this band. I find it to be kind of a snoozefest.
kinda calm
This was fine. I didn't feel like this absolutely had to be part of a 'must-listen' list... but it was a perfectly fine listen for me. A pretty solid 3 rating. I wanted to like this more actually - 'Teen Dream' is a fantastic name for a record! Cool picture on the cover too. Overall I was just kind of happy to be through with it when it was over.
So bland, I forgot this was on. Meh.
Not a bad album, but the NME naming it as one of the Top 500 albums of all time tells you more about NME, than the music itself. And so here we have a very dreamy album. It doesn't inspire - it sends you to sleep. Which may - or may not - have been the point. Pleasant enough, but hardly a rallying call.
Nice, mellow :).
Amo a Beach House. Su música me lleva acompañando durante años y siempre es un rinconcito tranquilo en el que poder descansar. Sobre todo Once Twice Melody se ha ido convirtiendo en uno de mis discos favoritos, siendo incluso el disco que me ponía para dormir prácticamente durante un año entero. El dream pop es uno de los mejores inventos de la humanidad. Teen Dream no es de mis preferidos suyos, pero todo lo que hacen es fantástico y agradezco la oportunidad de dedicarle más tiempo a este disco específico. Intentaré encontrarle un lugar igual que a Once Twice Melody.
Oh this is so my jam. So very my jam.
9 It’s not my fave beach house album but it’s an album i still love to much, such a swell of emotion every time. Always feel like I’m getting wrapped up in something when I listen to them. Love the beach house
Good dreamy pop but hasn't aged as well as other albums from that era
Enjoyed this—chilled and a little dark. Giving it 4 so I come back to it.
Lovely dreamy shoegazey bliss. What's not to love !
A long time ago these guys bored me to death, but their older stuff has been growing on me lately. Just perfect, easy, dreamy music.
Oh hell yeah. Beautiful no skips.
There’s this sort of laziness about these guys that works for me. Slow slide like guitars and mellow but not too mellow vocals. There’s an almost trance like state with these songs. Buuuutttttttt…… Nothing changes. The songs hop from one to another with nothing being better than the previous one. That could work, believe me I know it can but here, it doesn’t. This had promise. It starts off confusing your ears and your feelings and then just lets you sit there. Like you have been edging this whole time and you never get to the end. Choice cut: Walk in the Park
Little too dreary for me.
Some really haunting sounds in here, very high highs but also a number of songs with considerably less impact in the latter half. 3.5/5
A little too ethereal
This one's a time capsule, even though I never really listened to it. I remember soft synth rock and dream pop taking off around this time. Bonobo. M83. The xx. Empire of the Sun. Maybe it was a reaction to the sudden proliferation of hype EDM and partyrock shite. Those other bands did the dream pop sound, but snuck in radio-friendly hits that made it into festival remixes and car commercials. Beach House kept it dreamy, which is fine, but on a real listen, I think it could've used a bit more pizazz. Zebra's a nice intro. Silver Soul has orders of magnitude more listens on Spotify than the rest, don't know why. Seems kinda unremarkable for a single. But it sounds like they'll get up to some slide guitar shenanigans throughout the album. Norway - yeah, nice slides. The middle songs kinda meander until 10 Mile Stereo, which has some motion and drama. Sounds like M83 with lesser vocals. Take Care is a good ending. It feels like it completes the dream. Overall, some nice instrumentals, but not a lot to distinguish it. It's not even that dreamy. Everything is played pretty safe. The pace and vocals all keep to the same narrow range. But I'd be interested to hear later albums and see where they went from here.
A beautiful and sensitive album. The atmosphere it creates is nostalgic and whimsical. Reminds me a lot of the fleet foxes, but less pretentious.
Dreamy synthpop. Overall a good listen but not my favorite album from them.
avocado music
Snoooooooze.
It's not unpleasant but it's really boring.
what a snooze
Never heard of album or band. Immediately tell it’s going to be alt-ish. Zebra was fine. Nothing special. Silver soul has a better start. Emotional, but I like it. Pretty poppy. Love a good song to sing fade in. Norway is pretty good, I want to like it more but there’s some parts that I don’t get. Walk in the park is the best song so far. Pretty catchy but not much more to it. Used to be is pretty fun, good song writing and I like the piano. Lover of mine is mid. I actually like better times a lot more than the last few. Emotional and good background music. Really like the guitar. 10 mile stereo is pretty good too, picking up towards the back half of the album. Real love is pretty good too. I like the piano a lot. Really cool outro too. Take care is a really good closer, one of the best songs of the album. Overall, not life changing. Good not great. Probably won’t listen to again. 2.4 stars
Shoegaze, dreampop, whatever you call it, it is not for me. Norway sounds like discount Lykke Li. This is infinitely better than Cocteau Twins. Maybe dream pop is better than shoegaze? The only good shoegaze is the song by Alabama Shakes. Just as I'm thinking that maybe this isn't so bad, Better Times comes up. This wavers between terrible and tolerable.
I like the ethereal, keyboard-driven sound, but it feels like there isn’t much musical range on display. The first track was really promising though, I really like Victoria Legrand’s vocals on this album. 3/5
Chill background music, but I don't think I'd come back to it
Ok
Forgettable
Perfectly passable dream pop
I really liked this one, simple and enjoyable, and beautifully eerie at times.
Good but a bit shoegaze-y for my tastes
Cozy but like sad cozy
I had never heard of this band. The album seems designed to be listened to in a shared student flat while everyone smokes weed. Fair enough…there have been some great albums you could say that about. I didn’t love it but it did grow on me as it went along. I hadn’t registered until after I’d finished that it was a 2010 release. I assumed it must have been a late ‘90s album because parts of it sounded so similar to Spritualized (whose ‘Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space’ album must surely be on this list?) but Spiritualized were over a decade sooner. Also wasn’t sure where they were from while I was listening: if you’d have told me they were Scandinavian that would have sounded plausible. Baltimore, Maryland, as it turns out. The tracks I preferred were those with the female vocalist. I liked the last track Take Care best. I won’t mind if having played them for 1001 albums purposes means a track or two of theirs pops up in my algorithmic playlists now and again.
I'd never heard of Beach House before and after hearing them I'm not sure how they have been influential in the music world. The music seemed pretty repetitive and for many tracks it mostly drowned out the vocals, often with a strange shushing echo tracking the vocals. As such I don't really know whether the lyrics were in some way influential, although I suspect not. Not horrible music, just not one for me.
I think I like the slow, liquidy jams here. Very chill, but also very easy to let this one drop into the background and not pay attention while it's playing.
Very chill vibe, would love to listen to it on a hike in Maine or on the east coast somewhere
01) Zebra - 7,5 02) Silver Soul - 8,0 03) Norway - 8,0 04) Walk In The Park - 7,5 05) Used To Be - 8,0 06) Lover Of Mine - 7,5 07) Better Times - 7,5 08) 10 Mile Stereo - 7,5 09) Real Love - 7,0 10) Take Care - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100) Current ranking: 308/736
Classic Beach House. Will I prefer the next album slightly more, this one is great as well. 4.5/5
Not for me
It was like one long 45 minute song that just had little breaks in between. 5/10
Nice to listen to something it feels like I would have picked out on my own. Chill and soothing, enjoyable and I would come back over and over again.
Solid Dream pop album that gets better with the time. I didn't see the one thing that convinced me of it being needed on this list to be frank.
lovely songs to have in the background, calm and relaxing
I liked it, it was good. It would be a 3.5 if I could but couldn’t stomach putting this the same rating as the Eagles lol.
Norway
133/1001 :: Beach House - Teen Dream Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes When it comes to indie dream pop albums it doesn’t get much better than this. I’ve listened to this album before but frankly not enough. It’s easy to bounce through the album and at first glance the songs come off fun, but lyrically deeper themes are being explored. So far it’s looking like one of the best albums to drop this century.
If you’re looking for a beautiful album that’s mellow and chill to lounge around the house to, then this is the perfect album. The music is very melancholic, immersive, and has a dreamlike atmosphere to it. You’ll definitely pick up on some vintage synths that give the album a nostalgic feel, along with subtle percussion layered in as a backdrop to enhance the ambient soundscape rather than being the driving force. Overall, this is really a very relaxing album that I would most likely either start my day with or end my day to help wind me down.
Mellow but doesn’t stick with me for some reason
2010s indie rock, folk. Floaty, dreamy and melodic.
Kinda averag
Enjoyed it. Recognized some songs, reminds me of David Gray.
This album reminds me of graduating college and trying to figure out my life. I travelled to see them in SoCal once. Love beach house to an uncomfortable degree.
Un disco que seguro espera. En la primera escucha, citando a una criptonita de todo hijo beach boy, hasta las canciones felices son tristes. Disfruté las más luminosas "Used to be" y "Lover of mine". Suena lindo. La voces están producidas de una manera en que no se vuelve meloso y eso se agradece, y los instrumentales están a un paso de sonar a publicidad, pero tampoco lo logran y ahí debe yacer el valor de todo disco lindo indie. No siento que haya algo en este disco que no vaya a encontrar en otro lugar. Las melodías me parecieron pegadizas por momentos, pero es altamente factible que no recuerde un compás. Seguramente esta banda tiene mejores cosas.
Songs that make you feel like you are walking on a beach in florida or something. Kinda eternal sushine of the spotless mind type
Pretty cool
Pleasant enough but I’ve heard this sound done much better
Slow and calm, a very chill album for a crazy week personally. Favourite song: Used to Be HM: Walk in the Park, Take Care
Usually my kind of thing but this never gets out of second gear.
Hipsters are gay/5 Ah yesss, music for people who want to be different for the sake of being different. In other words: hipsters. These sounds remind me a lot of someone who constantly annoyed me about being vegan, that guacamole is the best dish in the world and went to the gym almost every day. All in the name of 'self improvement'. Music for people who are super activist when they get out of school and tape themselves on the streets to fight pollution, just to not realize that they accelerate the issue. I call bs on this music being considered 'good'. It's always been bland and superficial stuff for people who didn't know better, trying to orientate themselves when entering Uni, or totally overestimating their intellect and impact. This music reminds me of all of that, of the time between 2012-2015 when 95% people my age tried to stick out. But if you're swimming with a crowd of hipsters, you're not the hipster - you're the crowd. This album is the epiphany of that. It's boring, says nothing and makes people think that it has more to offer than what's visible, except it doesn't.
3,5
Stuck in my head more than I would have thought, though not my cup of tea. Track 2 is the highlight.
Background music
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5/10… dreamgaze/ dreampop
Feels like a 49-minute-long song in the best and worst way possible. Beach House released way better albums after this one. I would not call this an essential album at all.
So dreamy, but never to the point of feeling like it blew itself away; it remained fluid but thick and sweet.
Standouts: Lover of mine 10 Mile Stereo
Nice dream pop album. I remember when this came out and it’s accurate about it being an influential record. Lots of pop and indie of today took its cues from this record. Some of the songs blur together and just aren’t interesting enough to keep my attention but this is for the most part a solid 2010’s record.
The five song run at the beginning…transcendent. Long time comfort album, it just sounds sooooo good
Pretty boring and insipid. Very difficult to keep my attention on the music.
Very dreamy and ethereal. Very cool.
imagine you're David liu in 2015-2017 and you give beach house to jess. he's like oh man this is cool but doesn't really believe you. fast forward a decade and he's been wrong. this is beautiful fall sad music. wendy would dig it. FOUR! better than my most recent FOUR!
Loved the dreamy atmosphere on this one, a really good record from start to end.
This was nice in part and lush. But it was also completely unmemorable. I'm reviewing days later and that's all I remember about it.
This was fine. Like, the tunes and voices were alright, a bit mgmt in places, but the instruments were just nice. Too nice. I felt like they just lacked a bit of edge. A bit of interest. And because of that it was a little bit boring.
Not my cup of tea, so I wasn't paying too much attention tbh. Ig it was good for background music.
A good album that I wouldn't normally listen to. That's a three star rating, baby
Beach House is one of those bands who has one song they play over and over, but I like that one song.
Boring
It had its moments. But overall not great.
A bit insipid and uninspiring. Nice enough for background but never grabbed my attention really.
Money Trees sample spotted
Uninspired but competent dream pop. Probably closer to a 3, but at one point I literally forgot I'd already listened to it.
Meh, it’s an ok album