Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.


or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
or
Amazon Prime Free Trial required. Sign up when you check out. Learn More
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Teen Dream (W/Dvd) (Vinyl) [Import]

Beach House LP Record
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Price: CDN$ 27.10 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Only 1 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.
Want it delivered Tuesday, May 28? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this album with Bloom CDN$ 16.75

Teen Dream (W/Dvd) (Vinyl) + Bloom
Price For Both: CDN$ 43.85

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Teen Dream (W/Dvd) (Vinyl)

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details

  • Bloom

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 25. Details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought


Product Details


Product Description

Product Description

Limited deluxe vinyl LP/DVD edition including a bonus DVD containing a video for every song on the album, each by a different director.. 2010 album from the Baltimore duo. 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 and Blonde Redhead), Teen Dream is their third album and their Sub Pop debut. Teen Dream gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of the album has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past nine to 12 months.

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Customer Reviews

3 star
0
2 star
0
1 star
0
4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5 stars
Most helpful customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Teen Dream - Beach House Sep 11 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
2010 proved to be an amazing year for albums, and most critics would agree, that you can't formulate a top ten greatest albums of 2010 without somewhere including Teen Dream from Beach House. Not only did it prove that "Dream Pop" can be a truly engrossing experience, but also that Victoria Lagrande and her partner really have chops as performers. Her voice will capture you In many ways most other female vocalists don't. Zebra, Norway, 10 Mile Stereo, Walk in the Park, and Lover of Mine are all some of 2010's strongest and most beautifull works!
Was this review helpful to you?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy May 16 2010
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Beach House has the sort of sound that you'd expect from a band with that name -- languid, vaguely dreamlike pop, full of summer nights, sparkling stars and a twist of reto 60s psychedelica. "Teen Dream" is a pretty polished product of that sound -- it's basically a string of silvery pop tunes, all of them enjoyable and sweet but with only one real standout.

"Zebra" opens the album like a sunrise -- a languid cycling guitar, and murmured lyrics about a deceptive, exquisite person. "You know you're gold, you don't gotta worry none/Oasis child, born and so wild/Don't I know you better than the rest/All deception, all deception from you..." It slips easily into the second song, the mellow curling "Silver Soul."

The songs that follow are mostly in the same vein -- mellotron laced pop songs that reek of the 60s, breathless rustling stretches, peppy beach-party tunes like "Used To Be," and sparkly melodies that rattle and shimmer like a jewelry box. And if the first couple songs are sunrise, the final couple of songs are sunset -- a slow, easy descent into the stately "Real Love" and the soft, vaguely psychedelic "Take Care."

"Teen Dream" is a lot like Beach House's last two albums -- in other words, it's a fairly steady and unwavering little pop album. There are some little speckles of dancy sound or uptempo moments, but a lot of the time it's just a steady stream of mildly psychedelic pop. The biggest flaw is that there's only one real standout song on the album (the alluring epic "Walk in the Park").

In fact, the rest of the songs just bleed into a big satiny expanse, but fortunately they're very sweet, pretty songs. As for the instrumentation, it's all very smooth and seamlessly wound together -- lots of gentle percussion, cycling guitars, plinky keyboard and some tambourine, and colorful pillars of organ that prop up the slower melodies.

Victoria Legrand's raspy voice is a bit of a surprise at first, but eventually it sinks into the melodies and becomes a part of them. And while their lyrics have some awkward moments ("The heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw"), but otherwise they tend to be a bit surreal and very evocative ("The needle along the spinning wheel/Collecting silver coil/It gathers heat without you"), with wooden houses, beaches, and lovers who want too much.

"Teen Dream" is a slightly more polished form of Beach House's signature sound -- mellow, sweet and very pretty. Nice work.
Was this review helpful to you?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars pretty good Feb 23 2010
By ? TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
een Dream by Beach House
this is a pretty good album, sort retro new wave with modern alternative rock. i was happily surprised when i opened it and got a dvd to. for 2 guys they produce some pretty complex layering. great vocal ability, reminds me of the 80's band 'talk talk'. check it out.
Was this review helpful to you?
Want to see more reviews on this item?

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category


Feedback


Amazon.ca Privacy Statement Amazon.ca Shipping Information Amazon.ca Returns & Exchanges