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 enlarge | Artist: Vampire Weekend
Label: Xl
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
Buy New: £5.54
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40318
UPC: 634904031824
EAN: 0634904031824
ASIN: B0010V4TZU
Release Date: January 28, 2008
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Breath of Fresh Air June 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Light and engaging pure pop,definately "preppy" in style , reminicent of the likes of Five Man Electrical Band from the late 60's. Light and airy and definately not to be taken seriously. Music for the summer. Enjoy a breath of summer and sunshine and fresh air.
 Music has returned! June 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having listended with disdain as boring guitar hooks have begun dominating the radio stations, I was so relieved when I heard this album. For years, the best bands were releasing albums of high quality, but since guitar music returned to being all the rage, record companies have been more willing to release the mediocre in order to cash in on the popularity of it. Finally, this album has seen top quality, inventive music return.
It is somewhat ironic that this British observor has needed some more New Yorkers to reignite his passion, but after hearing all the recent, average British deliverings from the likes of Pigeon Detectives, Foals and the like, it was just this slick, confident New York helping that I needed. It is a similar feeling for me as when The Strokes first burst on. That relief. Granted, this period of mediocrity has not been as long as it was preceding The Strokes, but this is still an important break from an important band.
It has been apparently hard for bands to be original in the current climate but this album achieves that and more. From the first bars of "Oxford Comma" and "A-Punk" to the cute, African influenced strings of "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", this is so refreshing. Synths are also used in careful quantities and they fit in perfectly. The vocals are young, naive and bold. Which is superb.
"I Stand Corrected" is a beautifully crafted, lyrically-confessional masterpiece of this moment in musical time. It is, for me, the standout track of the album with it's elegant mixture of harmonising strings with military-style drums. It's length and abrupt end just bring about more of the inevitable comparisons with Casablancas and New York's finest on their legendary debut. And in the next track, "Walcott", they seem to combine epic with lo-fi, however impossible that may seem. And again, the abrupt end is brilliant.
This album is one that will make you sit up and listen and take great note. Unlike so much recently, it is not background music. It is innovative, inventive, original, bold and confident. When a band can cram all those things successfully into a debut, only good things can come. And at little over 30 minutes, you will be left craving more.
Absolutely superb.
Brilliant May 27, 2008
Had never heard of this band, saw them at radio one's big weekend, am now a huge fan!! Fantastic album.
Quality pop May 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I must be getting old because I bought this after reading a review in the Grauniad!!! But no regrets here- it's fun, quirky pop that put me in a spring mood, probably because of the reggae/Afro rhythms that permeate the tracks. The most obvious comparison that sprang to mind for me was actually with the Beatles because, like a Beatles album, the tracks are all a bit original and eccentric.
BUY THIS! May 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Undoubtable the album of the year, if you are too cool for school - you would be mad to miss out on this corker... but enjoy it now, before radio 1 get their claws in to it!
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