Unapologetic
Rihanna
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Reviews (3)
The libraries' assessment
d. 5. Sep. 2012
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 5. Sep. 2012
<i>"It's time for you to shine brighter than a shooting star",</i> synger Adam Young aka Owl City på "Shooting star", og på sit femte album synes den 26-årige generte amerikaner også på vej ud af ungkarlekammeret. Så ind er kommet det norske producerteam Stargate, som også har arbejdet med Rihanna og Shakira, men hvor man måske kunne frygte en mere glat og overfladisk Owl City, er resultatet snarere mere cool og mindre desperat. Owl City tør godt danse, men følsomheden lever stadig i bedste velgående på numre som "Silhouette" og "Take it all away". Owl City gambler, men lykkes strategien, kan han på ny blive stor.
AllMusic
2012
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Fred Thomas
2012
"There are still glimmers of the sonic personality that drew so many to Owl City in the first place, as on the tenderly heartbroken piano ballad "Silhouette," but much of the album is absent any personality at all, sounding like Young singing karaoke of vaguely familiar Top 40-styled tunes in his precious doe-eyed quaver. Even absent is the guilty satisfaction that so often comes with this kind of calculated heavily processed radio fare. With just a few exceptions, The Midsummer Station's would-be mainstream anthems of youth, love, and longing come off generic, hollow, and barely enjoyable".
BBC music
d. 17. Aug. 2012
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John Aizlewood
d. 17. Aug. 2012
"He has no fear of dance, and while the Stargate-helmed Shooting Star owes much to another of their creations, Katy Perry's Firework, there's a familiar touching vulnerability to the piano ballad Silhoutte ("I can't put to bed these phobias and fears") and Take It All Away, his most musically daring moment.If this gamble works, Owl City will be huge again and, this time, Young sounds like he wants it. If the downwards spiral continues, he's still made a brave and bold addition to what is increasingly looking like a catalogue to relish".