Best Beach House Album (So Far)

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someone in the Beach House thread wanted to see an ILX consensus for the best Beach House album, so I knew what I had to do.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Bloom 18
Teen Dream 13
Devotion 7
Depression Cherry 7
Thank Your Lucky Stars 2
Beach House 1


joshywinty (josh), Friday, 19 January 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link

Teen Dream, followed closely by Depression Cherry.

J. Sam, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:16 (six years ago) link

my personal ranking from most favorite to least favorite:

Depression Cherry
Teen Dream
Beach House
Devotion
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bloom

note that this is on a scoring scale of 9.3 - 8.8. they're my favorite.

joshywinty (josh), Friday, 19 January 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link

depression cherry 4 life

call all destroyer, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:30 (six years ago) link

I think it’s Teen Dream.

At the right moment, Take Care can really get me.

treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link

The best Beach House song might be Elegy to the Void off Thank Your Lucky Stars though.

treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:38 (six years ago) link

yeah elegy to the void is one of their finest moments for sure

voted bloom with depression cherry and thank your lucky stars as my other top 2

kolakube (Ross), Friday, 19 January 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link

What a fantastic band though.

treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:41 (six years ago) link

i'm thinking bloom, but probably only cause that's the one that came around when i was most at a "beach house-y" point in my life

austinb, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link

the spoon of dream pop in terms of consistency, truly

austinb, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link

I was so sad when I studied abroad in Denmark. I had a good time but it was a sad time. I listened to Teen Dream a lot.

treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link

All of these albums are good though. There are usually at least one or two songs on each album that I find jaw droppingly beautiful. On Bloom that’s Lazuli.

treeship 2, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link

Devotion

flappy bird, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link

Thank Your Lucky Stars close 2nd

flappy bird, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link

the hours is a great cut

kolakube (Ross), Friday, 19 January 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link

teen dream

iatee, Friday, 19 January 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link

Toss up between Bloom and Teen Dream for me and i adore then both.

(•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 19 January 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link

Them*

(•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 19 January 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link

I remember in 2010 feeling really bad for them when they had Teen Dream in January and Katy Perry had Teenage Dream in the summer.

flappy bird, Friday, 19 January 2018 04:50 (six years ago) link

I felt bad for Katy Perry.

geoffreyess, Friday, 19 January 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link

such a great band

the tune was space, Friday, 19 January 2018 05:37 (six years ago) link

Teen Dream no doubt

nostormo, Friday, 19 January 2018 05:45 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 22 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link

Teen Dream, the first one I heard. I find it kinda hard to put myself in the place I was when I first heard it though. I thought the vocalist was a wonderfully feminine sounding man and was shocked when I discovered, some time later, that it was a woman. I can't hear it as a man now. I know what I thought but I can't get there.

Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 22 January 2018 00:36 (six years ago) link

Same! I thought Alex Scally was the singer til my friend corrected me.

geoffreyess, Monday, 22 January 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link

voted for Bloom because I think it has the best recording of Victoria's voice, but know that Teen Dream is the correct answer.

campreverb, Monday, 22 January 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link

Bloom seems the most consistent and transcendent to me. With the Teen Dream and DC in a very close 2nd

octobeard, Monday, 22 January 2018 08:19 (six years ago) link

bloom and some of depression cherry are all i've ever managed to get into, idk why i don't like them more

ufo, Monday, 22 January 2018 09:13 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link

a vote for every record, as it should be

flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:58 (six years ago) link

four months pass...

anyone have any qualms about redoing this with 7 added?

don piano (Ross), Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link

not at all! but maybe we should wait a bit longer to allow it to sink in a bit more

joshywinty (josh), Thursday, 24 May 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link

You got it josh :)

add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link

lotta love for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qht0D21hiL0

California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link


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