Owl City - Ocean Eyes

I've always been a fan of Owl City and was excited to finally get Ocean Eyes Deluxe on CD. My top 3 favorite songs were Tip of the Iceberg, Hello Seattle, and of course Fireflies (who could forget?) I think my 3 least favorite songs on the album were probably The Saltwater Room, Sunburn, and Umbrella Beach. Ocean Eyes Deluxe Version: Disc one 1. Cave In: 6/10. I actually do like this song but it wasn't in my top 3. 2. The Bird and the Worm: 7/10. Another good one that you can dance and sing along to but not in my top 3 either. 3. Hello Seattle: 10/10. A great classic song by Owl City that makes me want to go to Seattle! 4. Umbrella Beach: 5/10. Umbrella Beach is an okay song but easy to forget compared to other songs on the album. 5. The Saltwater Room: 4/10. This is my least favorite track on the album, it feels slow and long and drags out a bit too much. I do like the lyrics though. 6. Dental Care: 6/10. If I did a top 5 songs from Ocean Eyes I probably would've put Dental Care on it, it's just such a fun upbeat song that makes me smile! 7. Meteor Shower: 9/10. I absolutely adore this song and almost put it in my top 3. Such powerful music! 8. On The Wing: 6/10. This song is a bit too long for my liking but I do like the melody. 9. Fireflies: 10/10. So nostalgic and awesome to listen to, clever lyrics and memorable synths that will be in my memory forever! 10. Tip of the Iceberg: 10/10. This is my favorite song on the album by far both lyrics wise and music wise. Such a delight to listen too and I never get tired of hearing it! 11. Vanilla Twilight: 8/10. A great track but a bit too slow on the buildup. 12. Tidal Wave: 7/10. Sometimes I forget about Tidal Wave but it's okay to listen to. Disc two 1. Hot Air Balloon: 8/10. Love this song! The lyrics on this track are so creative and inspire adventure. 2. Butterfly Wings: 5/10. An easy to forget song but not bad. 3. Rugs from Me to You: 6/10. I find the lyrics for this track a bit silly and hilarious but enjoyable at the same time. 4. Sunburn: 5/10. Personally I didn't like this song and thought it was a bit bland but that's just my opinion. 5. Hello Seattle - Remix: 7/10. Wish this song had words as its a Remix of its original version but the piano in it sounds beautiful. 6. If My Heart was a House: 8/10. A sweet, beautiful song that has wonderful lyrics and melodies. 7. Strawberry Avalanche: 7/10. Again, not one of my favorites but still okay. In the end I will always love Owl City and his music no matter what!

Like many people, I first found out about Owl City after Fireflies, the first single from this album, was released in 2009. After hearing how different of a song it was, I made sure to look up Ocean Eyes, and listen to the album. Every song is in its own little universe, and you cannot help but feel completely elated whilst listening to it. I owned the album for months and never got sick of it, and now that the deluxe edition has been released, it has breathed even more fresh air into what is one of the best albums of 2009, in my opinion. For the deluxe, there are 6 new songs, including a Hello Seattle remix which takes my breath away. Hot Air Balloon - My favorite new song on the extra disc. It instantly starts out the collection of new songs with an entirely positive energy and uplifting lyrics, which are bound to pull you from a depressing mood and get you dancing. 10/10 Butterfly Wings - While a lot of the songs from Ocean Eyes sound more "produced" than Adam Young's older works (such as his EP, Of June), this song leans more towards his older songs then anything else. However, it still retains that classic happy-go-lucky mood and is a welcome edition to the newer songs. 7/10 Rugs From Me To You - Even though this song only clocks in at 1:28, it impressed me from the very first second. In fact, it was a bit shocking how different it sounded from the other songs, and in a good way. A very welcome change that gives more diversity to the album if you ask me. 9/10 Sunburn - Nice chill song, perfect for summer. I can't wait to play this song (as well as the entire deluxe edition album) at the beach, exercising outside, exc. Also, this song was on the soundtrack for 90210. 8/10 Hello Seattle (Remix) - Surprisingly, my favorite from the 7 songs, and one of my favorites from the entire Ocean Eyes album. Even though the song is just a remix of the classic Owl City song, Hello Seattle, the entire production is just magnificent. As someone who doesn't normally like remixes and thinks they sound too similar, this remix sets such a electronic tone that I still have it on constant repeat. The beginning starts off nice and slow with a piano rendition of the song, then progresses slowly into a more upbeat melody, then finally topping off the song with electronic and dance beats that would make anyone want to dance or jam out. My one problem with it, is that it is mostly just the beat, and no words besides about five chants of Hello Seattle from the original song. 10/10 If My Heart Was a House - A slower jam from the album, but still great of course. The lyrics definitely are more traditional then the rest of the songs, but still make for a romantic song that I pleasantly enjoy. 8/10 Strawberry Avalanche - Definitely a favorite from the album, for sure. The upbeat tone is back, and makes me float away into a sea of strawberries. Definite summer song, and makes me excited for strawberries in the summer. Love it! 10/10 Overall, the original album by itself was incredible, but the deluxe edition's 7 songs definitely hold their own up to the first 12 sounds. Sometimes these deluxe editions give you 1 or 2 subpar songs that are just being released to make money, but not with Owl City! For anyone who desperately needs a break from the overall negative tone of music being put out there these days, but still want a nice beat that will make them want to dance and sing, Ocean Eyes is the album for them. In fact, it's an album for anyone really. We all need some positivity in our lives, and listening to Owl City will for sure put you into such a happy, on top of the world mood. Perfect for kids and adults, I'm so happy that music like this is finally getting exposure to Top 40 radio and music in general. Go Owl City!

Loved the album

When I was a kid my friend let me use her Ocean Eyes CD to put music on my new iPod I had gotten for Christmas that year. This was the first album I put on that iPod and I listened to it over and over. Fast forward almost 20 years and I'm getting into vinyl and higher quality audio, I see this is offered for sale on Amazon and I have to buy it. The record itself is beautiful with a blue record and a white record disk. The album art is magnificent and it's great to see it blown up to full album size. The songs are iconic including Fireflies and Vanilla Twilight, I could listen to this album and never get tired of it.

I love this vinyl!! The colors of the vinyls are so fun and the overall album is great. I did have a very weird experience though. When I first got this vinyl I had a suitcase record player. This vinyl, specifically the song Hello Seattle, sounded horrible on it. Some notes would go flat and some of the techno sounds just were grating. I was so sad but decided to keep the vinyl anyways because I’d been wanting it so much. About a year later my husband and I upgraded our player. It now is a nicer tabletop player with quality speakers, and an audio technica cartidge. The vinyl sounds AMAZING. I almost cried. We’ve now played the vinyl on both players back to back and the difference is crazy. Moral of the story, if you get this vinyl and it sounds weird, try it on a different player.

Das ist das erste komplette Album, welches ich mir als Download gekauft habe. Der Mehrpreis gegenüber dem normalen Album war gering, die zusätzlichen Titel werten das Album nochmals auf. Obwohl es sich ausschließlich um elektronisch erzeugte Klänge handelt, strahlt die Musik eine angenehme Wärme aus, sie weht durch die Ohren, wie warme Somemrluft. Die Titel im Spiegel der Einzelkritik: 1. Cave in - schwungvoller Opener, gut gemacht 7/10 2. The Bird and the worm - drolliger Text, dazu gute Musik 8/10 3. Hello Seattle - der 1. große Hammerhit, eine raffinierte Komposition, welche nicht nach Strophe-Refrain-Rhytmus aufgebaut ist, sondern eher 2 gute Refrains hintereinander abspult, klare 10/10 Punkte 4. Umbrella Beach - etwas discolastig, clever eingebaute Tempowechsel, verschiedene Instrumentensoli lassen auch diesen Track aufwändig und kreativ klingen 8/10 5. The saltwater room - das erste langsamere Stück, hier wird der Anlauf genommen für das fantastische "Fireflies", schöner Refrain, bei welchem offenbar auch eine Frau mitsingt 9/10 6. Dental Care - es ist die selbe Richtung, die selbe Stimme, trotzdem: auch dieser Titel kann überzeugen 8/10 7. Meteor Shower - fängt ruhig und getragen an, um dann wieder einen hammermäßigen Refrain rauszuballern, großes Kino, leider etwas kurz 10/10 8. On the wing - das Feuerwerk an fantastischer Musik brennt weiter, diesmal mit über 5 Minuten lange ! es sind hier die verbindenen Musikelemente zwischen Strophen und Gesang, welche besonders hervorstechen 9/10 9. Fireflies - ein perfekter Popsong, alles stimmt, ganz klare 10/10 10. The Tip of the Iceberg - was soll noch Fireflies noch kommen können ? der Track bemüht sich zunächst um Gelassenheit (das Auslaufen von Fireflies), um dann eine Melodie abzufeuern, welche etwas an Techno-Zeiten erinnert, aber viel lieblicher, schwungvoller und vor allem nicht so seelenlos klingt 8/10 11. Vanilla Twiligth - epische Breitwand-Ballade, wieder sehr gut 9/10 12. Tidal Wave - ein "nur" normaler Track am Ende 6/10 Zusätzliche Tracks ( oder CD2 ) 13. Hot air balloon - noch ein Hit a la "Fireflies", Wahnsinn !! 10/10 14. Butterfly wings - wieder eine tolle Melodie, ohne richtigen Refrain, aber trotzdem sehr gut 8/10 15. Rugs from me to you - kurz und prägnant, fängt karnevalesk mit eine Art Akkordeon an 8/10 16. Sunburn - der richtige Start am Morgen, sonnig, hell, klar 9/10 17. Hello Seattle (Remix)- sinnvolle Maxi zu dem Hit, die Melodie baut sich in einem über 2 Min. langem Instrumental auf, der Titel bekommt einen neuen disolastigen, tanzbaren Anstrich 10/10 18. If my heart was a house - sehr schöne Ballade zum Schluß, zum Träumen, nach dem Muster von "Meteor shower" wird ein klasse Refrain rausgeballert 9/10 19. Strawberry avalon - gut, aber ohne Eigenständigkeit, man hat das Gefühl, dass einige gute Melodien anderer Tracks lediglich neu verrührt wurden 6/10 Man muß dem Album schon eine Weile zuhören können, um die Melodien zu entdecken. Wer zuhören kann, wird an dieser Platte lange Freude haben. Ganz klare Kaufempfehlung !

Yeah ok, the lyrics are sappy, so what? They go with the music which projects Adam Young's feelings that he's always wanted to convey through music. He just goes into his head and produces this optimistic sound that no other artist has ventured into in quite the same way. "Fireflies" gave him commercial success but it's not a one song album that's for sure. There's great piano, synth and guitar work to admire here along with nicely placed electronic effects. I won't go into to detail about the songs because I think that's a journey you've got to take yourself in your own way but I'll mark out my favourites and the ones I don't think are quite as good, but I'm just one fan out of many of course. The bonus disc makes the difference here as I believe it has one of the best Owl City songs ever made; the "Hello Seattle" remix. Once you take the chords of that song, take out all of the weird auto tuned lyrics just leaving "Hello Seattle" and make it bouncy it's an amazing transformation. I'm not trying to put Adam's lyric writing down here because it can be very good, but on certain songs I find myself listening to the music above the lyrics. "Hot Air Balloon" is another nice tune and "Sunburn" makes it a nice top 3 of the bonus songs. Apart from that the other four songs aren't much to get excited about on the bonus disc. As a physical album it's very nice - folds out with nice artwork like a "Deluxe Edition" should. Overall? Well as Adam Young said about "All Things Bright and Beautiful", the follow-up to "Ocean Eyes", "It feels a lot more finished than the last one was". So I'd agree with that, this is a good album not to be taken too seriously but it feels a bit unfinished with a few loose ends shall we say. Favourites: Hello Seattle (Remix) - Bonus Disc Cave In On the Wing Songs I skip over: The Bird and the Worm Hello Seattle Those songs I mentioned on the bonus disc

Billbordランキングでowlcityを知り、 今回 MAYBE I'M DREAMING とあわせて購入しました。 私は普段趣味で絵を描くんですが、作業用BGMに驚きの効果を発揮します。 キラキラとして落ち着きのある曲調、かと思ったら爽やかな曲で癒されたり。 ですが、作業に支障が出るほどうるさい曲はありません。 作業に集中しながら聴ける曲ばかりですので、ぜひ一度お試しあれ。 MAYBE I'M DREAMINGと比較するといくつか同じ楽曲がありますので、 私のように同時購入の際は気をつけておくと良いかもしれません。

Me super encantó valió la pena su costo tan alto por ser importado, un excelente grupo y sus rolas ni se diga, el mejor álbum de ellos.

Owl City ことAdam Young、彼はソングライターというよりは詩人という表現がぴったり。 サウンドはエレクトリカルで全般を通してキラキラした感じで耳に馴染みやすいです。 そして、メロディーそのものがとても美しい。 その美しいメロディーとは裏腹に内容は深いものです。 IもYouも素直に自分と相手ではなく自然の中の森羅万象を擬人化していたり、歌詞というよりはポエムの世界。ぜひ、Adam Youngの詩の世界を堪能してみてください。 このOcean Eyesに収録されている#3 Hello Seattle, #5 The Saltwater Roomは別アルバムにも収録されていますが、微妙に違っているので、別バージョンと聞き比べるのもおもしろいです。