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Dear Science | 
| Manufacturer: Interscope
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $5.00
Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 31
Genre: miscellaneous-audio-recordings
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B001G7HQXU
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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 Simply Thrilling November 30, 2008
Jeremy Shatan (New York, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The sound of a band of talented originals flowering into a sound of collective genius. The already brilliant group finds a way on this album to stay on mission while bringing a new accessibility to their sound. The vocals are better sung and better recorded than before. The variety of sound worlds brings to mind records like Bowie's Scary Monsters. There is also an emotional connection in this music that is new for them. One of the best of the year and likely the decade. The deluxe edition is well worth it for the extra tracks and remixes. Buy it now and prepare the hair on the back of your neck to stand at attention.
Dear Science November 30, 2008
Mud Pyramid (Omaha, Nebraska USA)
Dear Science,
I beg that you not ask me of the intricacies of music, for I shall falter in that regard. I beg that you refrain from calling upon me for terminology, for I am but a meager wretch. I beg that you call upon me to describe music that is complex yet simple, for that is the music that moves me so. It is TV on the Radio that I call upon for such extravagance of late, for it is they who intertwine such beautiful harmonies with delicate and intricate instruments. One need only listen to the beauty that is Love Dog to know that some musicians are trying too hard, and others are not trying hard enough. One need only listen to Heroic Dose to know that in a world of musical chaos and debauchery, subtlety still has a place. It is lyrical phrasing that the singer employs in songs like Shout Me Out that lead me to believe I've heard his voice for many years when I'm hearing it for the first time. It is in Dogs of Light that I hear the pain and joy combined in one breath. It is in the beauty of this music that I find myself being carried to places I've never seen and places I've always been. It is in this music that I find my darkness and light. To the rest who are still searching, I bid you good night.
More good stuff from TOTR November 22, 2008
Thomas J. Purrenhage (Oak Park, IL United States)
I was a huge fan of Return to Cookie Mountain by this band, and this album continues that album's strengths. Strong songwriting, and a sonic style unlike any other. Distinctive, haunting and entirely grand.
 Not Up to the Hype November 19, 2008
Donald Gavert (So Cal)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While the boys from the Bronx do pretty much repeat their first release, the songs I feel do not live up to the rave reviews by critics. The live performance here in L.A. on 11/6/08 was also a let down from what had been experienced last year at the Fonda.
In terms of the actual product received, the jewel case was cracked.
What good music is all about. November 16, 2008
S. Walker (NM)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There was something about 'Return To Cookie Mountain' that intrigued me and I tried repeatedly to get into that record. Ultimately, I came away liking only a couple of the songs but also with great respect for the band's creativity. It was an unusual combination of feelings.
For me, 'Dear Science' resolves that conflict. There is no sacrifice in imagination or creativity and the songs have a more accessible style which peaks in track two, 'Crying'. However, there is no lack of dark sentiment here, both musically and lyrically. In particular, 'Halfway Home' and 'Family Tree' two of the record's highlights, generate a feeling of weird dread and disturbance due to the ideas and pictures they suggest but never fully reveal.
While all the lyrics are interesting and fit very well with the music, vocalist Tunde Adebimpe's lyrics are are nothing short of poetry. His narrative sketches are, at times, almost hypnotic.
Guitarist David Sitek's production is noticeable for the intelligent balance it strikes between the Jaleel Bunton's multi-level drumming styles and nice touches of horns here and there amongst the synths and vocals.
As for the deluxe edition? There are actually sixteen tracks, with track twelve being exactly four minutes of silence. The four extra tracks are worth the extra cash. 'Make Love All Night Long' is a good song but not quite as good as the album tracks. 'Heroic Dose' clocks in at about seven minutes and has a spoken french vocal over electronics and horns - also pretty good. 'Dancing Choose' is the only song I don't like on the record and so the remix leaves me cold too. The remix of 'Crying' is a little longer than the original at 4.29 and stays faithful to the original version with the addition of extra synths and some cutting and pasting of the vocals.
Album of the year? Well, what does that mean anyway? That said, for me, 'Dear Science' is one of the top three records of the year, along with 'Consolers Of The Lonely' by The Raconteurs and 'The Seldom Seen Kid' by Elbow.
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