149 reviews
Sales Rank: 16

Genre: pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes

ASIN: B0011BGY66

Release Date: January 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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4 out of 5 stars

Hum the day away January 6, 2009
redhooded (USA)
This cd is a happy cd. I loved the band so much I purchased it for a couple of friends to spread the word of the band. Later on saw them featured on MTV...WAY TO GO!! I hope everyone enjoys this cd as much as I did.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Listen January 6, 2009
BKX (California)
This album is great. At first I didn't know what to expect, but the songs are catchy and will liven up your day. Worth a listen, and at this price it is a steal.

5 out of 5 stars

Pure joy January 3, 2009
Stephanie Ziemann (Brooklyn, NY)
I won't go into a lengthy review - I just saw that this was at $5 for a digital download, and I wanted to say, pull the trigger - it's an absolute steal. I bought this a while back in hard copy after stumbling across the album on Amazon and getting a good feeling about it. It continues to be one of my favorite albums I own. Witty, catchy, and upbeat, with a living, thriving sound, the album reminds me of driving from the suburbs to the city in the summertime with the windows down. Windy and bright, youthful and euphoric, this album is lovely enough to make you smile, lively enough to make you dance, catchy enough to make you sing. And even after looking at the lyrics, you don't know what the f*** they're talking about. And honestly, that might be the best part.

4 out of 5 stars

Hail, Columbia! January 3, 2009
Kevin A. Freeman (MA)
Being behind the curve (read: someone who never watches MTV or reads Rolling Stone), I had not heard of Vampire Weekend until I read the Best of 2008 Music section in the BOSTON GLOBE. At least four of that paper's music critics listed this CD as one of the year's best, so I bought in.

A strong taste of pop for sure, with a nice hint of afro influences a la Paul Simon (who also mined the African continent for musical inspiration). The music is undeniably peppy and catchy and even naysayers will have to catch themselves from toe-tapping along. The album opens strong with "Mansard Roof" and goes one better with the best tune of the set, "Oxford Comma." You quickly find similarities between the songs (to some, a weakness, but to others, a strength). The lyrics are clever and oh-so-collegiate (I mean, writing about punctuation? Let's pull an all-nighter to finish our thesis and write a song about it!).

Catchy tunes have their limits, however. The song "One (Blake Has a New Face)," for instance, burrows in your head and then won't leave it. You know the feeling -- when an overly-repetitive song bounces around in your head all day long even when you try to will it out once and for all? Listen to "Blake" at your own risk. Still, overall, great fun. To those who say these guys from Columbia are overrated or overhyped, I say, "Relax. Have some fun. This isn't Beethoven we're talking...."

5 out of 5 stars

You can't be unhappy listening to this album! December 30, 2008
Amanda Jackson (Gainesville, Florida)
If not completely unique (though it's pretty good compare3d to the current state), it IS completely fun! You can't be unhappy listening to this album and nothing is better than that.

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