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Adam Young's sugary emo electronica pop as Owl City has been a highly polarizing entity since he broke through in a huge way with runaway single "Fireflies" in 2009. Critics and naysayers dismissed the project as a watered-down Postal Service ripoff way too late in the game, but millions and millions of fans dismissed the critics and made the song an international chart-topper. While "Fireflies" was a really rare accidental Top 40 hit recorded by Young in his basement, The Midsummer Station is the most transparent bid for mainstream airplay imaginable, with each of its 11 tracks so tailored for pop radio, teen movie soundtracks, and soft drink commercials it's laughable. That's no dig on the quality of the album, just a statement of fact. Owl City has never shied away from big-sounding pop with emo underpinnings, and The Midsummer Station goes as big as possible. Young brings in production assistance from hitmakers Stargate for the Euro-house rave touches of "Shooting Star" and co-writes several songs with Katy Perry writer/engineer Emily Wright. Electronic four-on-the-floor beats are huge, production is loud and garish, and the hooks announce themselves with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It's by-the-numbers big-budget pop, but the problem is how recycled the majority of The Midsummer Station feels and how poor of a fit the whole thing is on Young. "I'm Coming After You" is built on a riff/beat combination that sounds strikingly similar to nightlife anthem "Give Me Everything" by Pitbull (another of Emily Wright's clients) and "Gold" just sounds like any given big-beat song on commercial radio circa 2011. Much of the album falls into this anonymous territory, mostly to its detriment but with a few exceptions. Obvious single "Good Time" finds Young duetting with Justin Bieber-approved tween pop star Carly Rae Jepsen on a huge summery production about hanging out, partying, and nothing in particular. It's a great example of a dumb, fun pop song done right, and along with the slightly more sophisticated "Metropolis" and the rocked-out moments of "Dementia" (the latter aided by blink-182's Mark Hoppus), it's one of the album's few redeeming tracks. 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.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - Emily Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tor Erik Hermansen, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Danny D, Producer, Executive Producer - Matthew Thiessen, ComposerLyricist - Tim Blacksmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Miles Walker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - StarGate, Producer - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Daniel Omelio, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Danny D, Producer, Executive Producer - Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emily Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Crosby, Producer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Phil Seaford, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Jenna Davis, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Hoppus, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nik Karpen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Schubert, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Townsend, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Owl City, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Matthew Thiessen, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Lee, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Hollander, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Thiessen, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Matthew Thiessen, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Lee, ComposerLyricist - Owl City, MainArtist - Carly Rae Jepsen, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Minneapolis Youth Chorus, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic/Interscope Records, division(s) of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - Emily Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Matthew Thiessen, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Steve Bursky, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Hoppus, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - Emily Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nik Karpen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Young, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robert Orton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Owl City, MainArtist - Allan P. Grigg, ComposerLyricist - KooolKojak, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Adam Young's sugary emo electronica pop as Owl City has been a highly polarizing entity since he broke through in a huge way with runaway single "Fireflies" in 2009. Critics and naysayers dismissed the project as a watered-down Postal Service ripoff way too late in the game, but millions and millions of fans dismissed the critics and made the song an international chart-topper. While "Fireflies" was a really rare accidental Top 40 hit recorded by Young in his basement, The Midsummer Station is the most transparent bid for mainstream airplay imaginable, with each of its 11 tracks so tailored for pop radio, teen movie soundtracks, and soft drink commercials it's laughable. That's no dig on the quality of the album, just a statement of fact. Owl City has never shied away from big-sounding pop with emo underpinnings, and The Midsummer Station goes as big as possible. Young brings in production assistance from hitmakers Stargate for the Euro-house rave touches of "Shooting Star" and co-writes several songs with Katy Perry writer/engineer Emily Wright. Electronic four-on-the-floor beats are huge, production is loud and garish, and the hooks announce themselves with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It's by-the-numbers big-budget pop, but the problem is how recycled the majority of The Midsummer Station feels and how poor of a fit the whole thing is on Young. "I'm Coming After You" is built on a riff/beat combination that sounds strikingly similar to nightlife anthem "Give Me Everything" by Pitbull (another of Emily Wright's clients) and "Gold" just sounds like any given big-beat song on commercial radio circa 2011. Much of the album falls into this anonymous territory, mostly to its detriment but with a few exceptions. Obvious single "Good Time" finds Young duetting with Justin Bieber-approved tween pop star Carly Rae Jepsen on a huge summery production about hanging out, partying, and nothing in particular. It's a great example of a dumb, fun pop song done right, and along with the slightly more sophisticated "Metropolis" and the rocked-out moments of "Dementia" (the latter aided by blink-182's Mark Hoppus), it's one of the album's few redeeming tracks. 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.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 11 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 00:40:36
- Künstler: Owl City
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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