And in that context, they’re a TRUE breath of fresh air. These are songs for dancing, for dropping into a DJ’s playlist.
#AVICII TRUE ALBUM REVIEW FULL#
It’s funny to say this but TRUE plays almost like an album of awesome remixes, except that these dozen songs are all originals.Įach track can easily be released as a single due to the solid, traditional song structure and catchy hooks.ĮDM doesn’t always lend itself to full albums that make you sit down and listen to intently all the way through. When Avicii’s soaring synth leads take over, we’re launched headlong into ecstatic tuneful electro house. Each track can easily be released as a single due to the solid, traditional song structure and catchy.
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Philip Sherburne from Spin magazine gave the album a positive review. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on seven reviews, which indicates 'generally positive reviews'. Now generally, one would think acoustic guitars and folky vocals would not make an EDM hit, but by around 1.5 minutes into Wake Me Up you are left in utter surprise.Īs Avicii builds these tracks around more traditional song structures from a myriad of genres, the album delivers so many surprising moments.īy surprise we mean Hey Brother continues the Mumford & Sons meets EDM sound Lay Me Down uses disco as its groundwork Shame On Me brings to mind classic swing and Addicted to You resembles Adele. Avicii delivers an all-round enjoyable listen on True. True received generally positive reviews.
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Upon starting the first full-length album TRUE from Swedish DJ Avicii (Tim Bergling), you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled on a Mumford & Sons record.