M83- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ALBUM REVIEW

[ZataMachi]

I'd like this better as instrumental. For me, the lyrics in this song is trying to be deeper meaningful then it needs to be. The enjoyment gets slightly blurred by this nagging urban philosophy. :/

[theshzskate]

i fucking hate m83 more than anything

[theshzskate]

i fucking hate m83 more than anything

[MrBawblawblaw]

Yeah, fuck this dude and his opinion!

[GestapoTheCat]

Love M83 but HUWD was one of the worst fucking albums I've ever heard.

[GregBradyisMyHero]

Can you explain to me how this album got a 4 while lutallica got a 6...?

[Wyndhamhp]

awesome album!!!!!

[mporvaznik07]

I heard this review before I got the album, and well, I love the album. Really difficult to see how this got so little love from Mr. Fantano. Maybe it's growing on him :)

[TOcheesehead]

you liked an awful lot of that album for only a 4 rating..

[thomasbradleyh]

I spy an Andrew Jackson Jihad album.

[AmanL12]

Why am I still even subscribed to this channel? Fantano is the most bias reviewer on youtube. Such inconsistant scorings. I'm just slowly loosing respect for his opinion. I appreciate him bringing light to artists but the irrational judgments & statements in comparison to his other reviews based purely on bias to favorites is annoying. Could of been alot of great albums reviewed but they were pushed aside because he doesn't think they deserve time, even when influential to the art and times. smh

[ronstero]

@AmanL12 He's into rock and metal anyway.

Can't like everything.

He shouldn't really advertise himself as a music nerd when he obviously likes some types of music more than others though.

[ColorfulHyena]

I respect your opinion Anthony. But I disagree with it.

[Circa9993]

glad I'm not the only one

[Reno9824]

" Raconte-Moi Histoire" (Tell me a story) is about the high from drugs (LSD) but its ironic the way a innocent child i describing the high, not about a frog

[WatchAveryTime]

A commercial for something, hmmm...

Ever seen the Victoria's Secret commercial?

[godofwars0013]

I respect and appreciate your opinion, Fantano, but I disagree to the umpteenth agree. In my top 5 AOTY 2011.

[uhreallyHD]

look at the dislikes, you sir, have got this one wrong, sorry

[AmanL12]

You're fucking retarded..... this album is amazing.....and i wouldnt even call this pop music. M83 is always changing and their sound is very layered and complex. not simple at all. It's supposed to be about childhood dreams and nightmares. It's supposed to be a trip that you follow not anything that you listen to for singles. you cant think of it as singles but as a larger whole album. this is by far one of the best albums of 2011. I give it atleast a 9 to be honest. This is Indie not pop. smh

[Aniland]

@AmanL12 what an awful comment

[AmanL12]

@Aniland Ok? Like I care? It's a great album, @DXslilgangsta says it all. Get with it

[xHenri]

@AmanL12 Opinions, man. Opinions. I love this album, but Fantano doesn't. Deal with it. You don't have to dislike it because he does.

[IndieAuthorX]

The introduction of the 2nd album is very derivative of that Moby track from the ending of Heat... which is probably why I like it.

[IndieAuthorX]

Love it, but I wish they had one more anthem in the vein of Midnight City and Steve McQueen. Also, the voice on the outro kind of ruins the track for me.

[ZyxthePest]

The fact that Pitchfork gave "Midnight City" song of the year is kind of depressing for me. 80s nostalgia has driven a lot of critics to pure ignorance in terms of reviewing a song or album.

[TheMadnessFlow]

c'mon fantano, this album is fucking sick

[solarwinter86]

Early M83 is mind blowing. Always been a fan of the earlier cinematic albums. This albums a bit meh and not a good introduction to them.

[galactyk]

You fucked up bad on this one, Anthony!

[TheFuckOffMe]

DUDE YOU REALLY NEED A GET A LIFE..I HEARD OF M83 SINCE LIKE THEIR FIRST ALBUM AND MANY BANDS LIKE IT..AND I FOUND THAT MUSIC ON MY OWN BECAUSE JST THE WAY I FELT THATS WHY ITS SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MUSIC YOULL FEEL BETTER ND DIFERENT FROM OTHERS..AND SO I WONDER WHY ARE THEIR SO MANY PEOPLE ALL THE SUDDEN IN TO THIS KNOW WEN THIS GENRE WAS LIKE..FEWWW..A COUPLE YRS AGO

[bigf0ot27]

I'm not normally a fan of synth heavy music, but I loved this album. But, that's just me...

[MrPacoswifey]

all i have to say is

youre hella handsome :D

[KoRner49]

Underestimated. This album deserves more.

[Lasaril]

I personally was knocked out by this collection, and felt very connected to the joutney it takes. I think it takes some of the "best" of the eighties and amplifies it — I hear The Fixx, Tears For Fears, Peter Gabriel in here, mixed with a modern sensibility of production and restraint (ok, not always on the restraint). But, as always, I love your reviews and respect them!

[killingspree]

This review is right. M83 is awful crap. 0/10

[Radiohead17321]

Love that Andrew Jackson Jihad Vinyl in the back

[GermanMusician4125]

Ah, I see the Spinal Tap reference you threw in there.  Kudos.

[DivaMaster]

I don't get it!! but stilll

[samdamaniam]

drowning out his comments with the wall of orgasmic sound that is this album. arena-size baby.

[MiloNadia]

Anthony, watch Super 8 and then listen to this again.

Kids, lens glare and Spielberg-isms will certainly change your opinion.

☨HE CI☨Y IS MY CHURCH

[NightRanger77]

m83 sucks

[Metalgazer]

sorry, this album is sublime and i love it! you really shouldn't take it too seriously, though (or any music for that matter) - just zone out and enjoy the sounds.

[tieffisch]

I have to say that you are way off on this one. I don't care if you are not a fan of this band, or if "you can't hang with this album". As the title suggests, there is no room for enjoyment if you do not enter the dream. Take your 'Frog Dialogue' comments for instance - maybe try listening without over-thinking it too much. You seem to enjoy darker music (i.e. Fever Ray which actually has some darker toned similarities). Epic or not, its the emotional honesty that makes this a great record!

[andersdesertfoxV]

4:55 and pause lol pic

[errosmusic]

@theneedledrop WOW! Finally someone who DISLIKES this album! Most critics out there are praising this album but I just couldn't get into this at all. I agree it's just bleh 80s through back dance trying to pass off as new wave indie histper shit.

[VulpinFoxyFinnland]

Do you think the album would have been stronger were it a regular length LP with some of the weaker songs cut out of the tracklisting?

[602rafizzle]

phill collins is the shit

[masihalex]

AWESOME SHIRT

[CosmoPitiTV]

Hey! This was posted on my birthday! Yaaaaaay!

[evinkeane]

I agree with you on this one. It does sound like they took one good idea and milked the same song out of it three or four times (Midnight City, Claudia Lewis, New Map). And after listening through the first CD a few times, the second one just sounded like the same thing all over again, making it a boring listen. Plus, having been listening loads to () and Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros these days, M83's attempts at "epic" sound sort of pathetic

[atomicnate42]

FUCK YOU ANTHONY STOP HAVING DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM ME

[muzicman171]

Can u Review the new florence + machine!!?

[tredgkskate]

....Stop doing reviews

[povertyXart]

Boo this man!

[yesnokeigh]

disagreeing with a BNM from pitchfork is certainly a way to distinguish yourself from pitchfork. not saying that's your motivation ...but still - that's just my opinion

[spittingbloodhc]

there is no way this album is worse than Lulu

[fisbaboon]

Review Phantogram-Nightlife Ep

[DXslilgangsta]

Lulu - 6

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - 4

Problem?

[brandondittman]

@DXslilgangsta yeah, that doesn't make any sense..

[darkguitarfish]

@DXslilgangsta even worse:

mac miller - light 5

m83 - strong 4

...considering unsubscribing

[deadredeyes]

I'm right here with you on everything, Anthony.

[fire3in2the1arcade0]

Russian Circles - Empros, I think you'd dig it!

[MirumeXChaos]

Dream Love - Dream Love album.

[ryanmurphy2611]

and you cannot complain about an album being dreamlike, when its purpose is to be a dream.

[ryanmurphy2611]

You are usually absolutely on point with your review. but this is wrong. perception is one thing but this album is simply amazing. it is absolutely nothing like generic indie pop. This to me, is way beyond pop/dance generics. its an AOTY contender.

[codmad11]

fuck you nerd, i want to see you riding with your friends joint on and ready to rock the fuck in ny with this song, guy youll shit your pants the culprit of your nerderness comes from you father giving you internet access.

[whyfacetw]

Awesome review man! IMHO you nailed it with your summary :)

[charlestraws]

funny that ever since anthony's got more attention from youtubers he gets more whiny comments on his negative videos. His fans used to be way more chill about that sort of thing... and this is coming from a big M83 fan.

[enacra101]

@charlestraws With success comes hate, that's how you know he's doing well.

[evilmakoto]

I love this album and I don't care what anyone else thinks.

[opollis]

I'm enjoying it a lot, I can't lie, my friend.

[dirt0jumping]

Could you review Passion Pit Manners

[olliet101]

Instrumentals are nice but they again like you said, interrupt the flow.

Wait I loved though.

[olliet101]

I swear people on here take Pitchfork's opinion to be gospel.

When I heard Midnight City, I thought "one of the songs of the year" I hadn't given M83 much of a listen previously, I didn't like the old album you cite in the video but Before The Dawn Heals Us, when I heard that, I was like "FUCK!" overawed by it.

The first half, I feel like I'm listening to the 80s stuff all over again, two songs majorly sound like Duran Duran while the woah's in Reunion are either that or Toto.

[jdinn]

Thanks for another excellent review. I agree about what the salient features of the album are (although you revealed some new things about it to me), but I liked them: for me, this is as close to indie dance as I can get, but I enjoy this comfort zone just before it, especially when dressed up in dreamy/space/whatever themes.

[NewYawkCityTimes]

Sorry but first Kanye West, Then Neon Indian, and now M83??! That's three strikes against you! I'm this close to calling you OUT. I will say it's 3 strikes but you reached first base on a swing and miss. You've got 1 more strike buddy, 1 more! lol

[tobreakcustom]

Oh look, Anthony's being a contrarian little girl again.

This is clearly the album of the year.

[DYLAN123123123123]

@tobreakcustom oh look, another pitchfag

[darthkrueger]

@tobreakcustom What does Space Is Only Noise have to do with this review?

[theMuranosBand]

......Art isn't meant to be judged as it clearly is based on your own personal experience. Thumbs this up if you agree.

[theMuranosBand]

Do you know what? These videos are pointless. They only give you a (very descriptive) subjective opinion that can alter your own personal opinion on the matter, then only to be bombarded with comments that disagree with his own opinion. IT'S CHILDISH.

[darthkrueger]

@theMuranosBand Pointless? They entertain people. Is that not why we are here?

[theMuranosBand]

@darthkrueger Yea you have a point. I was just ranting because it bothered me how it completely brainwashes me whenever I go back and listen to what he judges. Entertainment though is the primary point and you have made that clear.

[finalmattasy]

YESSSSS!!! internet hugs!! Loved this review, I'm reading from the same textbook.

[ThePingPongBoy8]

Everytime there's an unknown album, first of all I listen to your review, and when the review is bad (under 5 usually) I hear the album, but when you give scores like 8 I know the album is a bounch of crap.. I'd like to hear you review the most famous and successful albums from the decade like X&Y, Graduation, American Idiot, Only by the night, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and others...

[MrNemy86]

plz review lowkey's 'soundtrack to the struggle'?!

[Chillwaving]

Hate that part during the review when your like fuck, he's right... Lol istill love m83. But i will say some of thebothervsongscare a liitle over hyped and glossy

[Skatertike202]

review Surfer Blood- Tarot Classics

[lalarsen11]

bullshit

[iTz1993]

he liked midnight city so im happy lol

[rellify3]

Parental sex change. I laughed.

You have a problem with fun music though!

[NeonFoxLetsPlays]

i think the biggest disappointment was the fact that Anthony Gonzalez said he wanted to make this new album a lot like "Before the Dawn Heals Us" and capture it's glory.

but it didn't at all. some tracks did, "Intro", "Midnight City", "Where the Boats Go", "Wait" and "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea" all did a great job of that...but a lot of the tracks were pretty subpar. i'd rather have long epic ambient soundscapes from "Dead Cities" than this.

[LOVEthoughPEACE]

British band, trophy wife

[kowtpr187]

I just watched the Tom Waits review....Did you not like Orphans???I thought that was a GREAT album!! Bottom of the world and you can never hold back spring were awesome....I know The new one is not all that..but orphans was great

[avantyoel]

Russian Circles- Empros

[211Anon]

I'm glad to see you also dislike this album, people seem to be drooling over this album just because of its ridiculous Pitchfork rating. And Reconte-Moi Une Histoire is one of the most pretentious songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean a child talking about frogs over some 'epic' synths, give me a fucking break!

[quartzalibi]

@211Anon oh please, you and your elitist thinking. people have been drooling over this album ever since the leak came out. it was only amplified when p4k rated it with bnm. you really seem to hate this album from the start and just felt validated when anthony didn't like it either.

[211Anon]

@quartzalibi Well feel free to like the album as much as you wish, but you're right that just from the first few songs I could smell a turd of an album. The fact that Fantano also wasn't too fond of it just confirms his impeccable taste #kissingass

[MDJarv]

I have to say you are way off the mark here. Based on the way you described it in your review, you made it sound like some generic dance pop album. While it contains elements of dance pop, it's way too diverse an album in sound to pigeonhole it the way you did. I think this album has a pretty unique sound.

Frankly, I am already loving this album after one listen. The sound is just too big and heavenly to not like, and the melodies and beats really do a good job driving the music.

[bryanheg1]

Dead End Hip Hop nice

[Crimsonmonkey7]

I respect you. But i disagree with some of what you say about M83.

[hightimesbruce]

What's the point of even giving it a "strong" four? Sort of like saying, okay, this album is bad, but it could be worse? Why not just get rid of the numbers altogether and have your critique speak for itself.

Ironically, I thought your least favorite song on the album was one of the best, along with "Midnight City" of course.

[premierbonzo]

@theneedledrop dope DEHH shirt dude! When's the next joint review coming?

[DWinch]

Wale Ambition!

[TheFumbleberry]

I loved it, I'm sucker for pretty sounding albums. Ear candy just gets me.

[ZyxthePest]

Good narrated vocals = Looper. Stuart David was a genius.

Check out the albums Up A Tree and The Geometrid.

Fantano agree? 

[Sektion9]

4 is really harsh. I'd give it a strong 7 but thats because I like his style which I can tell has never been your cup of tea.

[rankinctu]

Please do Lulu!

[indiereplicant]

I love M83, but my god, they NEED to get over the hipsteresque "youth" aesthetic. It needs to stop and they need to move on from it and progress.

[ratboysgirl1013]

I probably listened to the first six songs, long enough to hear the frog dialogue, then switched over what I was originally listening to.

[Bootlem]

Slugabed - Sun Too Bright Turn It Off

[ThomasPurcell1]

Audio Video Disco

[wasabirock]

@ThomasPurcell1 average

[THENIGHTISMYVEIL]

Anthony...why do you usually dislike what p4rk likes? You're not a /mu/ prophet.

[realMUSICisMUSE]

@THENIGHTISMYVEIL cos pitchfork is for pretentious douches?

[kramericaind]

wow didn't see this coming. whilst i love your 'parental sex change' moment. I disagree sooo much.

[Bassdries]

Russian Circles - Empros

[thatkilmc]

I really liked this, but I loved the previous album. I sat and listened to it on vinyl first and the production really impressed me, the synth is so rich. Some songs are a little silly but I think I'm able to see past the forced-profound vocals. There were tracks like that on Saturdays = Youth (example being the line from Graveyard Girl "I'm fifteen years old and I feel it's already too late to live") and his lyrics in general are pretty cookie-cutter faux epic. Still, I'm really enjoying this.

[henza802]

strong 4, a bit harsh i think, but thats your opinion I guess, i really like itt

[SoloDolo784]

why dont you have the track playing quietly throughout the review. its a good backdrop. gives listeners an idea of what to expect.

[IStehSHIT]

@SoloDolo784 cpopyright-reasons

[superwiseman123]

Ouch. I am totally loving this album right now. This may be the most I've ever disagreed with you. That's cool though. I can dig it.

[ssurgeon00]

Anthony, what ever you do please don't review Mylo Xyloto =P

[adsbegone]

Hey hey Anthony, review M83... oh wait, you just reviewed it.

[IHATE3v3ry1]

it changes your mommy into your daddy.

Parental Sex Change.

[littlebilly666]

which ones did you think sounded like Animal Collective?

[wannasoda321]

"Wait" is really good (which you said), but I also think "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" is really good (which you said was bad). I agree though that it tries to be super epic at times where its not good enough to be epic.

[Dankscarver]

I turned this album on and then suddenly I wasn't listening to this album.

Couldn't agree with you anymore.

[lexus710000]

Get Set Go - Fury of Your Lonely Heart please? :)

[keegan182]

I have loved m83 and each of their records has a place in my heart, so I am excited to listen to this next one. Hopefully I disagree with your assessment.. I feel like, listening to your explanation, this music was more disliked on a 'personal-taste' level than an actual critical level. Any who, keep on posting these terrific videos.

[XMD5a8000]

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Luminaries and Synastry

Raspberry Bulbs - Nature Tries Again

Both were released earlier in the year, but the former has easily won my personal AOTY recommendation and the latter is just a damn good listen.

[chrlskrkl]

FINALLY

[thekow]

I couldn't disagree more. I think this takes the sound they made great on Dawn - which kind of got lost on S=Y - and finds new life in it. Dead Cities is still M83's best album and an all-time favorite of mine, but this is a wonderful album! The narrative pieces work really well for me, and I can see how they wouldn't work for everyone, though.

[j00cebox]

I bet a bike messenger gave you that cut on your wrist....we all know you're spider-man Anthony.

[conciousking35]

man, really have to disagree on this. i think its a great album. even if most of its an 80's throw back, the production is great. And yes some of the stories are contribed but the other songs mway make up for it.. I didnt really like it at all due to the vocals the first few listens now i love it. Maybe you should give it another try. I give it a low/mid 7.

[CalChuchesta]

@jinjosaresocool Sorry, no that was mine. I stole Anthony's trip.

[motorboy1]

Ringo Deathstarr - Sparkler!!

[metalownsj00]

I have a massive boner for M83, so I strongly disagree with this

[CHADandTracyLoveYou]

its in my username but i love yoou

[weedietunes]

ACTION BRONSON - DR. LECTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DoubleMoonz]

@jinjosaresocool swag

[sirolly]

y u no review Mutemath - Odd Soul ?

[Zoso707]

"Audio, Video, Disco" by Jus†ice

[buckleygeneration]

Tom Waits, Bad as Me.

[ModestMediaTube]

That's tight as hell homie...Dead End Hip Hop shirt. Officially the coolest white dude I know...hold on, you're Italian or something like that though right. Lol! Either way, appreciate that love man.

[rotwei]

mylo xyloto

[theakronhammer77]

COLDPLAY

[machdocheifachmal]

@jinjosaresocool alright ill be the one to ask it.... WHAT THE HELL IS /MU/??????

[MrJayCudmore]

@machdocheifachmal /mu/ is a paticular section of the image board site 4chan, /mu/ = music.

Anthony esentialy grew up there, He's a big deal on /mu/ and a earlier a naked picture of Anthony getting a BJ from his girlfriend 'leaked'

[machdocheifachmal]

@MrJayCudmore haha thanks man/woman

[MrJayCudmore]

Dude, Your naked on /mu/.

You've got a strong 9.

[fskfhg]

@MrJayCudmore ...I need to see his penis, what is /m/?

[Chidorib345]

The Dukes- Dreams & Regrets.. a new pop punk band!!!!

[WohnerontheRadio]

Have you checked out the new album from My Brightest Diamond? Love to hear your thoughts on her work. I'm loving it.

[90sbaby92]

i ve been listening to this album for 3 months now lol , and i dont agree with u one bit anthony fantano grrr hahah

[beezy430]

Deadendhiphop T-Shirt, thanks for rockin it bro!!! Hope to collab with you again soon.

[stefanoperry]

Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist

[amarovf]

KRADDY- ANTHEMS OF THE HERO!!! PLEASE I THINK YOU WILL LIKE IT :D

[MCFedders]

The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance

[cmatthews926]

Anthony, while i'm sure it varies, how many times do you usually listen to an album before establishing an overall opinion?

[rss313]

review tom waits

[JayJayWentToAustin]

Deportees- islands and shoers

[Fuman86]

The Christpunchers - Conduit (Deprogramming In 3 Phases)

Its good stuff bro ! Think early Isis, Pelican's first EP & the mighty works of Bongripper

[feefo24]

DEHH Tshirt!

[iheartnewms]

You NEVER like any of the narrative in any of their songs?!?!  I happen to find the narrative on Car Chase Terror to be quite enjoyable. Adds an extra eerie element to the song