Saturdays=Youth
by M83
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Apr 15, 2008
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 67
  3. Negative: 3 out of 67

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  1. Hector
    Sep 27, 2008
    0
    This album sucks. There are maybe one to three good songs in it but it fully supports why I'm all about Limewire and downloading before buying an album. This is the most useless thing I've ever bought. This band supposedly had so much promise when I read some of the reviews. There is no nostalgia here, there is no artistry here, just a bunch of cliché, over sentimental This album sucks. There are maybe one to three good songs in it but it fully supports why I'm all about Limewire and downloading before buying an album. This is the most useless thing I've ever bought. This band supposedly had so much promise when I read some of the reviews. There is no nostalgia here, there is no artistry here, just a bunch of cliché, over sentimental lyrics that attempt at emotional blackmail so that one may warm up and not be so harsh towards this. There are musicians that have not been sign to the same scale as this band has that deserve far more attention. This albums as though Stacy Q, or Kylie Minogue or Madonna attempted to make a Shoegaze record in 1985. I want my money back. Or at least go into the record store and exchange it for something better. However, I… Expand
  2. SammyF.
    Apr 21, 2008
    3
    A major step backwards for the group. A turn to pure pop cheese.
  3. ribena_wrath
    Nov 6, 2010
    1
    This album is pretty terrible unfortunately. I freaking love M83, but for me this album is just a let down. There is a fine line between amazing retro inspired, lo-fi music...and pure cheese. This album steps waaaay over the mark. There are a couple of fantastic tracks though. 'Dark Moves of Love' is poppy, loud and sentimental. 'Midnight Souls Still Remain' is a beautiful ambient track,This album is pretty terrible unfortunately. I freaking love M83, but for me this album is just a let down. There is a fine line between amazing retro inspired, lo-fi music...and pure cheese. This album steps waaaay over the mark. There are a couple of fantastic tracks though. 'Dark Moves of Love' is poppy, loud and sentimental. 'Midnight Souls Still Remain' is a beautiful ambient track, which reminds of 'In the Cold I'm standing', without the melancholy feel. It's just pure bliss. 'We Own the Sky' is a nostalgic sensuous track. Lots of swirling electronics. Fantastic. Uplifting.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#82 Most Discussed Album of 2008
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#62 Most Shared Album of 2008

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Blender
    70
    Filled with ambitious production and winsome nostalgia, Saturdays is an otherworldly chronicle of adolescence only a starry-eyed 20-something could make.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    100
    For all the awe kindled by the effectively perfect sound in a transcendent highlight like 'Kim & Jessie,' the real triumph is that M83 uses such a setting for more simple melody and emotion than ever before.
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  3. Pitchfork
    85
    Saturdays=Youth meaningfully diversifies M83's catalog while retaining Gonzalez's indelible fingerprint.
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