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| Released | October 3, 2006 | |||
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| Length | 36:38 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Almost Cool | 7/10[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[5] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable[6] |
| LAS Magazine | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10[8] |
| Prefix Magazine | 6.0/10[9] |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[10] |
Beach House is the debut studio album by American dream pop duo Beach House. It was released on October 3, 2006, by Carpark Records in North America, Bella Union in Europe, and Mistletone Records in Australia. The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics.
The album had a remastered reissue in 2010 by HeartBreakBeat Records with a run limited to 1,000 copies on black vinyl.[11] In 2012, a pressing on special edition white vinyl was released through Bella Union.[12] In 2015, the band self-released a white cassette during the Depression Cherry tour. As of April 2012 Beach House has sold 24,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[13]
The album was recorded on a 4-track over a two-day period in Scally's basement.[14][15]
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 8, 2019). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
Beach House are nothing if not devoted to a mood. On their first two records, that atmosphere was one of lo-fi wistfulness...
- ^ Metacritic score
- ^ Beach House | Beach House | AllMusic AllMusic - album review by MacKenzie Wilson.
- ^ Beach House - Beach House - almost cool music review Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Almost Cool - album review.
- ^ Beach House - Beach House / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Drowned in Sound - album review by Jordan Dowling.
- ^ Dusted Reviews: Beach House - Beach House Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Dusted magazine - album review by Bernardo Rondeau.
- ^ LAS magazine | music, media, art, culture, life, everything. - Reviews Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Lost at Sea - album review by Peter Lindblad.
- ^ Beach House: Beach House | Album Reviews | Pitchfork Pitchfork Media - album review by Mark Pytlik.
- ^ Album Review: Beach House - Beach House | Prefix Prefix Magazine - album review by Jeff Klingman.
- ^ Beach House - Beach House - Review - Stylus Magazine Archived November 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Stylus Magazine - album review by Liz Colville.
- ^ "Beach House reissue". GORILLA VS. BEAR. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ "Beach House "Beach House" and "Devotion" available on vinyl | Bella Union". bellaunion.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason (20 April 2012). "Beach House: The Story Behind 'Bloom' and Indie's Most Reliable Duo". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Matt Diehl (February 26, 2010). "Hot Band: Beach House". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Joe Colly (February 15, 2010). "Beach House". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-06-17.