Customer Reviews
A great all-around album! 
2007-12-12
What can I say, this album is simply amazing! Great lyrics, great beats, irresistible melodies! This album has it all. I hope they release a second album someday!
We need more Postal Service! 2007-12-01
Mellow electronic pop music with some serious beats. "Such Great Heights" is instantly recognizable as the song featured in the UPS Brown commercials. Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie)delivers reserved vocals over dancing keyboard melodies, distorted bass, and foot tapping tempos.
Overall, this is an EXCELLENT album. I never listened to Death Cab, but came across this album on Pandora and immediately fell in love with it. Having now gone back and listened to Death Cab, I wish Ben would focus more on The Postal Service!
You've Got Mail! 2007-10-05
Ben Gibbard, the lead singer and songwriter for Deathcab for Cutie, teams up with several other indie rock stars here to produce a wonderful album. Give Up sounds like Deathcab only in the sense that Gibbards voice is still the same soulful light that it is with his other band. The lyrical content is definitely a lot more upbeat than transatlantism. The Electronic sound of the album can sometimes be distracting, but at the same time it lends the album a steady beat that helps a person escape to Gibbards peaceful world if just for a little while.
The lead singer from Rilo Kiley can also be heard singing backing vocals and was a pleasant surprise when I heard her. While the Postal Service may sound kinda like Deathcab they are definitely their own band and I would recommend Give Up to anyone who liked Deathcab or who likes softer indie rock.
Great CD, Can't Wait for More! 2007-09-17
The Postal Service is a great band and Give Up really proves it. The CD is full of great songs. I recommend Give Up and any other Postal Service music to anyone who loves electronic/indie music. I can't wait for their next CD!!!
In Awe 2007-06-12
One of the best albums I own. I've listened to it a thousand times and it just keeps getting better and better. I'm forever grateful to the person who introduced me to the band.
Auditory Valium 2008-07-22
First word: Incredible. Although, I've listened to various of tracks from this album, I've never owned. This side project from DCFC's Ben Gibbard and his cohort Jimmy Tamborello is just what the doctor ordered. Last word: Nice.
Infectious, amazing 2008-04-03
I came to this album with fresh ears, meaning I had never heard Death Cab For Cutie, or Dntel. In fact, I'd never heard anything by either of them. I happened to stumble upon this one day on Pandora.
After reading all the rave reviews and hearing a few samples I bought the album.
The first time I listened I thought "Ehh, it's okay. Not sure what all the hype is about."
Then I found the songs stuck in my head. So I listened again.. and again.. and, well now I am listening to this album every single day.
It is quite simply an intelligent, innovative, original and flat out fun album.
Highlights include "We Will Become Silhouettes" and "Nothing Better" and "Brand New Colony". The atari-like bass in "Nothing Better" is sort of weird and almost annoying at first but like the rest of the album it works its way into your brain and eventually you end up loving the way it meshes so perfectly with Ben's voice.
The weakest tracks are "This Place Is A Prison" and "Sleeping In". The former is just boring, the latter would be OK but the lyrics are a little pretentious.
An Ultimate Album 2008-01-26
So, I've had "Give Up" for about 4 years now and have never stopped listening to it. Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard are the Batman and Superman of music. Delivering imagery lyrics with pop-addictive instrumentals, these songs evoke the ups and downs of an eternal romance we all hope to experience, in a way that's unusual but not obscure.
While the album is, obviously, about the music, which is fantastic, you can't mention these songs without describing the emotions of the lyrics AND the music. While most of us are familiar with Gibbard, Tamborello strongly holds his own in administering the beats and sounds to emphasize the lyrics but could easily be enjoyed by themselves.
With accompanying vocals provided by Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl (Jenny Lewis and Jen Wood), every song is a nearly perfect orchestration of sound, feeling and imagination. While, I'm sure that most people are introduced to today's "indie music" scene with this album, it really is a classic and highly recommended.
Also, I suggest checking out Tamborello's other band, Figurine or James Figurine. If you're a PS fan, you'll definitely be able to pick out 1 or 10 songs from these albums; especially, since Dntel is a bit rougher to jump into.
My favs in order (although, they tend to jump around by my mood), although nothing scores less than a 9.5.
1. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
2. Brand New Colony
3. Clark Gable
4. Natural Anthem
5. We Will Become Silhouettes
6. Recycled Air
7. This Place Is A Prison
8. Such Great Heights
9. Sleeping In
10. Nothing Better
You get your mail from..., you guessed "The Postal Service" ? 2008-01-20
Ok, so pretty much everything has been said 'bout this album that's going to be said...except for this..."Brand New Colony" is straight up old-skool Mario Nintendo music...
Anyway, I'm only reviewing this album to help it out a lil, How the heck does this album not have a 5 star rating? I see so much crap on Amazon w/ 5 stars, but not this, wow...
Anyway, prolly one of the most beautiful albums ever made...Listen to it, "...when your drifting off to sleep"
O.o when they gunna have a new CD, I feel so starved...I guess theres no need to rush genius.
The way you move me 2007-12-31
Arguably the best album of the millennia. Listening to it makes you cherish where you are and who you are with.
This Place is a Prison (SLEEPER!!)- The first half separates from the Second bringing in an intrepid drum-beat. Many people have already experience how amazing it is to SLEEP to. Try it, you owe it to yourself.
