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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: More reading on FoW |
| Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:49:47 -0500 |
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:36:36 EDT
> From: AssociationWorks@aol.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: More reading on FoW
> Message-ID: <162.21ab6042.2c1a4c64@aol.com>
>
> I have to say upon the first few listens of WIM...I'm not entirely
> impressed.
> The album (IMHO) is a bit of a let-down after a 4+ year wait from
> Utopia Parkway. There are certainly stand out tracks ("Little Red Light"
> and "No Better Place")...but as a whole the album doesn't seem as
> strong in the songwriting department as their first two. BUT...they get
> points for theme consistency by revisitng the lyrics about the office
> worker with a drinking problem...and of course, FOW is better than most
> drivel being put by the majors these days. If only the kids would get
> it...
>
Interesting, as I'm already beginning to suspect that I will end up
regarding *Welcome Interstate Managers* as FoW's strongest album of the
three released to date. Further proof, as if any were needed, that the YMMV
Principle is not only alive and well among Auditeers, it's even alive and
well in terms of two people who like the same band.
Gregory Sager
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