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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: More reading on FoW |
| Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:00:52 -0500 |
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I go through the whole thing on my Fufkin review, I think this is just
another terrific album. I think that the comments about front loading the
disc may have some merit -- I think that the album might have flowed better
at only 12 cuts, but there's only one song that plays like a B-side, so
picking four to toss would be very tough. As for the complaint that there
aren't enough rockers -- while FoW's pure new-wavey rock tunes are
fantastic, what really makes them great, IMO, is their tender empathetic
character studies -- songs like "Hackensack" and "Fire Island" are lovely
and heartbreaking.
Now that they have three full albums, I'd put them up there with pretty much
any group in power pop history...
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: More reading on FoW
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:49:47 -0500
>
> > 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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