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- Record Label: Side One Dummy
- Genre(s): Rock, Indie/Alternative
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American Slang | |
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Look what you started, I seem to be coming out of my skin Look what you've forgotten here The bandages just don't keep me in And when it was over,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 29
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Mixed: 2 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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American Slang delivers spectacularly on all expected fronts. Everything that was great about The '59 Sound is here, but the sound is even bigger, epic without getting blustery.
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Fallon's understanding of the redemptive power of music elevates American Slang from being a good record to a great one.
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With shouted-till-we're-hoarse vocals, taut guitars, and a grizzled demeanor that suggests too many night shifts, they've got Garden State attitude down.
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Make no mistake--that Jersey (GA's home state) vibe still lurks in the corners. It's just that his writing style is more distinctive here. It's also the sound of a band pushing itself while capitalizing on its strengths.
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American Slang sticks to the template Fallon's been hammering away at since the band's beginning; its stories star the same kind of characters and its garage-punk sound still sparkles with flashes of Motown and R&B.
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Even if many of the album's lyrics find Fallon looking back in anger, American Slang ultimately proves The Gaslight Anthem are not afraid to move forward.
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After their breakthrough, The '59 Sound, the Jerseyian punks appear to have taken a Green Day-like career shift: finding a concept that struck a chord and beating it to death like one of the down-and-out ciphers in the B-movie quality Springsteen worldview they've constructed.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jan 3, 2013
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Jul 26, 2013
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PBJun 15, 2010Even better than The '59 Sound. This album is fantastic and The Gaslight Anthem are set to take the summer music scene by storm.
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Jan 23, 2011
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bkkhanJun 15, 2010
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May 15, 2012
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Mel@TJun 15, 2010
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