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Nice to listen to and vaguely uplifting, but ultimately empty on the inside.
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Alternative PressThe band takes a few sucessful detours on Chase This Light, but by and large, it's more of the same. [Nov 2007, p.172]
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The hooks are less immediate as well. Songs like 'Carry You' and 'Here it Goes' retain the compact force of past band gems, but too much of Chase is afflicted with a degenerate case of sameness.
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Not amazing, but steady and fun all the same.
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More disappointing than that, though, is the fact that there is hardly anything groundbreaking to be found in Chase This Light’s 40 minutes, which is less than we’ve come to expect from this band.
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After nearly seven years, to churn out an album with three highlights and eight overblown odes (among them, 'Here It Goes,' 'Carry You,' and the forced empowerment of the title track) is disappointing.
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Q MagazineIt's business as usual rather than a breakthrough. [Nov 2007, p.138]
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On their drony 2004 album, "Futures," Jimmy Eat World seemed deflated, as if frontman Jim Adkins was in need of one of his own “it just takes some time” musical pep talks. That’s not the case with the uneven Chase This Light, which is instead afflicted with the musical gigantism all too common in mainstream rock.
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Right now, it's an album I'm unlikely to play all that much now that I'm done reviewing it.
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UncutHooking up with Butch Vig, evidently--and trying for a heavier sound, It's a fair effort, certainly, but an unconvincing strategy. [Dec 2007, p.98]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 41
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Mixed: 7 out of 41
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Negative: 5 out of 41
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