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Jun 12, 2012On Falling Off the Sky, the four individuals make strong, intelligent, and well-crafted pop music that's significantly less wiry and more thoughtful and mature (for lack of a better word) than the records they made in the 1980s.
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Jun 15, 2012Another dozen perfectly crafted ringing nuggets that pick up where 1982's "Repercussion," the last album that featured the original lineup, left off.
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Jun 27, 2012Falling Off the Sky is a fresh start for the band that many of us thought should have dominated the 1980s. Clearly, they still have the chops to dominate the 2010's.
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Jun 12, 2012Falling evokes the band's best work without sounding dated.
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Jun 12, 2012"Falling Off the Sky" sounds like the work of a band still very much at the top of its game.
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Jan 15, 2013It's like H&S [Holsapple & Stamey] never went away.
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MagnetJun 13, 2012It's pure pop for grown-ups, filled with smarts, experience and a faith in the power of four-quarter time, played with the kind of chemistry that's only possible in musicians who've spent their whole lives together, rocking out as if nothing else matters. [No.88 p.55]
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MojoAug 8, 2012It lacks the crisp modernity of old but it's knee-deep in lush curvature and angular salvos, and new favourites keep emerging. [Sep 2012, p.94]
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Jun 15, 2012Falling Off the Sky might not be the dB's at their peak, but it is a fun little album full of great hooks and minimal filler.
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UncutJun 14, 2012Falling Off The Sky is the rare comeback effort worthy of its legacy. [Jun 2012, p.82]