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Favourite Colours is lovely and adventurous stuff that proves the Sadies are only getting better with each trip into the studio.
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There's an emerging depth and pensiveness to their songwriting, a growing sense of spirituality and drama.
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MojoA seamless, melodic blend of psychedelia and C&W... the songs and instrumentals here hang together beautifully. [Nov 2004, p.95]
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New Musical Express (NME)They can still write the most incredibly beautiful songs. [23 Oct 2004, p.49]
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But while the album is stylistically and sonically brilliant, it still suffers from the primary flaw of the band's four previous albums: Their songwriting hasn't made the same leap as their chops.
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The Sadies' best album yet.
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Imagine a troupe of gloomy cow-punks careening down a thundering Hawaiian pipeline and you've got a bead on their wildly divergent sound.
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The results [on previous albums] came off a little mannered, but on Favourite Colours, the band finally exhibits an integrated command of its genre obsessions, playing chilly-but-urgent music with a distinctly Sadies flavor.
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UncutHones the Southern harmonies and guitar-pickin' crosstalk of the brothers Good. [Nov 2004, p.116]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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PaulHJul 11, 2005I wasn't really that much impressed.
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CekoNaseMar 16, 2005
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LawrencePJan 15, 2005Music 10, lyrics 6 which equals a 8.