Fragile Future
by Hawthorne Heights
  • Record Label: Victory
  • Release Date: Aug 5, 2008
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17

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  1. MIkeH
    Aug 8, 2008
    0
    Recycled, emo/scenester, naïve, parent-hating, rebellious garbage. For a style of music that prides itself in being "anti-pop" they sure do follow the formula. Four minute songs, false emotion, disgusting lyrics, and song arrangements that only the best producers can make. Take a hint Hawthorne Heights. If you want to be respected, write your own music and demand more control of how Recycled, emo/scenester, naïve, parent-hating, rebellious garbage. For a style of music that prides itself in being "anti-pop" they sure do follow the formula. Four minute songs, false emotion, disgusting lyrics, and song arrangements that only the best producers can make. Take a hint Hawthorne Heights. If you want to be respected, write your own music and demand more control of how it sounds as a finished piece of music. Don't make products for teenage consumption -- it's a moot enterprise.… Expand
  2. uhohzombies
    Aug 7, 2008
    1
    Generic, corporate "emo". Just another cash-in on a dying genre by a talentless band.

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. AllMusic
    60
    It's a familiar mix of music, to be sure, but Fragile Future also sounds more valid than other emo albums, even if its hooks aren't quite as muscular as those on the band's previous disc.
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  2. Alternative Press
    70
    As with prior releaes, Woodruff's lyrics can be hokey, but his Midwestern earnestness makes it easy to let it slide. [Sep 2008, p.158]
  3. Billboard
    70
    Emo fans will be satisfied; dabblers will have their assumptions about the genre confirmed.
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