Friendly Fire
by Sean Lennon
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36

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  1. JohnB
    Nov 6, 2006
    6
    The songs are reasonably good. However, his vocals seem a little monotonous and lack expression. To me he sounds more like Emitt Rhodes than Elliot Smith, who incidentally was always compared to McCartney, not Lennon.
  2. JohnK.
    Nov 21, 2006
    6
    A lot of people could make an album this good, if given the time and money. And many make records much better, without. Well, anyway, it's not a bad record.
  3. MattD.
    Oct 6, 2006
    5
    He has talent, but he needs to get out of his dad's shadow. He has not done that on this CD.

Awards & Rankings

70
#70 Most Shared Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. AllMusic
    50
    Friendly Fire has the same feel as Into the Sun: namely, it's a pleasant but forgettable arty pop record made by a guy who has some promise but little discipline.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    74
    The melodies and production are top-notch, even if, lyrically, the album’s motifs barely move from sullen dismay to cheery dismay.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    63
    At first it seems fairly plain, built around Lennon's thin voice (friendly, if lacking fire)....Yet there's more to the album, most explicitly in the spiked words -- troubled, uncertain, seeking security in an impermanent world. [24 Sep 2006]
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