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- Summary: The Arizona emo band returns with a follow-up to their successful 2001 self-titled effort. Gil Norton produced.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Emo
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I felt for sure last night That once we said goodbye No one else will know these lonely dreams No one else will know that part of me I'm still... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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Futures goes back to the band's roots, sporting 11 sparkling gems that carefully balance balladry with bombast.
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Mixing maturity with a fixation with metal, there's an anthemic chorus to match every squiggly, air-guitar solo, and gentle harmonies play off grinding rhythms. It's the perfect combination for the ultimate pop-rock break-up album.
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Alternative PressA beautiful example of what "heart-on-sleeve" music should be. [Nov 2004, p.148]
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It sticks with what Jimmy Eat World have always done, but it sounds better than anything that preceded it.
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UncutA kind of Joshua Tree for the heavily pierced and mildly upset. [Dec 2004, p.140]
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Entertainment Weekly[Jimmy Eat World] has sacrificed some of the poppy immediacy of its previous album, instead reprising the expansive moodiness of the '99 cult fave Clarity. [22 Oct 2004, p.92]
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Futures is like a rotten onion, revealing layer upon layer of foulness.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 27
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Mixed: 1 out of 27
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Negative: 2 out of 27
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TaneyaJan 26, 2005i love love love futures, but there are a few songs a don't like such as kill and nothingwrong, other than that, great album
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MarkLJan 6, 2006
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RyaMOct 23, 2004a worthy follow up to one of the catchiest records of our generation
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naenaemaysJan 28, 2005Great cd last cd a little better.
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DavidBApr 5, 2005
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DevinBOct 24, 2004
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