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Go Fly a Kite
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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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  • Summary: The fifth solo album for the Texas-based singer is his first on his own label, The Noise Company.
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  • Record Label: The Noise Company
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock
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Full Circle
I've come full circle, I've come full circle. As I burned all the books I read I recalled somethin' someone somewhere said; "There's so much in us... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Paste Magazine
    Feb 7, 2012
    85
    It's spirited, energetic and competent power-pop.
  2. Alternative Press
    Feb 8, 2012
    80
    His earnest vocals and easygoing spirit evoke both nostalgia and excitement for what may lay around the next bend in the road--a difficult feat he makes sound effortless. [Mar 2012, p.98]
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  3. Blurt Magazine
    Apr 12, 2012
    80
    Coming in at 11 songs, there is hardly a weak one on Go Fly a Kite and no real need to call out one track over the next, as all are pretty much worth the price of the album.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Apr 5, 2012
    67
    The piano-backed punch of "Jealous Girl" and swaying "Gossip" both achieve pinnacles of pop, completely masking their lackluster lyricism, but it's Kweller's pushing his ruffled tenor into Seventies roots-rock territory that serves him best here.
  5. DIY Magazine
    May 14, 2012
    60
    Go Fly A Kite is a likeable album, but it sounds like Jet at its worst times and like an American alt-rock band past their sell by date at its best.
  6. No Ripcord
    Feb 14, 2012
    60
    Sure, a couple tracks hit it just right, but by and large, once the album's over, it's not liable to pop back into my thinking.
  7. BBC Music
    May 11, 2012
    40
    It's not groundbreaking, and it's not that interesting.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. chabonbon
    Feb 12, 2012
    9
    Ben Kweller is back with his best album yet. Go Fly a Kite is exactly what a good album should be like. The songs are catchy, the lyrics areBen Kweller is back with his best album yet. Go Fly a Kite is exactly what a good album should be like. The songs are catchy, the lyrics are clever, and the songwriting is impeccable (as usual with Ben Kweller). He has graduated from adolescence (finally) and is really making great music. His influences are obvious (Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Weezer) but it doesn't sound like a copy at all. Hopefully this will put Ben Kweller out more and give him some radio play. 10/10. Amazing.… Collapse
  2. AlexxTrusc
    Apr 26, 2012
    3
    New indie-pop album of Ben Kweller - "Go Fly a Kite" is a very average product. The very first songs "Mean To Me" and "Out The Door" did notNew indie-pop album of Ben Kweller - "Go Fly a Kite" is a very average product. The very first songs "Mean To Me" and "Out The Door" did not impress. Thanks that somewhat minimalist-pop compositions like "Gossip", "Justify Me" or carefree county song "Full Circle" saves the situation. In any case this is not a proposition of the highest quality - you can let it go.… Expand

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