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Alternative PressThe Fratellis may have simply have heightened our expectations by sounding too good too soon. [Aug 2008, p.170]
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They’ve buried those strengths deep to make way for a humorless new approach that borrows the turgid bleariness of Oasis (“Living’s much too easy and dying will be some kind of bore”) but misses the Gallaghers’ pomp and glory.
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Unlikely to win over any feminists, or win any literary prizes, Here We Stand’s main problem is being overlong and under-chorused.
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Simply put, their attempts at a new, more mature direction have found them lacking in all departments: lyrical, compositional, and creative.
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Here We Stand keeps up its predecessor's swagger, but the album's debts to glam and Brit-rock forbears (there's some Bowie and Clash here, too) give you a vague sense you've heard these songs before.
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Here We Stand is tantalizing, but that's all. [July 2008, p.102]
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Like Alex Turner with a head injury, Jon Fratelli writes observational lyrics that observe nothing, and character songs with no character.
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UncutNot for everyone, but quite a party. [July 2008, p.94]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 35
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Mixed: 4 out of 35
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Negative: 8 out of 35
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StewAug 20, 2008Costello Music was a great album, this one severely disappoints.