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Song In The Air
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the third LP for the Louisville-based emo band known for their strong live shows.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PopMatters
    90
    Elliot, in 2003, is better than they have ever been, period.
  2. Alternative Press
    80
    On Song In The Air, they rock harder than ever. [Jun 2003, p.96]
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    While their beginning might have had many labeling Elliott as just another emo band, the growth and beauty in their albums continues to show their remarkable resiliency and evolution.
  4. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    At times on Song in the Air, I'm reminded of what it might sound like if Sigur Ros, Radiohead, and Jimmy Eat World were all merged together.
  5. Pitchfork
    69
    Song in the Air is a far more dynamic and internally cohesive record than any of the band's previous efforts.
  6. Magnet
    60
    There are great moments that grasp for--and sometimes reach--the bombastic ground between Radiohead's pop days and Sunny Day Real Estate's proggier side; then there are long stretches that fail to push any buttons at all. [#59, p.90]
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  7. Splendid
    40
    As Higden struggles to make his way to the forefront, his bandmates appear greedy, desperately reaching for moments of startling stateliness -- much to the detriment of the songs themselves, which are lost in an atmospheric morass with delusions of (Radiohead) grandeur written all over it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. IrisL
    Feb 12, 2004
    10
    *orgasm* this cd is just extremley soothing and beautiful
  2. KaylaL
    May 3, 2004
    10
    A newly discovered true treasure!
  4. robertoh
    Mar 1, 2005
    10
    Forevers The best band !!!
  5. chelseah
    Mar 19, 2007
    10
    hauntingly beautiful album
  6. WilbertE
    Jun 26, 2005
    10
    this is just perfect...it was the main theme of my last relationship and still means so much to me why did they split up..damn..well soon this is just perfect...it was the main theme of my last relationship and still means so much to me why did they split up..damn..well soon there will be some unreleased material out on Rev… Collapse
  7. JohnnyV
    Jul 24, 2003
    9
    Beautiful. Not cohesive, more like floating in a warm cloud.......very ambitious. And at least 80% of the time on this album, I think those Beautiful. Not cohesive, more like floating in a warm cloud.......very ambitious. And at least 80% of the time on this album, I think those ambitions are acheived.… Expand

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