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- Record Label: Capitol
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 4 out of 16
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Alternative PressIt's almost silly to accouse An American Movie of being overproduced, because string-driven flights of fancy and studio gloss are simply what successful well-adjusted nice-guy bands do on their third album. [#146, p.89]
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While love- and life-torn Alexakis might lyrically be working familiar terrain here, he has the smarts to place his odes to abuse and regret into an intriguing assortment of different contexts, making this album well worth listening to
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The band has introduced cleanser and furniture polish into the summer cleaning, sweeping away the rough edges and brightening up the melodies, which results in the group's best-sounding album to date.
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Checkout.com"Learning How to Smile" has compelling subject matter in its reminiscence of love among the white trash ruins, but its climactic strings and cheery chords feel like a theme song to the latest WB teen-sex drama.
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While convincingly earnest and certainly ambitious, the result is formulaic, and lacks the free-wheelin', soulful magic of the original
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SelectThere are many things in life worth avoiding... But none can compare to the horrific spectacle of Everclear attempting to lighten up and show the world their jolly side. [Sep 2000, p.112]
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It wants a hit so bad -- wants to be so many things to so many people -- that you can feel the songs audibly buckling from all the promises it doles out.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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LukeJMay 18, 2006
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CraigFDec 29, 2002Great all-around album in the style of Everclear.
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JesusWAug 3, 2005For starting out as a solo album by Art it turned out into a good Everclear album. With a memorable track or two.
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davenSep 22, 2006
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Feb 1, 2012
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JoshuaSep 25, 2003
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