The Battle For Everything - Five For Fighting
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47 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik returns with his third Five For Fighting album, with Bill Bottrell (Sheryl Crow) handling some of the production duties.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Billboard
    80
    Different from the touching--but too sleepy--"America Town," "Battle" impressively tackles new territory.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    If judged merely on a sonic level it's one of the more interesting, detailed adult alternative records of recent years. But that pompous narcissism is his Achilles' heel, the thing that keeps wary listeners at bay.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    Weighed down by artificially inflated anthems, garbled lyrics about the apocalypse, and coy attempts at surrealism. [6 Feb 2004, p.140]
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  4. Blender
    20
    The Five... go for the high-flown pap of '70s singer-songwriters Dan Fogelberg and Dan Hill, playing off Ondrasik's fey falsetto and fondness for lush, string-sweetened arrangements. [Mar 2004, p.117]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. Lamy
    10
    Fantastic...
  2. RobC
    8
    This is not a bad album, i think maybe is just for FFF fans.
  3. JoshB
    6
    Songs like 100 years, disneyland, and the devil in the well are all great songs, but there are too many stupid or boring songs rounding them out. like "one more for love"… Collapse
  4. JimmusMaximus
    3
    Bought the album for the one song I'd heard, "100 Years", and wanted to return the album for something with more than just one decent song. Lyrically, some of the most silly, nonsensical stuff I've ever heard. Alludes to their other "big hit" Superman, which is pretty pathetic, as well.… Expand

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