The Fire Theft - The Fire Theft
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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: Former Sunny Day Real Estate members Jeremy Enigk, William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel make their debut as The Fire Theft with this 13-track disc, co-produced by Brad Wood.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. There's no crybaby posing here, no deployment of cliché. Even if SDRE had a hand in the popularization of the emo movement, the Fire Theft's music is much too personal to be anything other than a therapy session, both for Enigk and his musical co-conspirators and friends.
  2. 70
    A vast, often splendid affair that recalls the lavish expanse of Roger Waters-era Pink Floyd alongside the psychedelic crash of The Who. [Dec 2003, p.122]
  3. Yes, it sounds like Yes, and, no, I don't mean that in a good way. [Nov 2003, p.99]
  4. Hard rock that is neither hard nor rock.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. wackyman
    9
    a beautiful effort the sound is wide and the emotions and words are beautifully fitted into these songs. Although they sound more than Jane's addiction than Sunny day here, it still shows how they are evolving today Oh yeah and heaven is a truly masterpiece, an instant classic Expand
  2. RobMcc
    9
    Fools, the lot of you that having something negative to say about the album, If you ever saw them live, they can top 99% of the popular, radio saturated garbage called nowadyas as alternative. Expand
  3. PatM
    9
    An astonishing record. Beautiful, subtle and occasionally brutal. More nuanced and textured than SDRE ever was. A much more mature sound at this point. Those who wanted SDRE 2.0 may be upset, but The Fire Theft is staggering in it's scope and creativity. Just a beautiful record. Expand
  4. BMorgan
    8
    It is a good album and the band continues to build on the prog-rock tendencies of Sunny Day's last album, The Rising Tide. The only thing that does way the album down is the prog-rock tendency. But overall, a welcome return for three Sunny Day principals. Expand

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