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There's A Fire
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: John Leckie produced this second major-label release for the now five-member New York band led by Steve Schiltz.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Magnet
    90
    Takes The Strangest Things' dark, occasionally scattershot pop and refines it with sharper songwriting and a slicker approach. [#69, p.100]
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  2. Filter
    86
    This is beautiful, intense music, trapped in their tiny, distraught world. [#16, p.93]
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  3. E! Online
    75
    There are a couple snoozy and wonky moments among the hits, but Longwave is definitely worth warming up to.
  4. Junkmedia
    60
    What strikes most is a sense of uncomfortable suspension, and what keeps the album afloat remains a true mystery listen after listen.
  5. Paste Magazine
    60
    Eloquently combines elements of pop, spaced-out electronic rock and even dirty garage. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.121]
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  6. Under The Radar
    60
    Neither as good nor as boring as you might think. [#10, p.112]
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  7. Rolling Stone
    40
    Despite a few arresting moments, such as the big-muscled title track, the band never stumbles on much that's recognizably its own.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. matthew
    Jul 20, 2005
    10
    Gorgeous ablum. Not as immediate as The Strangest Things, but give it a few repeated spins and you'll be adding this to your top ten of Gorgeous ablum. Not as immediate as The Strangest Things, but give it a few repeated spins and you'll be adding this to your top ten of the year.… Expand
  2. CosmoPrelog
    Jul 20, 2005
    10
    Great Band - Great Album
  4. nelsonf
    Jul 29, 2005
    10
    Top 10 of 2005 Material.
  5. amalia
    Oct 7, 2005
    9
    beautiful and heart-felt.... real. something i haven't heard in most other bands in a long time
  6. DashS
    Jul 27, 2005
    8
    Great album. Lots of great tunes on here. Not superbly innovative like Radiohead, but complex enough to soothe the nay sayers.
  7. MusicMaven
    Aug 18, 2005
    6
    They are still nowhere near as inspired as their contemporaries, but they can write the occasional anthemic chorus or catchy hook. At the They are still nowhere near as inspired as their contemporaries, but they can write the occasional anthemic chorus or catchy hook. At the moment, I slightly prefer their last album (The Strangest Things), but a few more listens and the tighter production of There's A Fire may change my mind.… Expand
  8. Simon
    Sep 12, 2005
    4
    Apart from the first song, this album is a majority of troughs. It

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