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- Record Label: Fugitive
- Release Date: Mar 11, 2008
- Summary: The first album in four years for the alternative rock band and the first with Andrew McKeag on the guitbass.
- Record Label: Fugitive
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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There's nothing complicated on this album, but then when did things ever need to be complicated?
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As the group replaces departing guitarist (and founding member) Dave Dederer with Andrew McKeag, while they bring Seattle underground mainstay Kurt Bloch in as producer, all elements that help make These Are the Good Times People perhaps their most eclectic album to date.
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While not as immediately memorable as "Lump" or "Peaches," punchy songs like album opener "Mixed Up S.O.B.," "More Bad Times" and the breezy "Loose Balloon" come across as less novelty-like as a result of songcraft.
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MojoSpiky-sounding pop dominates with abrupt or obtuse song titles the rule not the exception. [Apr 2008, p.110]
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The Presidents found on These Are the Good Times People are officially lame ducks, serving out their term while rock music elects a new Chief Executive.
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These Are The Good Times People is a mere shadow of its ‘90s counterpart that struggles to retain any of the President’s early charm.
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UncutThis is surely the desperate death-thore of a rank '90s relic. [Apr 2008, p.99]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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WesmM.Mar 21, 2008
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J.YoMar 21, 2008No Presidents fan will be dissapointed. If you are not a fan yet, this is a great intro to fun rock'n'roll.
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EchoisaacasheMar 22, 2008
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