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- Summary: Band member Adam Schlesinger produced FOW's long-awaited fourth studio album, which follows four years after their breakthrough hit 'Welcome Interstate Managers.'
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Someone To Love | |
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Seth Shapiro got his law degree He moved to Brooklyn from Schenectady, '93 Got some clients in the food industry He says it's not the money, it's the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 28
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Mixed: 8 out of 28
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Negative: 4 out of 28
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Traffic And Weather offers vivid little snapshots of characters and places, but in Schlesinger and Collingswood's hands, a snapshot can tell the whole story.
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UncutCements FOW's status as the savviest modern-day practitioners of both Beatlesque pop and Steely Dan's cool precision. [Jun 2007, p.94]
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BillboardThey still pen power-pop tunes so utterly irresistible—"Someone to Love," "This Better Be Good," "Strapped for Cash"—that they deserve to be every bit as ubiquitous at radio as the elements of the album's title. Oh, and they're still brilliant. [2 Apr 2007]
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There's little not to love.
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The everyday-ness of the songs makes them easily relatable, but, like a commute where traffic and weather happen on the 10s, the album starts to feel routine by the end.
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Alternative PressIt's something they've done better before. [May 2007, p.158]
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Despite being four years in the making, Traffic and Weather finds Fountains Of Wayne offering more of the same and yet decidedly less, working your nerves to the point where you’ll wonder whether you ever truly liked them in the first place.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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MattD.Apr 11, 2007
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ColbyCApr 4, 2007
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ChristopherGApr 6, 2007
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ToddT.May 25, 2007You can let the entire album play and nothing you hear will disappoint you.
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ParcoM.Aug 25, 2007Not the best FOW album ever, but very solid, very enjoyable, and sticks with you, the way true FOW music should.
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JasonApr 8, 2007
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HeathCMar 29, 2007SHIT
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