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We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
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60

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7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

  • Summary: The third album for the San Diego-based singer-songwriter includes songs that first appeared on three EPs.

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I'm yours
Well, you done done me, and you bet I felt it I tried to be chill, but you're so hot that I melted I fell right through the cracks Now I'm trying to... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    His third studio CD, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., includes pleasantly lightweight jams with beachy guitars (''Live High''), R&B horns (''Make It Mine''), even playful scat singing (''I'm Yours'').
  2. Billboard
    80
    Jason Mraz emerges even bolder than before on an album loaded with strings, horns, formidable grooves and a dozen songs dripping with mantra-like positivity.
  3. Hartford Courant
    80
    The 30-year-old San Diegan makes another foray into sonic cross-pollination with heavy doses of polish and free-flowing energy on his third full-length studio album.
  4. Sputnikmusic
    60
    The album is harmless fun, and the funky, groovy, hook-dominated tracks are impossible to hate.
  5. Blender
    50
    Pondering his parents divorce or describing intricate and delicate sex acts, Mraz's tasty tenor remains a modestly classy pleasure. But he's lost crucial cool. [June 2008, p.75]
  6. Mojo
    40
    They all bed down with perfunctory efficiency as the voaclly gifted, lyrically vague Mraz holds court with a nylon-string guitar. [Feb 2009, p.112]
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  7. Uncut
    40
    Listening to this is like being followed home by a puppy--initially cute and guilelessly affecting, but rapidly irritating. [July 2008, p.104]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. dsingh831
    Dec 29, 2011
    10
    If you don't like this album, you have no soul. The crazy part is how many people still don't know about him. Def worth checking out. Yes,If you don't like this album, you have no soul. The crazy part is how many people still don't know about him. Def worth checking out. Yes, this review is late but I stumbled upon the CD lying in an old box and crap and just had to say something about it. All around feel good album.… Collapse
  2. ChadD
    Jun 11, 2008
    10
    Love it.
  4. JenniferR
    Sep 11, 2008
    10
    A beautiful, perfect album.
  5. TimF.
    Jun 9, 2008
    9
    This is one of the better albums I've heard this decade. Simply a feel good record that made me a fan of Mraz.
  6. JoeM
    Oct 10, 2008
    9
    Excellent all-around. bonus CD of acoustic tracks worth the extra money.
  7. AlanY
    Aug 2, 2008
    8
    What's wrong with being so positive? Especially when you're a wordsmith like Mraz.
  8. clem666
    May 6, 2021
    4
    It is truly astonishing to witness how silly and naive a grown man such as Jason Mraz can be. This album is literally an easy-listening: theIt is truly astonishing to witness how silly and naive a grown man such as Jason Mraz can be. This album is literally an easy-listening: the kind of record you listen to when you want to see life in pink with singing birds, loving and caring people and all those improbable conveniences. I do agree with Sputnikmusic when Tyler says 'We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things' is 'impossible to hate'. Indeed the melodies are terribly simple, not surprising nor rewarding at all, lyrics are cheesy and creamy as possible, featured artists bring even more silliness and idleness to the whole product and instruments and singing are overly conventional.

    At least we can say he tried to give birth to varied approaches as on 'Coyotes' but something (or someone, maybe himself) is always making sure that he doesn't sound too original. The album cover is ugly as hell and its title only assures us that the content will be as white and bland as it possibly could have been. Things quickly become painful as Mraz forces his smiles and wordplay.    … Expand

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