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- Summary: The Seattle band's follow-up to their debut album.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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No One's Gonna Love You | |
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It's looking like a limb torn off Or altogether just taken apart We're reeling through an endless fall We are the ever-living ghost of what once... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 5 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Cease To Begin, doesn't deviate much from its excellent 2006 debut, "Everything All The Time," the record's relaxed, understated grace is distinctively Southern in its lack of self-consciousness.
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The natural maturation of Ben Bridwell's vocals and songwriting, bolstered by an increase in creative control, has yeilded what is easily one of 2007's best albums in Cease to Begin.
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Q MagazineFrom the anthem-like 'Ode To LRC to the sanguine finale of 'Window Blues,' this is beautifully paced and utterly beguiling. [Dec 2007, p.112]
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SpinEach sound lingers, and each stretched-out moment is welcome. [Nov 2007, p.114]
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Even the loudest moments reverberate with warmth. Bridwell sounds determined to build a new world for himself, one gorgeous ballad at a time.
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There's much beauty in the modest moments: the gentle, dreamy guitars in the ballad 'Detlef Schrempf,' the Uncle Tupelo–ish tumble of 'The General Specific,' and the instrumental interlude of 'Lamb on the Lam (In the City),' which sounds like the Cure lost in the Appalachia.
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With 10 tracks adding up to a mere 34 minutes, this follow-up is much more wan and insubstantial than its predecessor.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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GarthEOct 17, 2007
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JoseG.Oct 18, 2007As much as I liked "Everything All The Time", "Cease to Begin" is even better. Highly recommended.
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Aug 4, 2015
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calebr.Oct 23, 2007Just as great as the first.
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OlavJOct 30, 2007As mentioned before, the tracks could have been longer but still, I think Cease To Begin is a worthy record and a nice follow up to their previous.
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PaulFOct 22, 2007
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NickAOct 19, 2007I don't like talking trash, but this album is simply not very good. i would say: over-produced and uninspired fare
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