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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Jan 16, 2014
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Aug 16, 2014This album is not as good as Switchfoot's previous two albums, but it's still really good. BA55 and When we Come Alive are really good, and the album really has no glaring weak points. I do wish, however, that we can get back to the guitar riffs from songs like Afterlife, Dark Horses, and Mess of Me, but Switchfoot is still really good with a more pop sound.
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Jan 15, 2014Jon Foreman's ability to write hook-laden melodies remains, and he's an often poetic and perspicacious lyricist, but the themes of redemption and hope on Fading West are too abstracted, frequently degenerating into cliché.
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Jan 15, 2014If the whole record were as explosive as these final two songs, it might have been Switchfoot’s best. As is, Fading West feels like a somewhat minor release from a band that has never lacked for dependability.
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Jan 15, 2014Ultimately, much like riding a surfboard from wave to wave, Fading West moves from earnest ballads to dancey, groove-oriented cuts to breezy, sunshine-soaked rockers with an easy, athletic flow.