Hello Hurricane
by Switchfoot
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 38
  3. Negative: 5 out of 38

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  1. mananacl
    Jan 31, 2011
    6
    First off, I'm a huge fan of Switchfoot. I've been listening to them and following them for years. I was especially excited for Hello Hurricane, because it was Switchfoot's first album on their own label. It was something of a let down, really. It's a good album, but all around lack-luster. Particularly "Your Love is a Song" was a disappointment. It's simple a rehashing of an earlierFirst off, I'm a huge fan of Switchfoot. I've been listening to them and following them for years. I was especially excited for Hello Hurricane, because it was Switchfoot's first album on their own label. It was something of a let down, really. It's a good album, but all around lack-luster. Particularly "Your Love is a Song" was a disappointment. It's simple a rehashing of an earlier Switchfoot song, "Only Hope," but less inspired, musically and lyrically. The harder tracks ("Mess of Me, "The Sound") were well developed tunes, and I could rock along with them. Really though, they lacked musical originality, and they don't match the lyrical depth of any songs on other Switchfoot Albums. Musically the bright spots were "Free," and "Bullet Soul." Lyrically, Jon Foreman showed he will always have "it" with "Hello Hurricane" and "Red Eyes."

    Overall a good album, but sub-par by Switchfoot Standards. Here's to the upcoming Vice Verses.    … Expand
  2. LetzTalkMoveez
    Oct 22, 2012
    5
    Switchfoot has yet to prove themselves as an important band, and "Hello Hurricane" is certainly a weak album, but their aspirations to be an important are always apparent and the choruses of their better songs on "Hurricane" make you root for them, if only for a while.

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. AllMusic
    70
    Hello Hurricane is by far the San Diego rockers' most natural, effortless outing to date.
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  2. Alternative Press
    70
    An uplifting, hope-giving affirmation of resurgence from a band who might have been down at one point but were definitely never out. [Dec 2009, p.117]
  3. Boston Globe
    70
    More than a couple of the mid-tempo light rockers here lack teeth, some of them even lack gums. We’ve heard Switchfoot as weepy soundtrack peddlers before, but Switchfoot the rock band, it turns out, is pretty darn good.
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