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- Summary: The Washington, D.C. band's seventh album finds the band in a more political mood, even sampling President Bush (the newer one) on one track.
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 20
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Mixed: 7 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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Trans Am's Liberation is one of those rare albums that combine great musicianship, irony, sonic diversity, and originality. And to top it all off, the album rocks.
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An interesting collage of styles.
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A political record as grand, explicit, and opaque as Radiohead's Hail to the Thief.
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Entertainment WeeklyUnfortunately, Trans Am's New Order-meets-Chemical Brothers synth-nostalgia seldom provides a sufficiently scintillating soapbox. [20 Feb 2004, p.67]
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MojoChopper blades and police sirens pepper the album; indeed, shorn of this angsty hum, the by turns pastoral and metallic instrumental tracks pale. [Apr 2004, p.106]
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As a political album, Liberation may only be half-successful, but I'd still take angry Trans Am over the schlocky Trans Am of TA any day.
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Friends: believe me when I say that the combination between the two disparate elements–unbearably goofy synth-pop and sub-par commentary on various parties’ political shortcomings–is indeed a deadly one.
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