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Entertainment WeeklyEssential listening, especially for those who only know "Stacy's Mom." [15 Jul 2005, p.73]
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All of the bands calling cards are present—they’re just scribbled down on the back of a phone bill, rather than printed out professionally then laminated.
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[The] consistent quality belies any notion of the extraneous.
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BlenderThe songs change, but the sensibility remains the same, more or less: plaintive to mopey, clever to smartass, and back again. [Jul 2005, p.118]
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Establishes both how hard it is to turn out material worthy of Utopia Parkway and Welcome Interstate Managers and how often Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger come close.
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Songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood's fecund melodic gifts make even odds-and-sods piffle such as "I Want an Alien for Christmas" worth hearing more than once.
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UncutMany of FoW's reserves outclass others' first team. [Aug 2005, p.115]
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Q MagazineThere's... plenty for the merely curious to enjoy. [Aug 2005, p.142]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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MickOAug 18, 2005
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JoelEJul 26, 2005
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GazcomsatJul 12, 2005