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The Fiery Furnaces have delivered another great American novel via guitars, drums, bells, and whistles.
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Alternative PressAs exhausting as it is brilliant. [Dec 2005, p.202]
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SpinWhether Eleanor echoes her grandmother or provides a less mature counterpoint, her gravity melds with Sarantos' gusto for a dissonance that's never entirely discordant. [Nov 2005, p.100]
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An astonishing concept-album full of humour, tenderness and life-affirming spirit.
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The flickering narrative works to pull ears closer to the band's most wowing musical offering to date.
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MojoAs unique and poignant as a family bible. [Nov 2005, p.104]
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UncutIf last year's engrossing, infuriating Blueberry Boat revealed the Friedbergers as a uniquely strange and perversely ambitious proposition, Rehearsing My Choir, remarkably, trumps it, striking a chord of real feeling alongside the pell-mell fabulation. [Dec 2005, p.110]
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Under The RadarThe album is no less a triumph as it is a fantastic future family heirloom. That said, Rehearsing might test the patience of even longtime fans. [#11, p.106]
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My feeling is that Rehearsing My Choir is an odd, initially indigestible album that is far more interesting than most people are willing to admit.
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These prose-stuffed metasongs require concentrated listening. But the rewards are rich, the experience unique.
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The album cements the band as a love-them-or-hate-them proposition, but the Fiery Furnaces remain true to themselves.
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Q MagazineThe twosome's sincere kitchen-sink music and lyrical pathos mean the tales of Chicago life unravel like a good Paul Auster novel. [Dec 2005, p.150]
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Paste MagazineImaging you're listening to a radio play and let the story engage you, and you might find yourself hooked. [Dec 2005, p.108]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 105 out of 131
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Mixed: 4 out of 131
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Negative: 22 out of 131
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PaulApr 26, 2006A unique album, worked out better than i expected it to be but overall their least best record.
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GlennDJan 11, 2006
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SpencerMDec 11, 2005