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Nov 16, 2015The yMusic songs certainly sound like Ben Folds music, except that they are frustratingly safe.
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Oct 5, 2015There are only a couple truly great songs here, so the aforementioned first section doesn’t rival much of his prior output. All things considered, though, So There still packs plenty of strong melodies, lyrics, and vocals, and the wise contributions yMusic scatters throughout the duration are impeccable.
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MagnetSep 22, 2015The pop tunes are as good as any that Folds has written.... The "Concerto" tries too hard to be Gershwin or Richard Rogers, but lacks the flow of "Rhapsody In Blue" or the drama of "Slaughter On 10th Avenue." [No. 124, p.57]
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Sep 16, 2015Folds just doesn’t seem to have the same grip on likable, semi-charming songwriting he once did.
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Sep 16, 2015So There, Ben Fold's collaborative LP with yMusic (a classical sextet from New York) is poppy, ambitious and bold. Yet despite clocking in at nearly an hour--including a 20-minute-long concerto for piano and orchestra with the Nashville Symphony--the new record feels scarce on songs.
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Sep 14, 2015How many times you’ll return to it is questionable, especially for power pop fans, but it’s a logical extension from the chamber accompaniment of the album’s opening songs and shows Folds to be even more gifted than many of his followers thought.
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Sep 11, 2015The songs aren’t a huge departure from Folds’ regular style, with sweet melodies, vocal harmonies and lyrics that switch between the quirky and the emotional.
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Q MagazineSep 8, 2015So There seems far more a compositional exercise for Folds rather than an album for the wider public. [Oct 2015, p.108]
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MojoSep 8, 2015By turns whimsical, self-deprecating and humorous. [Oct 2015, p.93]
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Sep 10, 2015Folds’ gifts for narrative and composing are clear, but fusing the two more fluidly could be something magical.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 3 out of 13
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