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- Summary: This third LP is the first release since 2004 for the Texas-based choral/symphonic rock group fronted by Tim DeLaughter.
- Record Label: TVT
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 22
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Mixed: 7 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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The melodies are far more varied than on previous outings, and the sense of dynamics and balance of tension in these songs -- and the arrangements that accompany them -- are the most sophisticated this group has ever pulled off.
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Such hugeness can be either exhilarating or tiresome, depending on the listener's capacity for joyful crescendos and enthusiastic shouting. But the album's most intriguing moments come when the church-choir antics are scaled back in favor of some introspection.
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Although the sound of 30 people making music is always going to have an uplifting edge to it, the songs here are less self-consciously happy-clappy than before.
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And there's a pleasing strand of experimentation running through The Fragile Army that, even though it could have been developed slightly further, suggests that the Spree are more than a one-trick, um, choir.
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The Fragile Army is an all-out orchestral and choral assault for optimism in a turbulent era, but only infrequently are the Spree's songs as memorable as their numbers.
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There's plenty of interest here, then--but is anyone still listening?
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The novelty of it all has quickly worn thin.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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MariaW.Aug 13, 2007All the songs make me so happy!! Expecially running away, i could listen to it all day, so could the rest of my family!!!!!!
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JennyMcGJun 22, 2007So happy, so fun, and kind of darker than I thought it'd be. Loved it!
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SandraS.Jul 17, 2007Check out the video to Running Away...that had me hooked.
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SkyWeaponJun 15, 2007Their best piece to date
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EthanPJul 30, 2007
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JimMJun 13, 2007Together We're Heavy is much more personal of an album, but the hyped up rukus of Fragile Army is what will put PolySpree on the map.
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JohnnyZJun 21, 2007
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