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- Record Label: Hollywood
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
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You're An Ocean | |
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Can you make it easier For me to understand How you're holding my heart In your trembling hands? Eyes that rise to meet me halfway Up among the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 11
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Mixed: 8 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Their third release has no apparent monster single like "The Way," but the recording as a whole contains a higher number of strong songs. It rocks harder, and the band's previously overpowering influences--most notably Elvis Costello--are now beautifully integrated into a more developed and identifiable sound.
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Well-constructed but largely uninspiring... Its lyrics offer little that's dynamic or artful, so what are listeners really left with? Decent melodies, to be sure, and nicely produced tracks... But deep down, the music and lyrics rarely match up, and few songs establish a mood for long enough to hang your heart on.
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Fastball are, in general, a little wobbly on this CD, but their aim is true often enough to suggest that once they get the guest star syndrome out of their system, the hits could keep on coming.
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SpinThe Harsh Light of Day is being sold as a Great Album, which means ubersongcraft, which means the Beatles, and keep that pedigree coming. [Oct 2000, p.173]
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The only significant change from their breakthrough effort, 1998's All the Pain Money Can Buy, is more expensive, expansive-sounding production and an increasingly overt Beatles influence in both the songs and sonics.
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With its brand of easily accessible pop rock, the Austin, Texas-based trio presents an extremely likable musical front that's based more upon influence than innovation.
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Checkout.comDoes the world really need another mediocre pop-rock album rife with trite lyrics, aimless melodies and bloated production?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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JeffHNov 11, 2003
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JeffHNov 11, 2003
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JeffHNov 11, 2003
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ColleenJ.Jun 22, 2003
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