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It's startlingly good, better than an eight-year-layoff album has any right to be.
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MojoTender, wise, compassionate and magnanimous, it's a special, special record for anyone who has ever hurt. [Dec 2004, p.114]
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Listening to the record makes you feel like it was 1993 again, in a good way. In a melodic, honest and jangly kind of way. In a way that makes you think "nobody makes records like this anymore".
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Weightlifting is stellar TCS, expressing everything great about the band.
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Under The RadarAn important, modestly beautiful album that is both heartbreaking and conversely optimistic--an exceptional piece of work that begs to be discovered. [#7]
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FilterWeightlifting isn't unusually exceptional; it simply keeps the chain of magnificence unbroken. [#12, p.101]
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Weightlifting settles into an alternately joyful and reflective string of smart, gentle pop songs that should have fans of The Smiths and/or Crowded House waxing weepily nostalgic.
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UncutIt's frequently lush and lovely. [Dec 2004, p.150]
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The Trashcans toil on their songs, and at times, it shows -- but all it takes is the 4:10 melodic blizzard of "All the Dark Horses" to sum up what all that sweat was about: birthing pure bliss.
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A triumph tempered by doubt, an accomplished collection of conflicted feelings and guarded optimism.
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Paste MagazineIt's a welcome, bliss-smacked comeback. [#13, p.121]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 37
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Mixed: 1 out of 37
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Negative: 4 out of 37
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May 9, 2018
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EdwardLJul 25, 2006
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rodrigorApr 21, 2006this album is a gift for us!!!