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Another Fine Day
Golden Smog
Another Fine Day
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
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It might sound like hype, but as hype nips at your ears every day from every corner, who gives a damn? You?re smart. Your BS detector is strong; take this missive with a grain of salt, but don?t talk yourself out of openin...  more »

     
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All Artists: Golden Smog
Title: Another Fine Day
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lost Highway
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 7/18/2006
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Americana, Country Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602498890431

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It might sound like hype, but as hype nips at your ears every day from every corner, who gives a damn? You?re smart. Your BS detector is strong; take this missive with a grain of salt, but don?t talk yourself out of opening your ears to this mix-by-one-band-how-can-this-be-one-band? that fell from the skies of Puerto Santa Maria, Spain and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Start with Gary Louris and Kraig Jarret Johnson?s "You Make It Easy." A breezy love song about breezy commitment. Listen. To that solo. To those harmonies. Dare yourself not to sing along. Try to play "name the influences" and you will have fun but you will fail. Then check out "Hurricane," and hear Dan Murphy, singing his guts out and having, like the title track he co-penned says, "another fine day." Dig Louris and Jeff Tweedy?s "Listen Joe," and how they sing to themselves and a long-gone friend, "surprise, surprise, everyone dies." Listen. To what every new breed that comes along calls "old school," to sounds baked into these guys since the days of vinyl. Feel the embers of all the mystics, all the Gram Parsons and Eagles and Zeppelin and Buzzcocks and Flaming Lips and Gorillaz (Kraig?s fave of the moment) records and all the rest that they?ve ingested. Truly, these cats have forgotten more records than the rest of us have sold to the used record store. "Don?t it blow your mind like the first time? The dream is never over," they ask, on "Corvette," with the exuberance of high-schoolers playing together in the garage for the first of many times. Listen. To "Corvette". Then listen to Louris?s "Gone". They have been through death and love and war and all the other vagaries of middle age in these new Middle Ages, and this is the sound of them coming out the other side ? or at least trying to come out the other side ? with friendship and rock ?n? roll as their guides.

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Evolution of Smog Continues!
B. Lesnick | Omro, WI United States | 07/20/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"First off... don't listen to self professed Smog anti-fans like Wheeler. This is a great disc. It follows true to the evolution of this band. I hate it when people judge music through anticipation. There is nothing weak here whatsoever. To try and label this is also a crime. Powerpop? No. Sincere, yes. No Smog disc has sounded like the last... it is no different here. Louris and Tweedy are shining stars in the industry. They just reside in a galaxy that most do not choose to look into. For shame!"
One of 06's Finest
Rick D. Moore | Delavan, WI USA | 08/20/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Damn. Now this is more like it. Up until now, supergroups were tarred with tarnished and gag inducing brush that Asia foisted upon the term back in the early 80's. And in their defense, Golden Smog had been content to release good music that somehow drifted underneath the radar of too many listeners. But the opening chords of "You Make It Easy" from Another Fine Day wipes that forever away. And the ultimately too-frickin'-catchy for it's own sake "5-22-02" hooks you in for the duration. Rest assured, there isn't a bad song on this disc. But for the sake of discussion, try out "Beautiful Mind," "Listen Joe," and "Hurricane." And if for some reason that defies any semblance of logic, that doesn't sell you on this album, try out "Cure For This." This is a song that deserves loving treatment by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoff on their Under the Covers" album. What could have been an exercise of self-indulgence arrives as one of 2006's finest albums."
Another Fine Golden Smog Record
Ron | 07/18/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Went out to buy this record today, the day of release, due to the amazing predecessor, "Weird Tales". I'm a big Jayhawks fan, as well as a big Wilco fan, but this album caught me a bit by surprise. It's very rocking in production and songcraft, with only a few acoustic tunes. The majority of the record is wall-of-sound rock & roll...like Oasis covering Whiskeytown... which results in one the most thrilling listens I've had when first popping in a new CD and letting it play. I recommend this album to anyone who loves great rock & roll or Americana with some soul and energy..."