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What happened?

Jon Danuser | Fargo, ND | 09/25/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Where is the magic from "So Much From the City?" What happened to the wonderful, lush harmonies and well laid out chord progressions. What happened to the fun, and often quirky lyrics? What happened to these guys in general?



I will admit, that their first album is a tough one to follow up. It was fun, and very unique with a definite Beach Boys vibe to it. This one I'd not compare so much to the Beach Boys as I would to Badfinger. It's Bad. And it pains me to say it, because I wanted everyone to know about these guys after I first heard So Much For the City. Now, I see these guys falling back to earth, into the back streets of Mediocrity USA. There is one highlight to this album which lead me to giving it 2 stars, and that is "Not For All The Love in The World." This is a great track, but can't make up for the lackluster leftovers on this album. My recommendation to the band is, take your time before kicking out album number 3. You can do better than this. And I wouldn't recommend fans of So Much For the City buy this. Just wait and hope that they do better in the next album."

4.5 Starts...Great Album

J. Cook | AL USA | 09/14/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I haven't heard the first album, but I love this one. For about a month, I didn't listen to anything else. The Thrills have a light, original sound, and I think they play Sunny California rock better than most Sunny California rock bands. The album is put together extremely well, speeding up and slowing down when it needs to. And The Thrills sound amazing on it. They mix the strings, guitars, piano, vocals, and harmonies well. Everything is put together perfectly.



A lot of people that watch MTV religiously will talk about "Not for All the Love in the World" and "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?" (the singles). While these songs were the favorites of people who've listened to the album once or twice and like it because someone else told them to, the best song on the album by far (and the reason you should buy it) is "Faded Beauty Queens". I've listened to the album a million times, and this song still stands out. The words are great, and I think this song encompasses what The Thrills were trying to accomplish with the whole album. In other words, I think the album revolves around this song.



This was one of the best albums of 2004 (not the best, but one of them), and I highly recommend it to anyone who's having a bad day, or who's just looking for some good music (which is a reoccuring thing these days). It's a great road trip album too. Man, it's just good. And by the way, Phantom Planet should've been opening for them."