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 Great!! June 23, 2008
All the songs are great especially "Dare You to Move", one of our favorites!! Worth every penny!
Like it a lot June 18, 2008
I will be buying some more Switchfoot. That is about as good as review as I can give.
 Switchfoot Isn't Wine January 10, 2008
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When this album came out back in 2004, I thought is was the greatest thing ever. Now? Not so much, in fact, all the songs I thought were good, not so much. The songs I didn't like, I love.
But I do have to give credit to their guitar guy, some songs like "Meant To Live" would have been terrible without that opening solo. In fact, "This Is Your Life" isn't that great either. It might have good lyrics, but the musical quality is not so great. The opening part to that is just strange, future of music channeling is what I call it.
"More Than Fine," "Gone," "Adding To The Noise," are a bunch of great little ditties, and really should make up more of Switchfoot playlist, instead of the harder stuff. Lyrically and musically "Gone" is a real winner, however, it should also have been the last song about materialism. I mean really, can the guy write about anything else? That's one of the reasons their last two albums haven't been good, it's all about materialism. They should have just stopped here.
"24," and "On Fire" are great ballads, and amazingly the band excels here, making these the highlights of the album, especially "24." Why can't the band make more of songs like these? These songs are gems, and shunned gems at that.
The rest of the album isn't that great, filler material, including the title track. Overall, I like about half the album. The rest is throwaway. Sorry, Switchfoot, you could have done better. What's sad is this is their best album. Having said that, the album does have it's high moments, and depending on what you think of them, I would definitely recommend it.
I Dare U 2 Move December 24, 2007
I really like the song I Dare You To Move. It's a "hang on to your hats, God's not finished with me yet" speaker buster! One of the greatest songs ever--secular or Christian. When you feel like God is hatin' ya He's really lovin' ya. This is a great song. I bet it has prevented many a suicide.
They continue to blow this young, black mind almost on the daily. 4.09 stars. December 6, 2007
When I think of Switchfoot, certain things, flood my thoughts;
Strained vocals, thoughtful, heartfelt lyrics and some pop-rock for the masses! \m/
This album is a surprise, and THEN some:
Some ballads, some rockers, mostly melodic and very tuneful and super-planned out lyrics, which is one of the best parts!!
I bought this in 2003: But don't ask me why. I was just looking for something different, and I thank the freakin' Stars above, for leading me to this CD, which was $7+ at the time. Since it was my lunch break at work, I decided to grab my trusty, rusty-red CD player, and give this bad boy a spin. I was nearly speechless listening to such grit and rawness. Never had I heard a slightly sexy man, pour out so much Heart and Pain in my Life. A true turn on, but most importantly, to the heart, soul and the ever-flowing mind.
Thumbs up, Switchfoot!!
Cover Art: B
Songwriting: A- (Something with depth, and non-mindless for a change!)
Vocals: C-(super-strained, pulling a Ashlee-Simpson-lite, but that mattered little, because this Bloke had/has Heart! =^D )
Length: A-
Overall: B
4.09 stars.
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