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Holistic Guidance - The Beautiful Letdown
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List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0696998696723
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2004-06-22
Studio: Sony
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Summary: New to Switchfoot but it is great so far
Comment: Every song on this is wonderful. So much so that my wife and daughter are going to use "This is Your Life" as a lyrical dance number for their dance troupe they currently take at a dance company. The Christian radio station I listen to still plays "Dare You To Move" so I guess recordings since that CD haven't been up to par with The Beautiful Letdown. My only criticism is that the lyrics could be more specific to Jesus as they are a Christian band but they are appealing to a wider audience.
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Summary: Another amazing album
Comment: I've always been a fan of Switchfoot from their very first album, and this is no different. Wonderful!
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Summary: Great!!
Comment: All the songs are great especially "Dare You to Move", one of our favorites!! Worth every penny!
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Summary: Like it a lot
Comment: I will be buying some more Switchfoot. That is about as good as review as I can give.
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Summary: Switchfoot Isn't Wine
Comment: 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.
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