All the Falsest Hearts Can Try
All The Falsest Hearts Can Try | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2000 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Quality Park[1] Munich Records[2] | |||
Producer | Centro-Matic[3] | |||
Centro-Matic chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
The Independent | [5] |
NME | [6] |
All The Falsest Hearts Can Try is a full-length album by Centro-Matic, released in 2000.[7][8]
Critical reception
[edit]Texas Monthly wrote that the band's "indie-rock allegiances remain strong enough that many songs here are actually oblique, bittersweet meditations on the mythology of those allegiances."[9] NME called the album "yet more rough-hewn genius-in-the-making from the same American heartlands that threw up the likes of The Flaming Lips and Uncle Tupelo."[6] The Chicago Tribune called it "brilliantly raw," writing: "Here is a group of musicians whose talent and experience pulls them toward perfection, though they'll happily sacrifice technical recording quality for musical quantity."[10] MTV wrote that "the sonic mudbath, along with Centro-matic's deliberate bush-league musicianship, exquisitely compliments [Will] Johnson's songs, a twangy mix of Crazy Horse raunch and sweet acoustic balladeering."[11]
Track listing
[edit]- Cool That You Showed Us How
- The Blisters May Come
- Call the Legion in Tonight
- In the Strategy Room
- Huge in Every City
- Saving a Free Seat
- Save Us, Tothero
- Most Everyone Will Find
- Gas Blowin’ Out of Our Eyes
- Hercules Now!
- Magic Cyclops
- Would Go Over
- Members of The Show ‘em How It's Done
- Aerial Spins/Nautical Wilderness
Personnel
[edit]- Will Johnson - vocals, guitars
- Scott Danbom - vocals, keyboards, violin
- Mark Hedman - bass
- Matt Pence - drums
References
[edit]- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 272.
- ^ "On Record". Sunday Times: 22. 10 Dec 2000.
- ^ "Centro-matic: All the Falsest Hearts Can Try". PopMatters. May 8, 2000.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "POP: ALBUM REVIEWS". The Independent: 36. 19 Aug 2000.
- ^ a b "Centro-Matic : All The Falsest Hearts Can Try | NME". September 12, 2005.
- ^ "Centro-Matic | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Crain, Zac (April 13, 2000). "Out Here". Dallas Observer.
- ^ "All the Falsest Hearts Can Try". Texas Monthly. June 1, 2000.
- ^ Viera, Lauren. "In quest for success, Texas' Centro-Matic gets its ham-fisted fill". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "Who Needs A Cuisinart When You've Got A Centro-Matic?". MTV News.[dead link]