The Fiery Furnaces - Remember [Live]

Reviews of Remember [Live]

Rating Summary
n/a by www.allmusicguide.com The Fiery Furnaces' hyperactive creativity keeps them fascinating in concert, on record, and on Remember's one of a kind fusion of those worlds. Read more
n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com What you do get is indie prog impeccably performed by musicians at least as talented as Mars Volta but with better taste. Read more
n/a by Popmatters So take Remember as a legitimate, new way to approach the groups solid collection of music, but dont expect an emotional experience. Its a text, not a souvenir. Read more
n/a by www.avclub.com It's apparent that the album is to be understood as an exercise in collective memory, but it's unclear whether such an exercise is meant to include the band's fans, or if it's solely limited to the band itself. Read more
n/a by www.spin.com Adeptly recorded both through the board and from the audience, Remember is a microcosm of the band's career--an ambitious mess. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media The joy of watching them not fly off the rails made even the weaker shows worth hearing. But in turning that experience into a scrapbook, Remember kills the magic. Read more
n/a by www.slantmagazine.com Remember will not win the Fiery Furnaces very many new fans, but as it is likely the closest thing to a greatest hits album the unconventional Friedbergers will ever produce, it goes a long way toward definitively documenting their trippy, ingenious maunderings. Read more
n/a by www.urb.com Superfluous, the extra weight drains the raw intensity of the Furnaces famed live show and often leaves Remember sounding like a cheaply recorded album, rather than a live celebration. Read more
n/a by www.pastemagazine.com In the end, it's too erratic even by The Fiery Furnaces' standards to be a studio album, and utterly lacking the charm and character of the band's exhausting live show. Read more