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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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