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Old 97's, Fight Songs

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1577638

Disk length: 25m 27s (7 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1999

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Jagged 3:31
2. Lonely Holiday 4:12
3. Oppenheimer 3:28
4. Indefinitely 3:42
5. What We Talk About 4:11
6. Crash on the Barrelhead 2:43
7. Murder (Or a Heart Attack) 3:36

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Review

By dropping their y'allternative pretensions, busting out their rock chops, and releasing the pop child within, the Old 97's come out of the country and into the limelight. Some fans may decry the lack of twang, but there is no denying that Fight Songs is a terrific album, from its rollicking guitars to Rhett Miller's aw-shucks lyrical look at love's travails. --Tod NelsonBarely into the second track of Fight Songs the Old 97's, who've made cantankerous sore-heartedness a virtue, sound harmonically mellow and sweet. "Lonely Holiday," on first pass, is edgeless, but then you get "19" and yet more polished eschewal of this old band's incisive penchant. Does it bring Fight Songs down? A bit, but clean production aside, the Old 97's show tremendous growth from the scrappy twang of Wreck Your Life and even Too Far to Care. These are pop tunes, no doubt, and the twang might be somewhat eclipsed in spots. Guitarist and singer Rhett Miller's hardly budged an inch on his confessional pissing and moaning, still keeping it clear that he's bent out of shape. And the band's decided to trim its instrumental colors in the production process, which leads to a vaguely compressed feel in the guitars and an even more up-front occasion for Miller to sound off. --Andrew Bartlett

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Fight Songs

Tracks: 12 (+5 tracks), Disk length: 43m 19s (+17m 52s)

Fight Songs

Tracks: 12 (+5 tracks), Disk length: 43m 19s (+17m 52s)

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