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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0766482816446
Format: Import
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Manufacturer: Sony Bmg Europe
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Bmg Europe
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Sales Rank: 300523
Studio: Sony Bmg Europe
Editorial Review:
Album Description:
2003 album from the critically acclaimed Canadian indie rock act. 12 tracks including the hit 'The Rest Of My Life'. Vik Recordings/BMG.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I have to say that I can't agree with the reviewers who see this album as a big drop in quality from previous albums. I find nothing but joy in listening to this and think that several of the cuts rank among their best songs ever. I own all of their albums and the only two that I find at all sub par are their first, SMEARED, and their live album. All the others are at least very good. Instead of tarring the album with broad strokes, I would like to see the album's detractors talk more in specifics. ... Read More
Rating:  -
...but still a lot better than other rock/power pop albums around.
I'm mixed about Action Pact. One one hand, Sloan have actually have put together an album that sounds cohesive. They've tossed out the Beatles obsession from Navy Blues and One Chord to Another for an AC/DC and Aerosmith obsession, courtesy of Patrick Pentland and Chris Murphy, who pen nearly all the songs. Even though Jay Ferguson contributes only two tracks, one of them, "False Alarm," is the best (and catchiest) on the ... Read More
Rating: -
Sloan have been conquering power pop for over a decade now with an incalculable and possibly illicit debt to every great glam, punk, and hard rock band of the 1970s. The songs are irreproachably written and rhapsodically performed, and yet they remain incarcerated within the shackles of influence. It's not even as clear-cut as a derivative band churning out songs not up to par with the icons they emulate; on past albums, Sloan has written better songs than anything The Rolling Stones have put out in ... Read More
Rating: -
I had not heard of Sloan, till I found this cd at a listening station. I felt it rocked enough to buy it for $23 or so, and I was right. I love every song with the great guitar work and tight vocals. The last track was very trippy and reminds me of a 3 minute Monster Magnet song (if you're a MM fan you'll hear it. In short the album was awsome.
Then I went back and bought two of their previous albums, Pretty Together and some other one. That was a mistake. I'm glad they've changed their ... Read More
Rating: -
It seems to me that Sloan is listening to their fanbase with this one. I don't have Pretty Together due to the collective sigh issued by reviewers everywhere. Between The Bridges was so good, I didn't want to have my buzz ruined. So Sloan must have heard. Dropping the keyboards and punching up the guitars and the tempos, Sloan delivers a more hard nosed sound. But the advances in songwriting made over the years have not been jettisoned. Sure, "Backstabbin'" is some big dumb rock but they have never denied ... Read More
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