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| 3.5 great | Robbit | May 24th 16 |
FAITH, HOPE, LOVE is an ambitious and energized follow-up to 1989's GRETCHEN GOES TO NEBRASKA. While there are many infectious
musical ideas on display here, many songs would have benefited from some judicious editing.
Their trademark harmonies are on full display throughout the album, along with their quirky prog-metal inspired song
arrangements. Ty Tabor's guitar tone is unique, robust and really makes helps his guitar shine on extended solos such as
"Moanjam". "We Were Born To Be Loved" contains rather funky stop/start riffs that even Paul Shaffer would sometimes jam on with
David Letterman's Late Night band. There are many infectious musical ideas to be found on this album. The single "It's Love"
and "Talk To You" are other notable highlights.
Most off putting to me are the pair of anti-abortion songs, "Legal Kill" and "Mr. Wilson", which is especially creepy with the
chorus of children's voices. I've never had any issue with their Christian agenda until I heard these songs, which really
always seemed a bit much for my taste. Like their extended length songs, this is another case of not knowing when one ought to
shut up.
As a whole, FAITH, HOPE, LOVE has always seemed a tad overreaching in its ambition and the songs not quite as well honed as
those on GRETCHEN. My personal reservations aside, there are undoubtedly plenty of great ideas to be found throughout the
record and the performances alone make this worth a spin.
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| 4.0 excellent | dlbk03 | January 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | ztetter | October 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | eldave74 | September 10th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Zakusz | September 1st 22 |
| 3.0 good | KuyJuk | January 28th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | eirinn | April 18th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | ACVPV | January 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | mEyck07 | December 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jimmer2 | September 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | solrage | August 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | valis61 | November 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | KarlPG | August 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | EDkoss | February 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | jybt | May 13th 14 |
| 3.5 great | FWX | February 2nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Mailen | December 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | November 26th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | slackr | June 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | daghe | May 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kual21 | April 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | November 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zyklzy | April 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Jumaos | April 21st 11 |
| 4.5 superb | csholm | June 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Dogman | March 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | noods | June 15th 08 |
| 2.5 average | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 3.0 good | cpd38 | September 5th 07 |
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