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| 3.0 good | Jacob Clark | June 2nd 16 |
Learning to Breathe fixes some of the problems seen in Switchfoot's earlier work, particularly the pacing. Instead of the back-and-forth of New Way to Be Human, the ballads and up-tempo tracks are nicely balanced and don't conform to a singular form. There's also some nice dynamic tracks including a raw version of "Dare You to Move" that, while good, doesn't hold up compared to the later recording of the track. There's some evolution towards a better sound here, but Switchfoot doesn't quite hit their stride yet.
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| 4.0 excellent | yeabyeab | August 29th 10 |
Beautiful album, and quite possibly Switchfoot's best.
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| 3.5 great | 11andy22 | February 25th 09 |
This happens to be the first CD I ever owned. That said, I will do my best to stay honest and unbiased.
First, John Foreman has a very memorable voice. I can't always connect to his lyrics, but he doesn't get old quickly.
Second, this band knows how and where to add 'low points' to their music. I especially think of the song Love is the Movement.
Third, this music is full of feeling. Each song conveys a single feeling, and has a life of its own. Especially the first few songs (I Dare You to Move and Learning to Breathe). There are some very well written songs here.
Fourth, there are moments I am distracted from the music by its out-of-place-ness. This could be the filler showing through. Fortunately, I don't think there is much filler except on some songs towards the end of the CD.
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| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 23rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | NoSons | January 8th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Source | July 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | February 2nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | Lucman | October 26th 17 |
| 3.0 good | nope | February 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Quarl4 | December 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xhoven | February 4th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aymax | March 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | stosick | June 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Schozzy | April 27th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | RE58 | January 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zikana | November 16th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Lakes. | October 8th 11 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | October 7th 11 |
| 3.0 good | jatts7 | August 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eko | July 9th 10 |
| 3.5 great | csholm | June 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Mace | June 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | atrink | April 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | soap91 | March 8th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Hro | February 15th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Xelis | November 8th 09 |
| 3.0 good | BSX | July 17th 09 |
| 3.0 good | benhxc | January 31st 09 |
| 3.0 good | fritz | September 1st 08 |
| 3.0 good | zuzek | January 18th 08 |
| 2.5 average | k182hy | November 25th 07 |
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