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Five For Fighting's main man, John Ondrasik, makes music like he's trying hard to earn a spot on a Dawson's Creek soundtrack. On Five for Fighting's third album, Ondrasik's self-pitying ballads overflow with dewy-eyed dreaminess, as his vocals swoon and swoop - think of a more annoying Chris Martin. Piano-based numbers such as "Disneyland" sport strong melodies, but their mush-headed philosophizing ("It's a nice day when you wake up in Disneyland") push the limits of poetic indulgence. The closest Ondrasik comes to rocking is on "Angels and Girlfriends," where he spits a series of sarcastic spoken-word verses about a lost love; its flip side is "One More for Love," a power ballad that reaches Air Supply levels of cheesiness. Here's hoping she takes him back, and quick.
CHRISTIAN HOARD
(RS 942, February 19, 2004)
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Track List
- NYC Weather Report
- The Devil in the Wishing Well
- If God Made You
- 100 Years
- Angels & Girlfriends
- Dying
- Infidel
- Disneyland
- Maybe I
- The Taste
- One More For Love
- Nobody
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Silent Night (Main Version) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Superman (It's Not Easy) (Acoustic Version) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Something About You (Remix) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Sister Sunshine (Non-album track) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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2+2 Makes Five (Non-album Track) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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