The Fray
The Fray
2009, Epic
alt rock
Taking to heart the lessons from their previous double platinum debut How To Save A Life, The Fray returned at the beginning of the month with their sophomore album. Sonically, they’ve pushed the piano away just a bit to focus more on their ‘pop rock’ sound. Even their slower songs lack the drudgery of half of How To Save A Life, which seems both a blessing and a cop out.
Essentially, this album is populated with different versions of “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How To Save A Life.” I wish I could say differently, but even their lyrics are eerily similar to what was in How To Save A Life. One has to wonder if this band simply hasn’t grown in any way, or if they’ve fallen back to the tried-and-true Coldplay strategy of spitting out different versions of the same song in hopes of making money. The Fray may make a lot of money from this album, but there aren’t any songs here that can compare to the catchiness of “Over My Head (Cable Car).” If their third album is the same, they will degenerate into a two-hit wonder.
“Enough For Now,” “You Found Me,” “Where The Story Ends.”
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Coldplay’s A Rush Of Blood To The Head, As Tall As Lions’s As Tall As Lions
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