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Here We Stand
by The Fratellis
This is the sophomore album for the Scottish indie rock band.
| LABEL: |
Interscope |
| RELEASE DATE: |
10 June 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
musicOMH.com
They've produced a solid second album that is sure to succeed for them as long as they can maintain a good level of exposure.

80
Q Magazine
Rather than sounding like musical magpies, The Fratellis are always their own men. [July 2008, p.100]
80
Trouser Press
Throughout, the joyfulness and invention, a marvel of pop craft, make Here We Stand hit the spot.

80
Observer Music Monthly
Eighteen months touring and producing themselves at home have toughened the bands sound. And broadened it.

80
Dot Music
The Frat pack are back with the impressive, Here We Stand, a confident, storming, guitar-driven rollercoaster of an album with more hooks than the North Sea fishing fleet, all bobbing along on a blitzkreig of overdriven, pop guitars.

70
New Musical Express
If you look at it as a Grand Guignol of rock cheese, this album is huge fun.

70
All Music Guide
Like a lot of second albums that aren't exactly a slump, Here We Stand is more accomplished than dynamic, but there are still quite a few enjoyable moments here.

70
Billboard
Back for round two, sophomore album Here We Stand doesn't quite bring anything new to the table, but does carry on in the same fun, brash rock tradition of the debut.

67
Entertainment Weekly
This stuff certainly satisfies. What it doesn't do is thrill. [13 June 2008, p.70]
67
Austin Chronicle
If the band's found inventive ways to stretch out its melodies, lad-in-chief Jon Fratelli delivers best on soused songs illuminating how love has gone wrong. Party on.

60
Uncut
Not for everyone, but quite a party. [July 2008, p.94]
60
Rolling Stone
Here We Stand keeps up its predecessor's swagger, but the album's debts to glam and Brit-rock forbears (there's some Bowie and Clash here, too) give you a vague sense you've heard these songs before.

50
Alternative Press
The Fratellis may have simply have heightened our expectations by sounding too good too soon. [Aug 2008, p.170]
50
Spin
Here We Stand is tantalizing, but that's all. [July 2008, p.102]

40
PopMatters
Simply put, their attempts at a new, more mature direction have found them lacking in all departments: lyrical, compositional, and creative.

40
The Guardian
Like Alex Turner with a head injury, Jon Fratelli writes observational lyrics that observe nothing, and character songs with no character.

40
Blender
They’ve buried those strengths deep to make way for a humorless new approach that borrows the turgid bleariness of Oasis (“Living’s much too easy and dying will be some kind of bore”) but misses the Gallaghers’ pomp and glory.

40
NOW Magazine
Unlikely to win over any feminists, or win any literary prizes, Here We Stand’s main problem is being overlong and under-chorused.

36
Pitchfork
The Fratellis have comfortably nestled themselves among the ranks of British rock's most besotted, but even relative to their contemporaries they still manage to come off sounding bored, tired, and downright silly.

30
Drowned In Sound
Formula is strictly adhered to, and while pace may differ from one jolly strum-about to the next, the void where there should be a worthwhile tune remains.


The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
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