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Here We Stand
by The Fratellis

The Fratellis reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 61 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.6 out of 10
based on 20 reviews
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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

What The Critics Said

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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.
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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.
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80
Observer Music Monthly
Eighteen months touring and producing themselves at home have toughened the bands sound. And broadened it.
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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.
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70
New Musical Express
If you look at it as a Grand Guignol of rock cheese, this album is huge fun.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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40
PopMatters
Simply put, their attempts at a new, more mature direction have found them lacking in all departments: lyrical, compositional, and creative.
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40
The Guardian
Like Alex Turner with a head injury, Jon Fratelli writes observational lyrics that observe nothing, and character songs with no character.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Stew gave it a5:
Costello Music was a great album, this one severely disappoints.

Robert G. gave it a9:
This second effort from the band is much better than their first. The critics are slagging it because it's not deep or mind expanding or experimental or whatever. Screw that! It's fun as hell, it's filled with great hooks, it sounds fantastic and -- combined with the band's incredibly high energy -- this adds up to one of the best albums of 2008.

X. gave it an8:
Generally a good album, but lost a lot of the energy that Costello Music had.

Chris W gave it a10:
An amazing growth from their previous CD. It's not your typical garage Indie Band. Very dynamic and each track can stand on it's own. Some songs are great for Sing-A-Longs in bars, while others are just beautifully written. Could be the underground album of 2008.

Michael C gave it a0:
It's as though they decided to rip off the exact sound of the Libertines, but of course its a much much worse interpretation as the Fratellis lack the talent of that superb crew.

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