The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
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Meant to Live | Switchfoot | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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This Is Your Life | Switchfoot | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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More Than Fine | Switchfoot | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ammunition | Switchfoot | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dare You to Move | Switchfoot | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Redemption | Switchfoot | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Beautiful Letdown | Switchfoot | 5:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gone | Switchfoot | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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On Fire | Switchfoot | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Adding to the Noise | Switchfoot | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Twenty-Four | Switchfoot | 4:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
Four albums into their recording career, Switchfoot put their toes deeper into the mainstream with 2003’s The Beautiful Letdown. The San Diego-based combo had blended a discernable (but not preachy) Christian viewpoint with a regular-guy modern rock sound on their earlier albums. With this release, they began to connect with an audience beyond their base of believers. On these tracks, singer/chief songwriter Jonathan Foreman tempers his spiritual concerns with wry humor and a genuine anger at the world’s vanities. “More Than Fine” and the title track express a yearning to transcend mortal failings, yet avoid obvious sermonizing. Switchfoot acquit themselves especially well on “Dare You To Move,” building from slurred and shambling verses into a big uplifting chorus. Throughout, the group mixes acoustic guitar textures with harder post-grunge tempos, with Foreman’s vocals suggesting a less jaded Rufus Wainwright at times. Rather than a departure, The Beautiful Letdown is a fulfillment of the genre-crossing potential this combo had shown from the start.
Customer Reviews
amazing.
jon foreman is an amazing writer, and this album is amazing. it's not an edgy album, but more of a deep one. so if that's what you're into, i don't advise that you get it. but, if you're trying to be adventurous, get this album. it's really meaningful and really powerful.
I Dare You...To Not Like this CD!
I own every Switchfoot album, and i must say that this is by far their best one yet. All sorts of emotions, inspiration, and musical ambition that flood every song on this star-studded album.
Awesome!!
I love this album. My favorite songs are Meant to Live and Gone.
Biography
Formed: 1996 in San Diego, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Switchfoot
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Your Love Is a Song | Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Version) | 4:19 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Dare You to Move | The Best Yet | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Meant to Live | The Best Yet | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dark Horses | Vice Verses (Deluxe Version) | 3:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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This Is Home | The Best Yet | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Stars | Nothing Is Sound | 4:20 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Mess of Me | Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Version) | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues) | Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Version) | 3:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Only Hope | The Best Yet | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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This Is Your Life | The Best Yet | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Pop, Music, Alternative, Rock, Adult Alternative, Christian & Gospel, CCM
- Released: Feb 25, 2003
- ℗ 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
