Never Take Friendship Personal
Anberlin
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Never Take Friendship Personal | Anberlin | 3:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Paper Thin Hymn | Anberlin | 3:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Stationary | Anberlin | 3:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Symphony of Blasé' | Anberlin | 4:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Day Late Friend | Anberlin | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Runaways | Anberlin | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Time & Confussion | Anberlin | 3:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Feel Good Drag | Anberlin | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Audrey, Start the Revolution | Anberlin | 3:24 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius | Anberlin | 1:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen | Anberlin | 7:06 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Band names are getting dumber and dumber in the Christian rock world, even as the bands get better and better, the guitars bigger and tighter, and the hooks more and more irresistible. All of those trends are epitomized in the sophomore effort by Anberlin, which producer Aaron Sprinkle and engineer J.R. McNeely mixed in such a way as to best approximate the band's ferocious live energy. Try not to be put off by the pretentious song titles ("Audrey, Start the Revolution!," "[the symphony of] blasé," etc.) — Anberlin is primarily concerned with sweeping you off your feet by means of huge, swooping melodies and rich harmonies, all powered by blunderbuss guitars and tightly structured production. "Paperthin Hymn" is one of the prettiest slabs of guitar rock released in the last ten years; "Stationary Stationery," despite its too-clever-by-half title, is one of the most perfect pop songs of 2004. "Runaways" somehow manages to sound simultaneously like Oingo Boingo and Loverboy — someday someone is going to have to figure out how they did that. Of this album's 11 tracks, only two are less than brilliant, and only one of those (the superfluous instrumental "Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius," har har) is less than very good. Very highly recommended overall.
Customer Reviews
Their Overall Best Album
I've listened to every song Anberlin has ever done, and this cd remains the best- every song is great (Heavy hearted... is an acoustic, but the title makes it all the better).
If one were ranking them:
1) Audrey Start the Revolution- catchy and a great chorus
2) The Feel Good Drag- more of an angst-y song, and superb guitar, "I don't love you" song
3) Dance, dance...- really long and epic, I wish they hadn't eschewed the last track lengthiness
4) A Day Late- also very catchy, with a "woah-oh" anthem feel
5) The Symphony of Blasé- one of their (or the) best soft songs ever
6) Time & Confusion- love song, upbeat
7) Stationary, Stationary- along the lines of A Day Late, feel-good melody
8) Paperthin Hymn- soooo good. Listen to the preview, it speaks for itself
9) The Runaways- pretty good song, an average tune for this album (which is above average on the overall scale!)
10) Never Take Friendship Personal- just not feeling it on this one, maybe a bit rocky
5 Stars for everything, but playback value is above and beyond!
Here me out: What I have to say trumps most "anberlin fans"
There are so many people that love the "new anberlin" that just made "Dark is the Way, Light is a Place".
That sounds NOTHING like anberlin except for the songs "All We Have" and "To the Wolves" still have a bit of the anberlin sound.
ANYWAYS, TO THE POINT:
This album is an absolute masterpiece.
This is the REAL Anberlin.
This is before they started sliding to the radio sound with Cities, exploding with randomness on New Surrender, and "kerplunking" with mainstream on Dark is the Way, Light is a Place".
This is true amazingness, I have listened to this album more times since 2005 than any other album I have EVER listened to from any band. Literally hundreds and hundreds of times and I never get sick of it.
Blueprints for the Black Market is also amazing, but this album is the best Anberlin you could possibly listen to.
From,
A true Anberlin fan.
friggin delicious
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Never Take Friendship Personal an AWSOM!!!!!! I loved every part of this album especially "A Symphony of Blase" and "A Day Late." this album is just overall breath-taking ahh-mazing....anyone who has taste will love and cherish this twice as much as their childs middle school band album....;)
Biography
Formed: 2002 in Winter Haven, FL
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Anberlin
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Feel Good Drag | New Surrender | 3:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Impossible | Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place | 4:03 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Breaking | New Surrender | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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True Faith | True Faith - Single | 3:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Impossible | Impossible - Single | 4:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Resistance | New Surrender | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Breathe | New Surrender | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Paper Thin Hymn | Never Take Friendship Personal | 3:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Feel Good Drag (Acoustic) | Feel Good Drag (Acoustic) - Single | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Enjoy the Silence | Punk Goes 90s | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Indie Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Jan 17, 2005
- ℗ 2005 Tooth & Nail Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Christian Music Group,
