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The Beautiful Letdown | 
 enlarge | Artist: Switchfoot
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 3940
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 86967
UPC: 696998696723
EAN: 0696998696723
ASIN: B000189DW2
Release Date: June 22, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Meant To Live | | • | This Is Your Life | | • | More Than Fine | | • | Ammunition | | • | Dare You To Move New | | • | Redemption | | • | The Beautiful Letdown | | • | Gone | | • | On Fire | | • | Adding To The Noise | | • | Twenty-four |
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THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN (COLUMBIA RECORDS/2003) November 19, 2008
REVIEW: For their first major label debut, San Diego's own Switchfoot went all-out in crafting a truly majestic album of hard-core alternative rock. Lyrically, the tracks "Meant To Live", "This Is Your Life", "More Than Fine", "Dare You To Move", "Gone", and "The Beautiful Letdown" are trenchant commentaries that should strike the heart of every listener in need of a "reality check" when it comes to the strain and temptations of modern life and how it pulls the soul further and further away from God. But apart from the (somewhat) somber tone of those tracks: Switchfoot never forgets to add a good dollop of humor to their potent blend of Christianity and hard rock. "Gone" and "Adding To The Noise" are comedic in tone even though the words are just as cautionary as the more overt statements made by "The Beautiful Letdown" or the heart-on-the-sleeve spiritualism of "On Fire" and "Twenty-Four". Ah, if only more artists were willing to craft songs like these: songs that actually MEAN something instead of the typical "I-love-my-girlfriend/I-love-my-boyfriend/So-let's-get-it-on", etc. lyrics that may get your booty shaking, yet leaves your soul out in the cold when it comes to anything spiritually worthwhile. ANOTHER BIG PLUS: the cover photo shot is awesome!!! HARSH LANGUAGE: None. VIOLENCE: None. SEXUAL REFERENCES: None.
THE MORAL COMPASS: These guys are really, really good at what they do; and "THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN" will certainly go down in musical history as one of the highlights of the modern rock era. Lead singer/songwriter Jonathan Foreman has an incredible knack for dispensing Christian theology into a workable, understandable, and rational plea for internal, Spirit-filled change. By coming on so subtle yet so forceful: the band's love of Christ is shown even more strongly than if they were to say His name every other word or so. And it is this approach that really helps to draw neophyte Christians and non-Christians alike into a simple, down-to-earth understanding of what it means to be filled with the Spirit of God. The fact that millions upon millions of kids have listened to (or are currently listening to) Switchfoot's music only goes to show that Christianity (if presented in truth and in love) is a universally binding force that encourages all of us to seek that higher way of life as exemplified by Christ Jesus who died for us, and who rose from the dead so that we too can have a new and better existence than this "world has to offer". As such "THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN" is a great album; and one that deserves a strong, strong ACCEPTABLE rating (and then some) for its content.
HIGHEST BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 16.
HIGHEST CHRISTIAN ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 1
HIGHEST INTERNET ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 16
HIT SINGLES:
"Dare You To Move" (BILLBOARD: Number 17, MODERN ROCK TRACKS: Number 9, ADULT CONTEMPORARY: Number 38)
"Meant To Live" (BILLBOARD: Number 18, MODERN ROCK TRACKS: Number 5)
"This Is Your Life" (MODERN ROCK TRACKS: Number 30)
New to Switchfoot but it is great so far October 6, 2008
Every song on this is wonderful. So much so that my wife and daughter are going to use "This is Your Life" as a lyrical dance number for their dance troupe they currently take at a dance company. The Christian radio station I listen to still plays "Dare You To Move" so I guess recordings since that CD haven't been up to par with The Beautiful Letdown. My only criticism is that the lyrics could be more specific to Jesus as they are a Christian band but they are appealing to a wider audience.
Another amazing album October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always been a fan of Switchfoot from their very first album, and this is no different. Wonderful!
Great!! June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All the songs are great especially "Dare You to Move", one of our favorites!! Worth every penny!
Like it a lot June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will be buying some more Switchfoot. That is about as good as review as I can give.
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