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Put simply, Everclear is AMC's masterpiece. Benefitting immensely from improved production values, the album crystallizes the band's often erratic vision into a unified, endlessly complex whole. While the arrangements are typically diffuse -- Crabwalk is shambling rockabilly, Royal Cafe is sweet country-pop, and Rise is anthemic alterna-rock -- there is a consistency of tone and a sense of place which runs through these songs that is absent from the band's other records. Similarly, Mark Eitzel's compositio...   [ read more ]

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If the two-part title weren't enough of a tip-off, let's make this clear: Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile is a concept album, based on Everclear leader Art Alexakis' divorce. Many pop musicians have mined this territory before, but Alexakis pulls off an ingenious move by dividing his divorce album in two parts and two records, separating falling in love from the fallout. Learning How to Smile is the courtship album, painting a picture of when everything was won...   [ read more ]

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