- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Release Date: May 4, 2010
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 54 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 54
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Mixed: 6 out of 54
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Negative: 7 out of 54
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stvmtyMay 30, 2010A good album but it was a little harder to get into. Even when its a poppy album it doesn't sound like BSS at a first listen, it doesn't have that summer-beach sound that the band had the past albums.
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t$M.May 5, 2010The best BSS album since You Forget it in People. You can't expect a better album than that, so it was worth the wait.
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BrendanMay 5, 2010Their most commercial and polished record. Has its moments.
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AdrianKMay 20, 2010Despite of the last track a very good and enjoyable album.
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JoshuaHMay 4, 2010Their best work to date, an album that requires several listens before its layers are fully appreciated.
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MikeWMay 4, 2010
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JeffLMay 4, 2010Its good to have so much new music from BSS. It is less produced, more rockish, and sounds more like a group of folks who just like to play good music together. Its refreshing all the way through.
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TimSMay 5, 2010It's fantastic. Bottom line. It's not nearly as spectacular as "You Forgot It In People," but BSS have overcome a series of middling solo projects to produce another stellar effort.
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AFanMay 5, 2010Classic! Are you kidding me? This is soooo good.
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MarkB.May 29, 2010
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Oct 27, 2010Maybe I dont like this kind of music, but this is so inexpressive for me. This album hasnt think. External melodies pronouncedly spoil it. I am really disappointed of it. 3
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Dec 4, 2010Album of the year. Hands down. Forgiveness Rock Record is one of those album that you appreciate more and more with repeated listens. So if you haven't listened a thousands times, get on it. It isn't quite YFIIP. But it's close. And that's saying something. YFFIP is maybe the album of the decade. I love this band. I hope we don't have to wait another five years for more music.
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May 10, 2011I appreciate McEntire's production but overall he had little to work with since this IS BSS. There are some career defining tunes on this album but overall it's reach exceeds it's grasp.
Awards & Rankings
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Though clearly as replete with imagination as they are with personnel, Broken Social Scene would benefit from the attentions of a less indulgent producer.
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Their fourth full-length has certain recurring quirks: skittery hi-hats, guitar lines to whistle along to, junk poetry sneered as if into a wind chamber. Blame a new emphasis on songwriting, never their strength, over sound-making.
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It's fantastic, as is so much of Forgiveness Rock Record, a collation of so many talents that it's practically bursting at the seams.