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Folk Implosion
Released 1997

Burning Paper
04:13
834 plays

Checking In
03:13
781 plays

Barricade
02:36
773 plays

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songs

- 1
- Pole Position
- 02:46
- 1,123 plays

- 2
- Wide Web
- 02:50
- 1,020 plays

- 3
- Insinuation
- 04:26
- 1,479 plays

- 4
- Barricade
- 02:36
- 773 plays

- 5
- That's The Trick
- 01:58
- 770 plays

- 6
- Checking In
- 03:13
- 781 plays

- 7
- Cold Night
- 01:26
- 607 plays

- 8
- Park Dub
- 01:39
- 602 plays

- 9
- Burning Paper
- 04:13
- 834 plays

- 10
- (Blank Paper)
- 01:55
- 593 plays

- 11
- Ball & Chain
- 02:32
- 646 plays

- 12
- Fall Into November
- 02:57
- 488 plays

- 13
- Dare To Be Surprised
- 02:10
- 538 plays

- 14
- River Devotion
- 02:46
- 543 plays

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album review

The surprise success of "Natural One" affected the Folk Implosion in a surprising way. Instead of running from success and shunning melody, Lou Barlow and John Davis decided to embrace pop on their own terms. That means the Folk Implosion remains an indie rock band, recording on cheap equipment, and layering brittle guitars for the basic tracks, but the guys write impossibly catchy hooks, such as the amazing single "Pole Position." At its best, Dare to Be Surprised is spare, tuneful, and infectious, and at its worst, it's merely underwritten. Nevertheless, Barlow has rarely been as succinct and consistent as he is here, and Davis' songs are uniformly strong as well, making Dare to Be Surprised one of the finest items in their respective catalogs. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide