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The Sun And The Moon Complete,The Bravery

- The Sun And The Moon Complete
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The Bravery
Released 2008

Believe
03:46
64,844 plays

Intro (Moon Version)
00:18
4,954 plays

Time Won't Let Me Go
04:11
30,168 plays

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- 1
- Intro
- 00:28
- 11,799 plays

- 2
- Believe
- 03:46
- 64,844 plays

- 3
- This Is Not The End
- 03:59
- 17,950 plays

- 4
- Every Word Is A Knife In My Ear
- 03:36
- 14,244 plays

- 5
- Bad Sun
- 04:02
- 14,809 plays

- 6
- Time Won't Let Me Go
- 04:11
- 30,168 plays

- 7
- Tragedy Bound
- 02:22
- 11,947 plays

- 8
- Fistful Of Sand
- 03:10
- 12,654 plays

- 9
- Angelina
- 03:12
- 11,105 plays

- 10
- Split Me Wide Open
- 03:39
- 12,458 plays

- 11
- Above And Below
- 03:30
- 19,023 plays

- 12
- The Ocean
- 03:41
- 13,020 plays

- 13
- Intro (Moon Version)
- 00:18
- 4,954 plays

- 14
- Believe (Moon Version)
- 03:20
- 22,615 plays

- 15
- This Is Not The End (Moon Version)
- 04:03
- 16,125 plays

- 16
- Every Word Is A Knife In My Ear (Moon Version)
- 02:37
- 12,425 plays

- 17
- Bad Sun (Moon Version)
- 04:24
- 14,498 plays

- 18
- Time Won't Let Me Go (Moon Version)
- 03:52
- 14,587 plays

- 19
- Tragedy Bound (Moon Version)
- 02:27
- 11,782 plays

- 20
- Fistful Of Sand (Moon Version)
- 02:59
- 14,653 plays

- 21
- Angelina (Moon Version)
- 03:20
- 11,445 plays

- 22
- Split Me Wide Open (Moon Version)
- 03:34
- 12,576 plays

- 23
- Above And Below (Moon Version)
- 03:10
- 13,689 plays

- 24
- The Ocean (Moon Version)
- 04:04
- 14,630 plays

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album review

Like many of-the-moment bands, the Bravery know that yesterday's trends are today's trash. And, like the band's former sparring partners and fellow new wave revivalists the Killers, the Bravery move away from the style that made them famous (or, at the very least, incorporate new sounds into their music) on their second album. Unlike the Killers, who cross-pollinated their love for Bruce Springsteen, U2, and the mythic American West into the rambling but intriguing Sam's Town, on The Sun and the Moon the Bravery try different ideas on for size, but don't commit enough to make them completely convincing. The bandmembers spend a significant chunk of the album trying to be as serious and earnest as they were stylish and giddy on The Bravery. On "Time Won't Let Me Go," they adopt a more mainstream rock sound, ditch the synths, and even name-drop Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" in the lyrics; "The Ocean" delivers strings, acoustic guitars, and all the other trappings of a formerly fun band getting too serious for its own good. Worst of all is "Tragedy Bound," a song about loving a damaged woman that has questionable lyrics like "I'm starting to suspect she likes the abuse." Elsewhere on The Sun and the Moon, the band delivers competent pop songs that fall just short of being truly memorable; "Bad Sun," which could pass for a Dandy Warhols B-side, is the best of the bunch. In between all of their attempted makeovers, the Bravery return to their bracing, '80s-inspired sound, albeit with sleeker, slicker production than on their debut. And while "Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear" is melodramatic and "Split Me Wide Open" is pure Cure pastiche, this is still the sound that the Bravery seem to feel the most, and do the best. [In 2008, the Bravery re-released The Sun and the Moon with a disc of all the album's songs "reimagined" by Sam Endicott. The reworked version opts for a sleek electro-rock sound that improves many tracks, including "Believe" and "This Is Not the End." While a few of the songs that were standouts on the original suffer from their makeovers -- "Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear" in particular -- The Sun and the Moon: Complete is good enough to not just please existing Bravery fans, but earn the band some new ones as well. ] ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide