| Junior Boys / So This Is Goodbye |
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| Album: | So This Is Goodbye | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Junior Boys | Added: | Nov 2006 | |
| Label: | Domino | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-03-04 | Pull Date: | 2007-05-06 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | May 6 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 17, 2023: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants The Equalizer | 4. | Jan 25, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Like A Child | |
| 2. | Nov 18, 2022: | The Great British Breakfast In The Morning | 5. | Dec 10, 2015: | Audible Chocolate (12/3) So This Is Goodbye | |
| 3. | Mar 07, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants In The Morning | 6. | Nov 12, 2015: | Audible Chocolate (11/12) So This Is Goodbye |
| Album Review |
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| Jon Barnes Reviewed 2007-02-20 | ||
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Junior Boys deliver their usual chilled out, sugary electro-pop. If music were food the Junior Boys would be a watermelon popsicle. This album doesn’t have the consistency that their last album did (Last Exit), but there are plenty of things to like. There is more funk here, and a heavy dose of electro ballads if that is your thing. I do miss the R&B feel and skittery drum programming that made Last Exit so unique, but this album has a major home run “Caught In A Wave.” Check it out! Best tracks: 8, 2, 3, 7 Track 1: FCC. There’s a word that sounds like the F-bomb in there a couple times. Mediocre tune anyway. *Track 2: Bumpy upbeat tune with genius broken drums and catchy synth riffs. Resembles the best moments on Junior Boys’ previous album. *Track 3: Straight up chillout. Very tasteful and dreamy, I can imagine hearing this tune next summer while watching the sun go down at Café del Mar. Track 4: I’ve never been a fan of electronic tunes in 3/4 meter, but judge for yourself Track 5: Supposedly the first single, but it sounds too clumsy and the “sha la la”-style vocal refrains are annoying. Track 6: Chunky and crisp 4x4 tune, but the crooning vocal melody makes it soundlike Sinatra on synthetic tablets. Blah. *Track 7: Great tune. Killer bleepy synth riff, tasteful vocals (unlike the last track!), and the drums really make it move. Another chip off the Last Exit block **Track 8: TUNE ALERT!! Crossover potential, too. This could work just as well on the beach as it could in a dark room with flashing lights. Slow but has the moody tension to work in a heaving club at 5 in the morning. PLAY PLAY PLAY! Track 9: Ambient, dreamy excursion into the land where songs go to die. Ugh. Track 10: Another downtempo tune, nothing special. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Double Shadow | 6. | So This Is Goodbye | |||
| 2. | The Equalizer | 7. | Like A Child | |||
| 3. | First Time | 8. | Caught In A Wave | |||
| 4. | Count Souvenirs | 9. | When No One Cares | |||
| 5. | In The Morning | 10. | Fm |