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This New Day

by: Embrace

Release Date March 27, 2006
Sadly, This New Day goes the way later albums tend to - see the most recent offerings from Oasis and Travis for examples - with the band maintaining the ability to turn out some great singles, whilst simultaneously losing the ability to produce original and lasting album tracks.

First, the good points - Nature's Law and Target are amongst the best songs Embrace have ever done, and would sit comfortably alongside Fireworks and Come Back to What You Know on a greatest hits record. The fact that Target's intro is hugely understated, and in some way spoils the track's ability to become a hit, is perhaps down the production, but the chorus is spectacular, and Danny McNamara sounds superb.

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