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Podcast Episode
Season
Nine
number
447
Type
Album Review
Post Date
8/6/2019

Fighting Gravity

447 Forever = 1 Day by Fighting Gravity

Forever = 1 Day

Label
BOB Records
Release year
1996
Producer
John Alagia
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On their 1996 album Forever = 1 Day, Fighting Gravity toe the line between laid back ska reggae grooves and new age adult pop blandness

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If you are checking us out for the first time, you'll quickly learn what our regular listeners already know: reggae and/or ska were not our thing back in the 1990s. Now, we're not going to claim to have fully converted to fandom, but the 1996 album Forever = 1 Day by Fighting Gravity left us with positive vibes. When the band locks into a relaxed mid-tempo groove, we're fully on board. When they occasionally pick up the pace to skanking speeds, or slow to a new age crawl, we found less reason to stay engaged. We got to explore all sides of the band, as well as the dig into the touring regional band phenomenon prevalent in the 1990s with access to cheap CD replication and an established college fraternity circuit that will no doubt come up again in future episodes.

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - One Day
  • 12:20 - Fools And Kings
  • 21:35 - Ted's River Song
  • 31:22 - Quiet Angel
  • Outro - Mission Bells

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