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Take Offs and Landings
Rilo Kiley
Retail Price (not our price): $11.98
Release Date: 2001-08-14
Manufacturer: Barsuk
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Absolutely Fantastic   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Favorite album from one of my favorite bands!!!! These are songs I can listen to over and over and over and.....

2) RK may never top their debut   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Rilo Kiley's success lies not only in catchy indie rock melodies, but in Jenny Lewis as a vocalist. Her sweet voice confuses you over the method of her delivery, singing frequently wry, witty, off-beat and occasionally profane reflections on various modern topics, and giving them all a judicious spin. There's nothing ground-shattering about any of it, but there's an undeniable hook in virtually every song that pushes it above what is the standard. "Picture of Success" is an obvious standout, and frequent fan favorite, but there's also "Science vs. Romance" and "Go Ahead," all three immediate winners of their niche. It does run a bit too long for its own good, with most of the lesser tracks coming on the second half, but it's better to have too much good than too little. Fans of their newer stuff may be surprised at how spare and elegiac some of these songs come off, but it's difficult to be bored by lovely compositions, even if a few of them suffer from clunky songwriting.Best cuts: "Picture of Success," "Science vs. Romance," "August," "Go Ahead," "Always," "Don't Deconstruct," "Plane Crash in C," "Rest of My Life," "Bulletproof"

3) Great older album   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a great Rilo Kiley album with typical lyrics and older more folk-like sounds. Not too emotionally fueled as far as Jenny Lewis's voice goes, which I feel is a positive.

4) Rewarding Indie Pop   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is my personal favorite of all of Rilo Kiley's work to date. I started off with Jenny Lewis' solo album, "Rabbit Fur Coat", before moving on to Rilo Kiley discs. This album consists of indie pop melodies that are softer than the rock anthems in their later offerings, and these songs offer more surprises and addictively catchy hooks that will stay with you throughout the day. Although the critics didn't receive this album as well as "More Adventurous" or "The Execution of All Things", I believe that this format plays more favorably to Jenny's vocals and is much more accessible than the later cds for first time listeners. If you are unfamiliar with Jenny, be prepared for a biting sarcasm and wit that is truly unparalleled. On this disc, she shows off her dynamic range as the songs often start out simply with Jenny taking more of a conversational approach, only to end in a powerful chorus that Jenny brings home.If you're not into "indie pop", this is a good introduction as well. The tunes are as catchy as anything you'll hear on the radio, without the same degree of "over-the-topness"; after one listen you may not think much of it, but by the second time through, you'll be humming Rilo Kiley in your sleep.

5) WOW!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you're wanting to check out Rilo Kiley, this is a good album to start out with. In my opinion, it is the most accessible of their albums, and contains some of their best work.