| 词条 | The Grand and Grandiose |
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| name = The Grand and Grandiose | type = studio | artist = Fairmont | cover = The Grand and Grandiose.jpg | alt = | released = 2 April 2013 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop rock, indie rock | length = 35:11 | label = Mint 400 Records | producer = Neil Sabatino | prev_title = Destruction Creation | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Live & Acoustic from the Forest of Chaos | next_year = 2014 }} The Grand and Grandiose is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Fairmont. ContentThe ten-track album was released on 2 April 2013 by Mint 400 Records, and was produced by Neil Sabatino. It is jangly indie rock, and draws comparison to the music of the Wrens, Eels and Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. In contrast to the complex arrangements of prior Fairmont albums, The Grand and Grandiose contains "stripped down" guitar, bass and drum arrangements, with occasional contributions from piano and melodic percussion.{{sfn|Carradini|2013}} In a Pirate! press release, Sabatino explains it was "written during the worst year of my life. It's all very personal and I don't really want to cheapen the gravity of the situation I was in by writing about it in a press release," however he says "things have improved dramatically for all involved and this album is the lasting document of a period of my life I would like to, but will never forget."{{sfn|Pirate!|2013}} ReceptionIn a review by Deborah Draisin in Jersey Beat, she notes "while leadman Neil Sabatino has always waxed poetic about harmonizing, I cannot recall another instance in which the band has layered the entire way like this," and she asks "what would a Fairmont album be without wistfully cynical lyricism?" She ends the piece with "this band has absolutely grown by leaps and bounds."{{sfn|Draisin|2013}} Christopher Anthony of The Fire Note remarks "one of the big differences [on The Grand and Grandiose] is the reduction of the mirrored female vocals from Sam Carradori. This changes the focus to Neil's delivery on this more personal record [and] he nails it." He closes the review by saying "the album also has a stronger induced guitar presence that is more straightforward and gives the songs proper emphasis at the correct moments."{{sfn|Anthony|2013}} Track listing{{Track listing| total_length = 35:11 | title1 = The Dead Leaves of Autumn | length1 = 1:14 | title2 = Alone You Stand | length2 = 4:03 | title3 = Elephant | length3 = 3:37 | title4 = Blac Heart | length4 = 4:21 | title5 = The Sun Shines Only For Me | length5 = 2:24 | title6 = White Light | length6 = 4:11 | title7 = Hallelujah | length7 = 3:08 | title8 = Misery | length8 = 3:46 | title9 = Paper and Glue | length9 = 3:40 | title10 = We Brought This on Ourselves | length10 = 4:57 }} Personnel
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