Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Meant to Live	Switchfoot	3:20	$0.99
2.	This Is Your Life	Switchfoot	4:18	$0.99
3.	More Than Fine	Switchfoot	4:14	$0.99
4.	Ammunition	Switchfoot	3:45	$0.99
5.	Dare You to Move	Switchfoot	4:08	$0.99
6.	Redemption	Switchfoot	3:06	$0.99
7.	The Beautiful Letdown	Switchfoot	5:20	$0.99
8.	Gone	Switchfoot	3:45	$0.99
9.	On Fire	Switchfoot	4:39	$0.99
10.	Adding to the Noise	Switchfoot	2:50	$0.99
11.	Twenty-Four	Switchfoot	4:52	$0.99

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Our Review

Four albums into their recording career, Switchfoot put their toes deeper into the mainstream with 2003’s The Beautiful Letdown. The San Diego-based combo had blended a discernable (but not preachy) Christian viewpoint with a regular-guy modern rock sound on their earlier albums. With this release, they began to connect with an audience beyond their base of believers. On these tracks, singer/chief songwriter Jonathan Foreman tempers his spiritual concerns with wry humor and a genuine anger at the world’s vanities. “More Than Fine” and the title track express a yearning to transcend mortal failings, yet avoid obvious sermonizing. Switchfoot acquit themselves especially well on “Dare You To Move,” building from slurred and shambling verses into a big uplifting chorus. Throughout, the group mixes acoustic guitar textures with harder post-grunge tempos, with Foreman’s vocals suggesting a less jaded Rufus Wainwright at times. Rather than a departure, The Beautiful Letdown is a fulfillment of the genre-crossing potential this combo had shown from the start.

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Customer Reviews

amazing. (4 stars)
jon foreman is an amazing writer, and this album is amazing. it's not an edgy album, but more of a deep one. so if that's what you're into, i don't advise that you get it. but, if you're trying to be adventurous, get this album. it's really meaningful and really powerful.

I Dare You...To Not Like this CD! (5 stars)
I own every Switchfoot album, and i must say that this is by far their best one yet. All sorts of emotions, inspiration, and musical ambition that flood every song on this star-studded album.

Awesome!! (5 stars)
I love this album. My favorite songs are Meant to Live and Gone.

Biography

Formed: 1996 in San Diego, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

After gaining a foothold in the contemporary Christian music scene, Switchfoot went mainstream with 2003's The Beautiful Letdown, a double-platinum album that straddled the line between sacred and secular rock music. The band spent the rest of its career appealing to both camps. Years before Switchfoot's commercial breakthrough, though, the group struggled to make a dent in the San Diego area, where singer/guitarist Jonathan Foreman, bassist Tim Foreman, and drummer Chad Butler began playing together...

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Top Songs By Switchfoot
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Your Love Is a Song	Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Ver..	4:19	$0.69
2.	Dare You to Move	The Best Yet	4:06	$0.99
3.	Meant to Live	The Best Yet	3:19	$0.99
4.	This Is Home	The Best Yet	3:51	$1.29
5.	Stars	Nothing Is Sound	4:20	$1.29
6.	Dark Horses	Vice Verses (Deluxe Version..	3:58	$1.29
7.	Mess of Me	Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Ver..	3:27	$1.29
8.	The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)	Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Ver..	3:46	$1.29
9.	Afterlife	Vice Verses	3:37	$1.29
10.	Only Hope	The Best Yet	4:13	$0.99

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