Reason EP
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Reason EP
- Artist: The Fray
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- Release Date: 2003
- Total Time: 22:41
- Type: Extended Play (EP)
- Genre: Rock
Review
After making their debut in September 2005, the Fray toured for upwards of two years in support of the platinum-selling How to Save a Life. The album's title song enjoyed a long residency on the charts -- 58 consecutive weeks, to be exact -- and, like many young megastars, the Fray found themselves in an unsavory position. Retiring to the studio to work on a sophomore release would effectively kill the buzz of their first record, while continuing to tour would leave the band little time to work on new material. Accordingly, the Fray turned to the time-honored tradition of stopgap releases, issuing a live album in 2006, and re-releasing the Reason EP the following year. While the live record was a progressive release that showed the band's growth, Reason EP (which was originally cut in 2003) is a step backward, as its seven tracks portray a band whose commercial skills have yet to fully develop. The music is pleasant enough, with moodswinging melodies and tasteful piano fashioning some fine, middle of the road pop/rock tunes. But there's nothing like "Over My Head (Cable Car)" or "How to Save a Life," both of which were relentlessly fine-tuned for airplay on the band's subsequent release. The Fray were still molding their sound in 2003, and while Reason EP certainly hints at what's to come, the disc is still an archival release for Fray purists only. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi| Reason Beyond Acceptance (2002 Album by Shadow Pointe) | |
| Reason Enough (1993 Album by Regine Velasquez) |
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Reason EP
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| EP by The Fray | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Piano rock | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
| Producer | Aaron Johnson | |||
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Reason EP is the second EP from Denver-based piano rock band The Fray, released in 2003 by an independent record label. In October 2007, the EP was re-released by Epic Records.[1]
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Contents
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Track listing
All songs written by Isaac Slade and Joe King, except "Vienna", co-written with Dan Battenhouse.[2]
- "Together" – 2:25
- "Some Trust" – 3:01
- "Vienna" – 3:50
- "Without Reason" – 3:38
- "City Hall" – 3:09
- "Oceans Away" – 3:59
- "Unsaid" – 3:05
Notes
The drums on "Oceans Away" and "Vienna" are done by Zach Johnson, the first drummer for The Fray. For "Together", the guitar is played by Mike Ayars.[3] The tracks "Vienna" and "Oceans Away" were featured in the band's first EP, Movement. "Vienna" was again featured on the band's debut album How to Save a Life.
Reception
Reason EP launched the band into prominence in its native Denver city.[4] The songs from the EP began receiving airplay on Denver radio stations, especially on KTCL. The band were invited as a headliner at a local theatre and later, it was voted Best New Band by Westword (a local alternative newsweekly). The band also won in the rock category of the "Westword Music Showcase Awards."[4] Epic Records A&R man, Mike Flynn grew interested in the band after hearing the third track on the EP, "Vienna". He stated that the song "was real music. It was timeless music.[4] Epic later signed the band in 2004.[1]
Following its re-issue in 2007 (by which time the band had achieved mainstream success with the release of its debut album, How to Save a Life), Allmusic, in its review of the EP, compared it unfavorably to the radio-friendly style of the debut album, but stated that "the music is pleasant enough, with moodswinging melodies and tasteful piano fashioning some fine, middle-of-the-road pop/rock tunes."[5] Westword gave the EP a positive review, stating "the music is epic, no doubt, but it's played on a wholly human scale" and compared The Fray favorably to Coldplay.[6] CNET later termed Reason EP as "a career changing EP".[7]
References
- ^ a b "The Fray biography". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p710897/biography. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Reason EP". http://www.amazon.com/Reason-EP-Fray/dp/B000BH30FO. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Fray Away The Edges". http://www.frayawaytheedges.net/. Accessed October 1, 2006.
- ^ a b c "Let Us Fray". http://www.westword.com/2004-12-16/music/let-us-fray/. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Reason EP - Review". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r773964. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Reason EP - Review". Westword.com. 19 February 2004. http://www.westword.com/2004-02-19/music/the-fray. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "New Releases". http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9804730-1.html. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
External links
- Blue Object Design Cover art by Ben Yarnell.
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