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99. Tonight and Forever by Sense Field (Nettwerk Records, 2001)
This, like #100, is a record that doesn't get a whole lot of play any more, but despite not listening to it as often as I used to, I still can pop it in and know all the lyrics. Sense Field lends itself to be polished a bit more in the mastering process than a lot of other bands that I like. That is why this record makes the list and their others do not. What I enjoy most about this album is John Bunch's unique vocals. In my opinion, he does his best work (with Sense Field or with any other band) on this record.
The first four tracks definitely get the album off to the right start, peaking with the fourth track, "No Longer Now," which in my opinion, is the best track on the album. The album is decidely pop rock and has a sing-a-long quality without too many repetative choruses, which is definitely unique and hard to do. The band also chooses to slow it down and go a little more acoustic in "Weight of the World" and "Am I a Fool." The string arrangements in "Am I a Fool" really fill out the sound of the song.
The album would probably appear higher on the countdown if the last track were left off entirely. "Love Song" (unique title, huh?) brings down the album with horrible lyrics in a cheesy rhyme scheme that is not characteristic in most Sense Field songs. The last track should be a strong one that brings a sense of completeness to an album, which the next to last track does quite nicely.
Sense Field did some great work earlier in their career on split EPs with bands like Jimmy Eat World, but Tonight and Forever comes across as their best full-length body of work, mastered in a way that the band sounds best.
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