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To Force a Fate

To Force a Fate is the second album by indie rock band The Reputation, their first for Lookout! Records. It was released in the spring of 2004.

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To Force a Fate
Studio album by
The Reputation
Released2004
GenreIndie rock
Length39:16
LabelLookout! Records
The Reputation chronology
The Reputation
(2002) 		To Force a Fate
(2004)
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Robert ChristgauA−2

To Force a Fate is the second album by indie rock band The Reputation, their first for Lookout! Records.3 It was released in the spring of 2004.4

"March" was co-written by Elizabeth Elmore and John Davis of Q and Not U for an unrealized collaborative project called Cosmopolitan.

The album is unique to other Elmore projects in that the original songs were not written and sung by her alone. "Follow-Through Time" was co-written by then-Reputation bass player Joel Root, and "The Lasting Effects" features vocals by guitarist Sean Hulet.

Track listing

  1. "Let This Rest" – 4:15
  2. "Bottle Rocket Battles" – 2:59
  3. "Follow-Through Time" – 3:57
  4. "Face It" – 3:09
  5. "The Lasting Effects" – 3:48
  6. "March" – 2:53
  7. "Cartography" – 4:45
  8. "Some Senseless Day" – 3:39
  9. "The Ugliness Kicking Around" – 5:44
  10. "Bone-Tired" – 4:07
References

References

  1. To Force a Fate at AllMusic
  2. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Reputation: To Force a Fate". robertchristgau.com.
  3. Downing, Andy (March 3, 2006). "A Reputation for standout songs". chicagotribune.com.
  4. "The Reputation: To Force a Fate". PopMatters. May 4, 2004.