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| Fortune's Favour | 
 enlarge | Artist: Great Big Sea
Label: Great Big Sea
Category: Music
List Price: $13.99
Buy New: $7.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2315
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1
UPC: 634457401129
EAN: 0634457401129
ASIN: B0019ESNEG
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Back in great form July 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fortune's Favour is the first "pop" oriented album from Great Big Sea since 'Something Beautiful' in 2004 and I personally think it is even better. Four years of focusing on traditional music has done nothing to dampen the pop sensibilities of the band. 'Walk on the Moon' can be a radio hit in the US if there are stations brave enough to try something outside the typical offering. All of the songs are typical of the GBS philosophy, life is good and you better take advantage of life now. So buy the album, see them in a concert venue near you when they tour in the Fall, and get moving and live because you can't hold still when GBS is part of the soundtrack of your life.
One of thier Best! August 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great Big Sea really did a good job with this album. Similar to their other music, this CD has some fine tunes.
 Dreadful...Worst GBS album to date August 26, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wanted to like this album, I really did. But my husband agrees with me, this is rubbish. We own every GBS CD and DVD, and this CD does not improve with increased play. There are two, maybe three tracks that stand out, and no surprise they are the more "traditional" ones. I can indulge "Rocker Alan" for a couple of songs, but not the whole album, and I hate when Sean sings high-pitched ballads. Bob is excellent, as always. Even some of the harmonies sound weak (miss you Darryl!). This album seems very disjointed, like they took all the songs that were scrapped from prior albums and threw them together in this collection. For more contemporary GBS I'd recommend "Sea of No Cares" or "Something Beautiful" before this one. Hopefully they wise up and bring in Chris Trapper again to write some decent songs for the next release.
 Disappointing change in direction September 6, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
The celtic rock of Great Big Sea, and intense energy they inspired, seems to have drifted away in this new chapter of their career. How very disappointing for me, a big fan. Fortune's Favor is more Irish Folk than Celtic Rock. It is not bad, but not what a previous Great Big Sea fan like me enjoys most.
 A lot of pop. September 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Following up on "The Hard and the Easy", the boys head back to the sound of "Something Beautiful" with a pop fueled CD. The odd thing is that you don't recognize it's GBS until the 6th song. The first five are cannon fodder. They all sound the same, could be made by any band in the country and I find myself skipping over them quickly. Starting with "Oh Yeah" you finally recognize the boys. From there songs like "Company of Fools", "Banks of Newfoundland" and "Straight To Hell" keep with their theme of newfie music with a modern twist. And they do a pretty good job. Bob Hallett is conspicuously silent not only on the CD but the accompanying DVD. There is limited accordion or flute playing compared to earlier CDs and I don't think he does more than a couple vocals. That's too bad. I find the CD missing heart but "Hard and Easy" was such a great CD any follow-up was bound to suffer. Overall, it's an ok CD.
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