![]() ![]() Dan Wilson’s vocals express the pain and regret so flawlessly it’s hard not to feel sorry for whatever put him into such misery. While the jangly, upbeat “F.N.T.” and “Delicious” are feel-good anthems that celebrate just how special his love interests are, it’s the dreary and melancholic tracks and that show off the album’s core. Great Divide is the perfect encapsulation of all of Wilson’s romantic highs and lows. It’s hard for a band to make their best record on their first try, but Semisonic did just that. Great Divide, Semisonic’s debut, saw Wilson pouring his heart out into the album’s twelve songs, which cover a diverse array of emotions involving love and heartbreak. Two years before they would see any chart success, Dan Wilson and company were an up-and-coming act reeling from the breakup of Trip Shakespeare. A large majority of the pople who have heard of Semisonic know their quintessential 90s alt-rock hit “Closing Time”, but what not many realize is that Feeling Strangely Fine, the album that spawned their massive hit, was actually their second. One of the consequences of being labeled a one-hit wonder is that most people generally have little to no knowledge of any other material released by the artist who managed to squeeze out one well-known song before tumbling into obscurity. Review Summary: 1996's fascinating new thing. ![]()
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