The Search

The Search is the fifth studio album by the band Son Volt. It was released March 6, 2007. Reception The album has a score of 65 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Billboard gave the album a very favorable review and called it "Son Volt 2.0, a modern, mature album that might be the group's best yet." The Boston Globe gave it a positive review and called it "A collection of highly listenable roots-rock tunes that stray little from its longtime formula." The New York Times also gave it a positive review and said, "Simple but effective sonic details — a chirpy horn arrangement, a reverse-looped guitar part — prevent “The Search” from feeling either preachy or repetitive." Other reviews are pretty average, mixed, or negative: Q gave it three stars out of five and said it "revisits the social commentary of Farrar's old band." Alternative Press, however, gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five and said that the album "lacks the spark of the band's classic catalog material." Blender gave it one-and-a-half stars out of five and stated: "The saggy country-rock complaints about corporatization and alienation [Farrar] offers... sound like submissions to an Air America poetry contest." Track listing "Slow Hearse" – 2:32 "The Picture" – 3:27 "Action" – 2:48 "Underground Dream" – 4:32 "Circadian Rhythm" – 5:02 "Beacon Soul" – 2:31 "The Search" – 2:59 "Adrenaline and Heresy" – 5:05 "Satellite" – 2:14 "Automatic Society" – 2:26 "Methamphetamine" – 4:02 "L Train" – 2:58 "Highways and Cigarettes" – 3:54 "Phosphate Skin" – 3:52