One by One (Agents of Good Roots album)
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| One by One | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Studio | A&M (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Label | RCA[1] | |||
| Producer | Paul Fox | |||
| Agents of Good Roots chronology | ||||
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One by One is an album by the American band Agents of Good Roots, released in 1998.[2][3] It was the band's first album for a major label.[4]
The album's first single was "Smiling Up the Frown".[5] "Come On" peaked at No. 37 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[6] One by One sold around 30,000 copies.[7] The band supported it by touring with the Dave Matthews Band, and by playing the 1998 H.O.R.D.E. Festival.[8][9]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [15] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
The Washington Post thought that "sauntering pop-funk tracks like 'Upspin' don't sound like pale pretenders, while the neopsychedelic rock of 'Come On' is more gutsy than trippy."[16] The Gazette opined that, "like fellow Virginians and neo-hippies the Dave Matthews Band, Agents of Good Roots put a raspy voice to an intricate rock/jazz backdrop, but their debut album, One by One, is peppier and rougher than the music of their statemates."[17]
The Telegram & Gazette determined that, "despite stylistic twists and turns, Agents of Good Roots offers consistently solid songwriting."[18] The Indianapolis Star concluded that the "mix of modern rock, punk, pop, soul, jazz and country is almost mind-boggling."[15] The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that the band "trades in numbingly ordinary, undisciplined noodling."[19]
AllMusic wrote that Agents of Good Roots "can write sturdy hooks, and there's an appealing party groove to the album that makes it a winning major-label debut."[14] The Windsor Star listed One by One as the fourth best album of 1998, writing that it "combines the pop smarts of an R.E.M. with the adventurous spirit of a Steely Dan or Traffic."[20]
