What It Takes to Move Forward explained
What It Takes to Move Forward is the debut LP by Fenton, Michigan emo band, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), released in 2009 on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.[1]
Vulture.com listed "Keep What You Have Built Up Here" as number 87 of the 100 greatest emo songs.[2] Spin ranked the album number 13 out of the 30 best emo revival albums, writing that the album had "garnered a mythical cult status" after its release.[3]
Track listing
- "How to Make Love Stay" – 4:24
- "Keep What You Have Built Up Here" – 5:09
- "What Safe Means" – 4:01
- "It Happened Because You Left" – 8:09
- "Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers with Their Coffins!" – 4:23
- "It's a Plague, and You're Invited" – 4:11
- "Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem)" – 4:01
- "The Next Step to Regaining Control" – 6:08
- "With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted" – 3:07
- "I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match" – 5:14
- "An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral" – 6:52
Notes and References
- Web site: What It Takes to Move Forward by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate).
- Web site: The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time . Vulture.com . . Ian Cohen . David Anthony . Nina Corcoran . Emma Garland . Brad Nelson . February 13, 2020 . February 15, 2020.
- Web site: 30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked . . 24 April 2022 . 14 June 2017.
