Fight Softly
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fight Softly
| type = Album
| artist = The Ruby Suns
| cover = rubysuns-fightsoftly-cover.jpg
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| released = 15 February 2010
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| chronology = The Ruby Suns
| prev_title = Sea Lion
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Christopher
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Leahey |title=Review: Fight Softly |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1718032|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=3 March 2010}}
|rev2=The A.V. Club |rev2Score=(A-) [https://www.avclub.com/the-ruby-suns-fight-softly-1798164406 link]
|rev3=BBC |rev3Score=(very positive) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qd3q link]
|rev4=Pitchfork Media|rev4Score= (6.1/10) [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13969-fight-softly/ link]
|rev5=Slant Magazine|rev5Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Cole |title=The Ruby Suns: Fight Softly|url=http://slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-ruby-suns-fight-softly/2046 |work=Slant Magazine |accessdate=March 23, 2010| date=March 23, 2010}} |noprose=yes}}
Fight Softly is the third full-length album released by the New Zealand based band The Ruby Suns.{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13744-cranberry-radio-edit/ | title="Cranberry (Radio Edit)" | website=Pitchfork | date=12 January 2010 }}
Track listing
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| all_writing = Ryan McPhun
| title1 = Sun Lake Rinsed
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = Mingus And Pike
| length2 = 4:38
| title3 = Cinco
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = Cranberry
| length4 = 4:52
| title5 = Closet Astrologer
| length5 = 5:40
| title6 = Haunted House
| length6 = 2:39
| title7 = How Kids Fail
| length7 = 5:22
| title8 = Dusty Fruit
| length8 = 3:56
| title9 = Two Humans
| length9 = 4:56
| title10 = Olympics On Pot
| length10 = 4:49
}}
Release details
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!align="left"|Release format !align="center"|Label !align="center"|Country !align="center"|Cat. No. !align="center"|Release date |
| align="left"|CD
|align="center"| Lil' Chief Records |align="center"| New Zealand |align="left"| LCR 027 |align="center"| 15 February 2010 |
| align="left"|CD
|align="center"| Memphis Industries |align="center"| United Kingdom/Europe |align="left"| MI0150CD |align="center"| 1 March 2010 |
| align="left"|CD/LP
|align="center"| Sub Pop |align="center"| North America/Japan |align="left"| SP863 |align="center"| 2 March 2010 |
References
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External links
- [https://myspace.com/therubysuns Fight Softly] on Myspace
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