The Good Fight for Harmony

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Good Fight For Harmony

| type = Album

| artist = Eleventh He Reaches London

| cover = The Good Fight for Harmony (Eleventh He Reaches London album - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 December 2005
16 August 2008
8 June 2012

| recorded = 2005
Bergerk! Studios, Perth, Western Australia

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Post-hardcore, progressive rock, screamo

| length = 46:25

| label = Hobbledehoy Records
Good Cop Bad Cop

| producer = Allen Smith

| prev_title = Diving for Treacher

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Hollow Be My Name

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Re-release cover

| type = Studio album

| cover = Harmony2.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Cover of the 2008 Good Cop Bad Cop Records re-release

}}

}}

The Good Fight For Harmony is the debut album by the Australian post-hardcore band Eleventh He Reaches London. The album was initially released independently by the band in December 2005;{{Cite web | author1=Eleventh He Reaches London | title=The Good Fight for Harmony | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Good Cop Bad Cop Records | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159516798 | access-date=27 June 2022}} it was then re-released in August 2008 by Good Cop Bad Cop Records.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140301105940/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-new-releases-aug08.htm|url=https://www.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-new-releases-aug08.htm|title=New Australian release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=August 2008|archive-date=1 March 2014|access-date=27 June 2022}} The album was remastered and released on vinyl by Hobbledehoy Records in June 2012.

In early 2005 Eleventh He Reaches London began recording their first full-length album with Allen Smith at Bergerk! Studios. During this period, the band performed at the Western Australian Music Industry Awards Festival and RTRFM's 'In The Pines', as well as being the only main stage support act on Taste of Chaos' Perth leg of their Australian tour, where they performed to a sold-out Robinson Pavilion. After six months in the recording studio, with the album mastered by Shaun O'Callaghan at Studio Couch, The Good Fight For Harmony was released on 14 December 2005. It reached the top of the local charts, almost selling out of its first pressing within a month and a half.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/feature_16 |title=Best albums of 2006 |publisher=SonicFrontiers.net |accessdate=11 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724073753/http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/feature_16 |archivedate=24 July 2011}} "Say You See Why So" received airplay on Triple J{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/shortfastloud/playlists/shortfastloud_month_main_August2007.htm |title=Shout Fast Loud playlists |publisher=ABC Radio |accessdate=11 July 2008}} and local radio.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/drivetime?ShowDates%5Bstart%5D=20 |title=Drivetime playlists |publisher=RTRFM |accessdate=11 July 2008}}

Drummer Mark Donaldson stated: “We never really gave any thought to releasing an EP or singles, because we believe that you can get more enjoyment out of our band across an album. We wanted to release something that was quite cohesive, and had some continuity, with a good hour-long running time.”{{cite web|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20220322090416/http://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/08/16/the-music-network-story-for-the-record-an-album-retrospective-part-4-august-2009/|url=https://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/08/16/the-music-network-story-for-the-record-an-album-retrospective-part-4-august-2009/|title=For the Record:An Album Perspective|first=Andrew|last=McMillen|publisher=Australian Music Network|date=16 August 2009|archive-date=22 March 2022|access-date=27 June 2022}}

Reviews

Stephe Edwards on the Rockus website describes the album as being "a journey in genre-hopping, beauty through the unexpected, angst, reflection, frustration" and "a sound reminiscent of Red Sparowes, with all the care, consideration and humility, but in a much more brutal context."{{cite web|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070902163119/http://rockus.com.au/common/archives/cdreviews/ehrl.html|url=https://rockus.com.au/common/archives/cdreviews/ehrl.html|title=Eleventh He Reaches London - The Good Fight for Harmony|publisher=Rockus|first=Stephe|last=Edwards|date=|archive-date=3 September 2007|accessdate=27 June 2022}}

XPress magazine's Mike Wafer stated "Brilliant for what it is, this album is a triumph for expressionist music, but lacks the same jaw-dropping power the band wield from the stage." He went onto to comment that "The advantage of not following traditional song structure and melodic method is that Eleventh can create epics that don't drag on, as it is unimportant as to which part of which narrative you are up to. The disadvantage, however, is that such meandering music often falls very short of being memorable."{{cite web|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070830052837/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/003544.php|url=https://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/003544.php|title=Eleventh He Reaches London - The Good Fight for Harmony|publisher=XPress Magazine|first=Mike|last=Wafer|date=12 April 2006|archive-date=30 August 2007|access-date=27 June 2022}}

Track listing

All songs written by Eleventh He Reaches London.

{{Tracklisting

| title1 = Coronation

| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Say You See Why So

| length2 = 8:48

| title3 = Swarming

| length3 = 9:58

| title4 = What Would Don Juan Say?

| length4 = 5:24

| title5 = Ruination

| length5 = 1:31

| title6 = Chilson

| length6 = 7:01

| title7 = Long Grows The List Of The Live And Dead Pretenders

| length7 = 10:18

}}

Personnel

  • Ian Lenton - vocals/electric guitar
  • Jayden Worts - guitar/vocals
  • Jeremy Martin - guitar/vocals
  • Craig McElhinney - bass guitar
  • Mark Donaldson - drums/percussion

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