'Scars & Stories may be nothing more than a pleasant retread of The Fray’s established style, but it does a commendable job of delivering quality in lieu of novelty. Every element of the band’s back catalogue can be found here, polished and presented just differently enough to give long time fans a reason to get excited.
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The record starts strong and gets stronger, with some of its best offerings coming at the back end of the album’s run time. The result is a record that, while admittedly comfortable in its lateral movement, continually improves until you feel like you have grown with it.
There is just this overwhelming presence of worthwhile material – and a sheer surplus of catchiness – that enables Scars & Stories to unravel gradually and gracefully. So if a change in approach means looking towards greener pastures, then The Fray stand stubbornly within their established empire – and they deliver one hell of a defense.' —'s review of the album. Explained 'You pull from different locations and places. There’s the cultures and the different people you meet living life.You have to live life, you have to have experiences in order to be able to write stories.” Such stories served as the inspiration for the tenth track entitled '48 To Go'. During an interview with Jim Shearer on 's Big Morning Buzz Live Slade revealed that inspiration for this song came from a road trip he and his wife, Anna took (while they were just dating) from, to.
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During the road trip they stopped multiple times to 'make-out'; as a result they became lost and ended up 600 miles off course; as Isaac Slade put it '.[we were] two states in and forty-eight states to go'. During a performance at the, Isaac Slade mentions that he wrote the song 'The Fighter' while on a 'getaway' in a cottage, located in the mountains of Colorado. The song was inspired by a picture called 'Strictly a Sharpshooter' by that he saw in a book he purchased. The painting depicts a boxer who has succumbed to his opponent, and a female companion by his side. Reception [ ] Commercial performance [ ] Scars & Stories debuted at number 4 on the charts, with first-week sales of 87,000 copies. Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating (56/100) Review scores Source Rating (7.5/10) (D) (favorable) (C+) Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from, and holds a score of 55/100, indicating 'generally mixed reviews'.
From gave to the album three stars out of five and opined that ' helps them articulate their ideas, giving them definition and muscle, attributes that are appealing when the songs lack distinct hooks. A positive review came from Ryan Gardner writer of, he stated that they 'definitely take a different approach this time around, welcoming producer to the boards, which brings a more sound to this record.'
He concluded the review, examining that 'As Scars & Stories comes to a close, it sums up everything The Fray have been about the past seven years. While they don’t throw any curveballs or stir the pot too much, the band definitely stays true to their core, crafting yet another memorable piano record with these stories.' Rusty Redden wrote a positive review for, praising the album for being their 'most-produced and boldest album yet.' He also mentioned that the band 'achieves a bigger sounding record as or, but does so in a way that is unmistakably their own.'