You Can't Fight What You Can't See

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You Can't Fight What You Can't See
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Studio album by
Released2002
RecordedDecember 2001
Genre Post-hardcore, indie rock
Label Jade Tree
Producer Ted Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
Freak*on*ica
(1998)
You Can't Fight What You Can't See
(2002)
The Ghost List
(2013)

You Can't Fight What You Can't See is the sixth studio album by American post-hardcore/indie rock band Girls Against Boys, released in 2002 by Jade Tree Records. It was their first album released on the label, and also their last release before the band went on hiatus.

Contents

It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [6]
NME 6/10 [7]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 8/10 [10]

You Can't Fight What You Can't See has received a generally favorable reception from critics. A less favorable review, however, came from Kevin Adickes of Pitchfork , who wrote, "there's not much here to love, which just leaves one to wonder if history will remember any of Girls Against Boys' records beyond 1994's Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby . God knows I won't." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Basstation" – 3:44
  2. "All the Rage" – 4:02
  3. "300 Looks for the Summer" – 3:01
  4. "Tweaker" – 3:46
  5. "Miami Skyline" - 3:30
  6. "Resonance" – 4:24
  7. "BFF" – 3:46
  8. "Kicking the Lights" – 3:39
  9. "One Perfect Thing" – 2:55
  10. "The Come Down" – 4:02
  11. "Let it Breathe" – 3:48

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