''Pop Beloved'' is the fourth

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released by The Reivers, in 1991. After two albums on major label

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that were critically well-reviewed but commercially underperforming, they returned to the independent

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. In her review of this record, ''

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gave it an "A" grade and said that "songwriter John Croslin sympathetically evokes the minuscule pleasures within the boredom of everyday life." Michael Corcoran of the ''

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'' also gave the album a strong review, saying that it contained "six or seven of the best songs that John Croslin and Kim Longacre have ever written" and was "irrefutable evidence that the Reivers are one of the best bands in existence." After this album, the band dissolved and did not release another album until 2013.Michael Toland
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'', February 1, 2013.

Track listing

# "Breathin' Easy" (4:45) # "Over And Over" (3:34) # "Dragon Flies" (3:51) # "What You Wanna Do" (3:17) # "Keep Me Guessing" (3:39) # "Chinatown" (3:48) # "If I Had A Little Time Without You" (2:36) # "Katie" (2:41) # "Other Side" (3:20) # "Pop Beloved" (3:00) # "It's All One" (5:04) # "Second Chance" (2:41)

References

1991 albums The Reivers (band) albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub