sentences:  Stylus Magazine's Kilian Murphy thought that "The American Adventure" was despondently disappointing overall, citing "time spent on the road plugging their debut long-player" as the over-riding factor which had "caused the Parade to lose some of their fizz", but he also felt that the album also had its good points, too; "Thankfully, not everything on the American Adventure suffers from such despondency.Opening track "Things I've Done Before" may not let much lyrical light in (...), but it's equipped with a killer riff and a sense of momentum that is lost later in the album (...) while "Bruxellisation" is a rich, heartbreaking ballad in the Doves mould.