What It Takes to Move Forward
| What It Takes to Move Forward | ||||
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| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Emo, indie rock | |||
| Length | 55:39 | |||
| Label | Count Your Lucky Stars Records | |||
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What It Takes to Move Forward is the debut studio album by American emo band, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), released in 2009 on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.
Vulture.com listed "Keep What You Have Built Up Here" as number 87 of the 100 greatest emo songs. Spin ranked the album number 13 out of the 30 best emo revival albums, writing that the album had "garnered a mythical cult status" after its release.