For "Amnesty" lyrics, a studio journal, and album credits, visit www.twba.com/amnesty.html. "TWBA mixes hypnotic guitar riffs, dynamic arrangements and Mary Beth Kite's versatile vocals into a musical Cuisinart that spits out some engaging rock 'n roll... Amnesty is a satisfying contemporary rock CD. The band has developed a cohesive sound that pays tribute to its influences without sounding particularly derivative. It's an album that I can put on without ever wanting to reach over and skip a track. Definitely a worthwhile album for those who like their rock with a little edge to it." — Wayne Ellis, The Every Other Weekly, Feb. 10-23, 2000 "The noise of the Whole Bolivian Army isn't the ominous stomping of boots on dirt, Paul Newman and Robert Redford's sweat making wet splats in the dust as their fate approaches in a flurry of gunfire. This Whole Bolivian Army is from Seattle, not South of the Border, and dispatches a crisp-as-Wasa-bread power-pop sound, spread with a touch of honey and butter for added sweetness. 'Modern rock' -- that is, the left-of-center pop mode that predated "alternative" -- is a descriptor that springs immediately to mind. Mary Beth Kite's throaty, vibrato vocals slither over resonating guitar chimes, and elastic bass lines alternately recall the Sundays and 10,000 Maniacs." — John Graham, Willamette Week, Jan. 7, 2000 "The key to any creative act, whether baking cakes, building model airplanes, or making music, is to improve with each endeavor. With Amnesty, The Whole Bolivian Army have succeeded in this, smoothing out many of the glitches that made 1998's Spinner an enjoyable but inconsistent record. Mary Beth Kite's clear, high voice, which grated on some of Spinner's tracks, sounds much more relaxed and confident. She still glides through mid-tempo songs such as 'Wake Up,' but she handles the faster songs much more capably. TWBA play guitar-based, melodic, modern pop music with brains. Their songs are all about something, rather than mouthing pleasant generalities; many of the lyrics on Amnesty seem to deal with people trapped in no-win situations. 'A Thousand Miles Away' is a simple, impossibly sad tale of a relationship splintered beyond hope of repair. 'Party on the Prairie' is hilarious, skewering any romantic notions of an idyllic life in the old American West. Featuring the most dysfunctional family since the Ramones' 'We're a Happy Family,' it'll prevent you from watching 'Little House on the Prairie' for weeks. As always, Matt Kite's sure-footed guitar work is the core of TWBA's instrumental sound. On several tracks here, he seems to hit a groove just as the song fades out. Still, that's a minor quibble. Amnesty shows a band hitting its stride." — Robert Allen, The Iconoclast, Fall 1999 "Great big wonderful things do come in small packages — proves front woman Mary Beth Kite of The Whole Bolivian Army (TWBA). Unlike the soft, girly-like vocals saturating the airwaves these days, Mary Beth delivers something beyond an extraordinary ability, she delivers passion." — Stacy Emerson, Tacoma Reporter, Nov. 18, 1999 "'Ah-Ah-Ah' is the greatest song I have ever heard. The whole album is pretty." — KEXP's John Richards, Pandemonium Online, Oct. 26, 1999