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A Album Review all the way from Malaysia
« on: Jul 31st, 2006, 2:09pm » |
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or atleast im assuming..looking at the website here.... heh heh...
Let Love In
Reviewer: HARI RAJ
SOME artistes pack their albums with filler, the plastic peanuts that hold sonic gems in place within the confines of a record. Alas, Let Love In is that most grating of creations...an entire album seemingly composed of nothing but filler.
There is much truth in the adage of not fixing something if it isn’t broken, but there’s no excuse for the Goo Goo Dolls’ lack of ambition here. They don’t soar, nor do they aspire. In fact, an overly harsh detractor of Let Love In would suggest that it sounds like it was made to fulfill the band’s contractual obligations.
The Goos get things off to a good start on Stay With You, their lead single. It’s a song that has their signature all over it, the wispy vocals, sing-along verses and a catchy chorus ? but you can’t shake the suspicion that you’ve heard it all before.
The standout here is Better Days, a holiday-themed power rock ballad that perfectly captures the twinning of hope and regret that often arises when the calendar year draws to a close. The chorus, to be honest, is banal, but the song’s lyrics reveal a much-needed dash of wit that would have gone a long way towards perking up the rest of the album.
Feel The Silence is rescued by a Bon Jovi-flavoured bridge that elevates the song slightly above the pedestrian, but there’s precious little to appreciate about the remainder of the tracks on display.
Even Give a Little Bit, which received decent enough rotation on MTV and the radio about a year ago, is out of place on this album; it’s a slice of happiness on an otherwise downbeat record, a slice that is a little past its sell-by date too.
The Goos are obviously extremely comfortable with their craft. This is a band that knows its place, that has honed to perfection the staples that made it one of the longer-lasting products of the mid-90s alt-rock revolution.
All the same, Let Love In is a gleaming, overproduced, production-line issuance of an album, one that replaces inspiration with precision. All the rough edges and emotive displays that gave the Goos an arresting, heartfelt edge have been trimmed, and the result is disappointingly sterile. One for the bargain bins.
http://www.star-ecentral.com/music/reviews/review.asp?file=archives/musi c/2006/7/LetLoveIn&artist=THE%20GOO%20GOO%20DOLLS&title=Let%20Love%20In&sec=music
Stay True & Rock On!
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