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(Message started by: Shannon on Nov 13^th, 2007, 10:17pm)

Title: CD Review: Goo Goo Dolls' Greatest Hits
Post by Shannon on Nov 13^th, 2007, 10:17pm

CD Review: Goo Goo Dolls' Greatest Hits
By Mack Rawden: 2007-11-13 14:34:13

Few bands (outside of Sugar Ray) inspire immediate �sellout� chants as quickly as the Goo Goo Dolls. Go ahead, chastise them for abandoning their Buffalo underground punk roots. I know you want to. Bitch about their propensity to ignore everything they released before 1995. I don�t care. Johnny Rheznik, Robbie Tokac, and Mike Milinin have found their niche, writing soft, emotional pop music, and I will take their new found feelings over mediocre punk any day.

Benjamin Franklin once quipped, �In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.� For those of us yet to enter the real world, nothing is certain but heartbreaking Cub loses and at least one Goo Goo Dolls song on the charts at any particular moment. In fact, the New Yorkers have produced seventeen since 1995. Released this morning, Greatest Hits is a melodic retrospective of the last decade, sweetly pawing at the listener�s emotions with fourteen of those incredibly popular singles.

Fittingly, the record opens with �Let Love In�, the final single off their last album and concludes with �Iris�, the star launching song written for City Of Angels. In between those opening and closing chords is a fifty-three minute clinic on how to write a pop song. From my personal favorite �Black Balloon� to the former number one single �Name�, Greatest Hits meanders through their catalog, including all the trio�s biggest sellers. As a casual fan, I was pleasantly surprised I knew the lyrics to every song on the entire disc, a testament to the CD�s consistency.

I�ve listened to the album three times since receiving my copy last week. Rheznik�s voice is delicate and beautiful throughout, and his accompaniment is steady and soothing. Greatest Hits doesn�t reinvent the wheel. It also doesn�t offer much in the way of new material, but the record is a great purchase for anyone who doesn�t own their entire catalog. It�s nostalgic, it�s poetic; and it�s sure to inspire an unconscious smile.

http://www.cinemablend.com/music/CD-Review-Goo-Goo-Dolls-Greatest-Hits-7236.html

Title: Re: CD Review: Goo Goo Dolls' Greatest Hits
Post by Shannon on Nov 13^th, 2007, 10:33pm

Rheznik......ahhhh.....that's a new one....can't people spell check!!!!!!

Title: Re: CD Review: Goo Goo Dolls' Greatest Hits
Post by nmf009 on Nov 13^th, 2007, 10:59pm

Quote:

Johnny Rheznik, Robbie Tokac, and Mike Milinin

I do believe we have a winner!!!

Here's my review in points:

Hate the tracklisting. Greatest Hits should be chronological. They should at least be backwards chronological like EOAC.
Feel the Silence. Seriously, when I think 'remix', subtle differences don't count. I would have preferred a remix of SWY so that I didn't have to hear that stupid popping noise. Still don't know why FTS is even on here...
Name. Meh. I don't hate it, but why mess with something great? It sounds like the live version. And again, if they HAD to rerecord something, I would have preferred Broadway, with the new 'jam' in the middle. Maybe they did it to give Mike performing credits on Name?
The absence of GALB is glorious. Yay for being cheap and not wanting to pay additional royalties!
I wish they would have included some liner notes. A simple 'thank you' to the people who made these songs crack the top 10 would have been more than enough.