Title: Half of a masterpiece
Product review: "Golden State" has a lot going for it. In particular, the first four tracks and closer "Float" are some of the very best songs in the Bush catalogue; I might even nominate "Superman" for best song Gavin Rossdale's written. So far so good...Unfortunately, the rest of the album doesn't quite rise to the same level. "Out of This World" is a good song taken on its own, but held up next to "Letting the Cables Sleep" it can't help but feel like a somewhat pale retread. Likewise, songs like "Fugitive" and "Land of the Living" are solid, but too formulaic to really get excited about. (Also, "Fugitive" and "Hurricane" are so similar sounding, it's unbelievable that they're sequenced one after another-- you might not even notice the transition.)I would still definitely recommend picking up "Golden State" on the strength of five absolutely amazing songs and several good ones. It's just not the front-to-back triumph that the first three Bush albums are.
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