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Review title: Stodgy pub-rock plod - America steer clear
Product review: Now, maybe this is a personal thing. Most of my favourite music is played by artists with real intentions and beliefs, who are determined to either push back the boundaries of music, or make sure their view of the world is put across and taken seriously. Both those things result in passion.The Stereophonics, after a patchy but interesting debut with great singles, and a mediocre but intermittantly promising second album, appear to be in cruise control, knowing that the money's on the way in.'Meat and Potatoes rock' is a reasonable criticism really - most of the stuff here is so unexciting, predictable and generic, that it fails to hit any real emotion. Have A Nice Day is a respectable enough pop jaunt, but otherwise the whole thing is basically soulless and unexciting. There are no unpredictable cahnges of direction, no challenging song structures, just the usual verse-chorus-verse...
