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Title: Under-appreciated sparkly pop rock album
Review: An outstanding jangle-pop meets hard rock record. To be sure, this isn't Core or No. 4; there aren't really any titanic guitar riffs here (nothing like "Down" or "Sex Type Thing.") This album is overflowing with melody, harmony and guitar-based hooks. One thing STP does so well -- always has, always will (see: Army of Anyone & latest STP record) -- is arrange songs. It's like an orchestra of guitar and bass tones and tracks on these songs. Dave Coutts' voice sits wonderfully in the songs, which are propelled by the tight Motown-like grooves of the Kretz/DeLeo machine. The middle kind of gets murky and unfocused, but that's a minor complaint. Favorite songs: Hello Hello, Morning Girl, Everybody Loves My Car.
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