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Title: Unorganized, but full of promise
Review: I actually heard "Shine" as early as November,1993 about 4 months before this album came out. I guess it pays to live down south. I found "Shine" to be a thought provoking song; don't ask me why. I heard the other song "Breathe" a few months later, and the direction is as different as night and day. "Breathe" is techno-pop that sounds like what Nine Inch Nails would've sounded like if they came out of Georgia like Collective Soul does, but "Shine" is a good piece of Southern Alternative. Other songs noteworthy are: "Burning Bridges", and "All". The rest is all over the map which to me is not a good thing as a group should start out with an identity to let the public know what they're all about, but with Collective Soul the style of music matches the title name of this album: "Hints Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid." They tried to cram too much into an album that wasn't necessary to have in there. They do get better trust me.
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