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Title: A lousy Replacements imitation.
Review: As a diehard Mats fan I really have trouble accepting the Goo Goo Dolls. Yes, Nirvana proved you could rip off a band's style (The Pixies) and still make good music and The Replacements themselves showed that trying to make a hit record does not have to be a sell out (The under rated "All Shook Down" and "Don't Tell A Soul") but the Dolls manage neither of these feets. The singers rock star asperations are barely hid beneath the super glossy production and over emotive lyrics. While many of the songs are very catchy, especially "Iris", none of them carry any realy emotional weight to back the musical force. So it all comes out sounding very big and hollow and much too professional and calculated. They might have a good, even great, album in them somewere, but they need a lot of changes for it to happena ny time soon
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