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Title: The demon's in the design/ a good idea at the time
Review: This is only OK Go's second CD, but you'd never know it. Both guitars and vocals are confident--even ambitious. And despite the cute video, "Here It Goes Again" certainly isn't the best here. The best is fast and clever: the power track "Invincible" , the vicious beat of "A Good Idea At the Time", its segue into the lovely "Oh Lately It's So Quiet". They wrestle with their influences--"No Sign of Life" is almost as good as "Where Is My Mind", the Pixies song it resembles. And "Maybe This Time"'s acerbic understatement highlights their lyrical sophistication. I'm impressed. These guys are in it for the long haul, and they're definitely more than the sum of their treadmills. Their second CD of engaging and artful pop delivers--unexpectedly--much more than it promises.
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