every song is catchy and a hit

This is a good recording from good band. I can listen to every song.

Exeptional on all levels

Wow.

Seriously.



I Have been a Goo Goo Dolls fan since the frist song i heard of theirs, Long Way Down. After basking in it's amazing and immersing sound for a while, I wanted to learn more about the band.



Since then I have purchased every album they have from Hold Me Up to Gutterflower (I couldn't find the Goo Goo Dolls or Jed) and I love all of them. However, if I was asked to choose a favorite, it would be extremely diffucult to choose between A Boy Named Goo and Dizzy Up the Girl.



Long Way Down is easily one of the best songs I have ever heard by any band, and this whole album is full of that quality. Naked and Name are excellent examples of the Goo Goo Dolls' verstility, especially to differentiate from the harder rock pieces such as Slave Girl. Flat Top has very well written political lyrics that do well to make the listener think, and it's quality musically easily matches that of the rest of the CD.



I've heard many people complain about the fact that the bassist Robby Takac alternates with with lead vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik in singing some of the songs, but again, it is just another example of their versatility. John really does have an excellent, clear singing Voice, but Robby's is also good in it's own way. Robby's voice has a more raspy, rocker feel to it, and that explains why Robby only sings either the harder rock pieces, or the more upbeat, lighthearted, and sometimes humerous tracks.



Overall, this album is easily one of the Goo Goo Dolls' best, and songs like Long Way Down only serve to confirm that fact. I have had this CD for about 4 or 5 years, and I still listen to it regularly. If you like anything the Goo Goo Dolls have put out in the last 12 years or so, you will love this album.

Half good, half bad

To this day, I don't understand why the Goo Goo Dolls shared lead singing duties. The guy who sings Name, Naked, and Flat Top actually has a decent pop singer voice. The other guy does not. They alternate tracks on this album, and it's rather annoying.



This record does have the best Goo Goo Dolls songs on it- the ones I mentioned above, plus Only One and Long Way Down. It's a good mix of straightforward Top 40 pop and punkish power-pop that was truly the band's niche, but on subsequent records they gave up trying to rock at all. I hope they enjoy their money.