Dizzy up the Girl
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| Release Date: |
September 22, 1998 |
| Label: |
Warner Brothers |
| Rating: |
4.5 |
Description: The orchestral-pop hit "Iris" (from the soundtrack to
City of Angels) proved the Goo Goo Dolls were no one-hit wonder with 1995's "Name." One listen to "Slide," the crafty, yearning second track off their sixth release, suggests the streak continues for Buffalo's finest. Not surprisingly, aspects that make the aforementioned songs memorable--warm, acoustic stylings; strings; heartrending hooks--also make
Dizzy come alive elsewhere. Ultimately, the effort documents the band's continued migration from indie rock toward the mainstream. Thus, while "Slide" and the reprise of the wondrous "Iris" might shine for weeks (or even years) of repeated listens, attempts to keep alive the group's power-trio past often have a been-there/done-that feel.
--Neal Weiss
Tracklist of Dizzy up the Girl
Reviews:
A little poppish, but their most popular...
This album contains some of their most well knwn songs - such as 'Iris', & 'Slide'.
But even with the lighter sound, the album contains some of their best songs, some of them even biographical.
Goes well with......I dunno, Pokemon
Pardon me while I clean up my vomit to make room for more vomit. Still trying to understand the garbage these kids are listening to these days. They call this alternative rock, and by that I think they mean alternative to real music. This music should be on sesame streets "let's get funky with the alphabet" hour or whatever they call it. Blank tape has more substance than this music. This group sounds like part of the mainstream corporate giant consisting of hundreds of talentless bands just like this one good for only one thing, killing good music as we know it. Ok kids, this music is ok for now, but once you get potty trained it's time to move on. That way you won't need someone else to help you remove crap from your cd collection.
Goo Goo Dolls Rock!
It took me like two years listening to the radio to find out who even sang songs like "iris", "slide", and "black balloon". I found out a lot more about the GGD since I first found out about them. I also think John has a better voice than Robby, but maybe I haven't listened to it enough.
Good album
The song Iris is probably one of my alltime favourite songs...a good cd to buy on the whole.Other good songs in the album are black baloon and slide.
Kurva Kurvos
Here's a trick trivia question. Q: Where are the members of Goo Goo Dolls from? A: Buffalo, New York, not Minneapolis. It's easy to get mixed up; the band sounds so much like late-period Replacements, you'd think it came from the same scene, if not the same womb. It's easy to bash Goo Goo Dolls based on those well-publicized similarities, but the band's albums have been far more consistent than Paul Westerberg's in recent years. Dominated by jangly guitars and bloated, shimmery choruses, albums like A Boy Named Goo (with its smash ballad, "Name") and the new Dizzy Up The Girl (with its smash ballad, "Iris," from the City Of Angels soundtrack) are stocked from beginning to end with catchy radio singles. Like its predecessor, Dizzy Up The Girl will likely yield multiple hits, from the "Iris"-style ballad "Black Balloon" to such glossy verse-chorus-verse rockers as "Dizzy," "Slide," "Bullet Proof," and "All Eyes On Me." As always, the new record (the band's sixth) is weaker on the three tracks featuring lead vocals by raspy-voiced bassist Robby Takac ("January Friend," "Amigone," "Full Forever") than on the songs built around earnest frontman John Rzeznik. But there's enough anthemic polish on Dizzy Up The Girl to keep it consistently suitable for long-term car-radio airplay.
The Goo Goo Dolls Are Forever!!!
I've loved the Goo Goo Dolls for years, ever since their punk beginings in Buffalo. Never has John, Robby, and Mike sounded any better. There's no mistaking these guys for bubblegum music makers- they're serious rockers!!!
