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1. Long Way Down 2. Burnin' Up 3. Naked 4. Flat Top 5. Impersonality 6. Name 7. Only One 8. Somethin' Bad 9. Ain't That Unusual 10. So Long 11. Eyes Wide Open 12. Disconnected 13. Slave Girl
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Distributor:
WEA
Recording type:
Studio
Recording mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
n/a
Album notes
Goo Goo Dolls: John Rzeznik (guitar), Robby (bass), George (drums). Producers: Lou Giordano (tracks 1-11); Rob Cavallo, Goo Goo Dolls (tracks 12-13). Engineers: Lou Giordano (tracks 1-11); Jerry Finn (tracks 12-13). Recorded at Beartracks Studios, Suffern, New York and Soundcastle, Los Angeles, California. All songs written by John Rzeznik or Goo Goo Dolls except "Disconnected" (Mann/Piranha/Secrist/Sinister) and "Slave Girl" (M. Blood/J. Jakimyszyn). A BOY NAMED GOO shows that the Goo Goo Dolls have soaked up all the elements necessary to make them a great guitar band. The album's title clearly harkens back to Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" and its narrator's search for the people who named him; but the Goo Goo Dolls aren't taking that path. They already know their past (straight-ahead post-punk), and A BOY NAMED GOO plots out their present. With a smart-alec, bar-band approach reminiscent of the Replacements, the Goo Goo Dolls rage about being "Disconnected"--that "someone pulled the plug." They sound worried on "Long Way Down," realizing that "I don't think I'll make it on my own." "Burnin' Up" offers another key to the Goo Goo Dolls' garage sound by adding a smidgeon of Husker Du (the Bob Mould guitar chimes and Grant Hart's melodic vocal sense are properly reproduced). But it's on the acoustic "Name" that the Dolls' own context emerges. The song complains about "growing up way too fast" in a culture where everything seems borrowed and "re-runs are our history." This is what makes the Goo Goo Dolls admirable. They're thoroughly aware of the repetition within today's guitar-rock, and use only the good pieces to evaluate the present. A BOY NAMED GOO shows a band completely aware of their surroundings, and boasts some great guitars in the process.
Editorial reviews
...With A BOY NAMED GOO, the Goo Goo Dolls again churn out a workmanlike mix of catchy, angst-ridden retro-Replacements and driving, straight-ahead rock... Alternative Press (04/01/1995)
...Between its bristling, punkish guitars and bright, pop-savvy melodies, this comes on like the greatest album Paul Westerberg never made...giddily infectious... Musician (05/01/1995)
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