Bridge

EMAIL PRINTby Blues Traveler

9.3 User Score:

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Album Info

Label: Interscope

Release Date: 08 May 2001

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock

Summary

The band's sixth album is their first since the death of bassist Bobby ("Brooklyn Bob") Sheehan and serves as a tribute to him.

What The Critics Said

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All Music Guide

This cuts back significantly on winding jams, upping the ante with tight songs and performances, a clean muscular production, and a lack of vocal histrionics from Popper

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Entertainment Weekly

What's always lifted them above their peers are Popper's percussive harmonica and those wonderfully melodic songs -- both of which are abundant here. [6/1/01, p.90]

HOB.com

Rather than dwell on tragedy or sulk through an album of moodier blues, they deliver a batch of radio-friendly tunes reminiscent of their commercial breakthrough, Four.

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Wall of Sound

The members of Blues Traveler, new and old, still play better than they write songs, but there's no denying that the group's indefatigable spirit remains engaging.

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Rolling Stone

Their songwriting sometimes comes up short, but these avatars of the Nineties jam-band movement know they can placate their fans with a little showboating.

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Sonicnet

On Bridge, they're still traveling down the long and winding improvisational road, with most of the tracks averaging around five minutes in length (as is true with most of their studio albums). This time out, though, the songs feel like they're twice that.

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Blender

In attempting to be energetic, the band merely sounds busy. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.105]

L.A. Weekly

The real crime is that these guys are good musicians who happen to have horrible taste.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Puneet C gave it a10:
Would've voted 9.9 , cos my brain just cannot take the whole album at one time .. but .. truely .. a masterpiece ..

Jano L gave it a 10:
This album is just great. Its diferent, but its Blues Traveler. Their style is unique.

Derrick E. gave it a 10:
This is a great album.

Tom C. gave it a 10:
The album really shows the progression of the band since their earlier albums. I think although the change may leave some fans unhappy, the album, when view with an open mind instead of compared to their earlier works, is a phenominal. It may sound different, but all the aspects of what Blues Traveler represents from lyrics to musicianship, is still there.

Jeremy gave it a 10:
This album kicks ass. I think it's sad that we live in a time where faggity ass boy bands, pseudo-breasted pop star wanna-be girls who can't sing and sucky ass bands such as Match Box 20 and that God forsaken band The Offspring are considered artists who produce good music. Long live truly gifted musicians such as the ones who maintain Blues Traveler. They are the real future of music.

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