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Q Magazine

Singer Pat Monahan has a Michael Stipe-esque voice: part whine part sneer, but with an added dollop of believeable pathos. On this second album, his four colleagues concoct intriguing backdrops... [#180, p.112]

E! Online

These five regular San Francisco joes know a thing or two about the kind of midtempo, acoustic-based rock that makes for a smooth, radio-ready ride.

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Wall of Sound

Not only do many of the tunes have a similar feel, but Monahan, whose dusty vocals put the band on the map with the hit single "Meet Virginia" in 1999, is regularly drowned out by the soaring guitars and effects.

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All Music Guide

Train is a classic rock wannabe band in the mold of Counting Crows.

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CDNow

Like Collective Soul, Vertical Horizon, and Matchbox Twenty before them, Train is a fairly faceless, generic rock band that writes straight-ahead, sing-along tunes. As a result, some of the songs on this, their second album, will make some people happy -- and other people just sleepy.

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Launch.com

"She's On Fire," the opener from San Francisco-based Train's second release, promises a solid if not memorable rock 'n' roll effort. Unfortunately, penning this catchy and muscular rocker seems to have sapped the boys' creative well.

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Billboard

The music fails to gain any momentum until track seven, and by then, Train's lucky the listener's still spinning the CD.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 136 User Votes

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

Ron R gave it a10:
Drops of Jupiter is to me unique because of its poetic and sometimes quirky lyrics, and the symphonic rock touch it has thanks to the heavy strings and piano arrangements. Unfortunately, the same effort has not been put in all the other songs, that all miss originality in tune (except for Meet Virginia) and lyrics. Looks like the producer could not find the energy to raise the quality after he put in the effort for Drops of Jupiter. Hopefully, a more talented band will be inspired by the Drops.

Bryan R gave it a10:
The "Drops of Jupiter" Song will be the groups only one hit wonder years from now. It is definetly unuiqe and we never get tired of listening to it. The rest of the group's music is a disappointment. We even tried to enjoy their other music and just couldn't find any enjoyment in it. I've heard neighborhood Garage Bands do better, But Drops of Jupiter has slight direct meaning to it in the lyrics, but surely demonstrates instructional poety straight from a poety classroom and has a unuiqe presentation, The Song Drops of Jupiter gets a 10, the rest of the groups material only a 1. This was our honest opinion.

Ben C gave it a10:
The Drops of Jupiter track has to be one of the most poetic unuiqe songs of the decade well structured with a great hook hard to shake super great song I rate this one a deserving 10.

Rob N gave it a10:
Hard to shake the song out of your head after 4 or 5 plays ~brilliant ! Rest of album loved it.

g!d r gave it a10:
one of the best songs ive ever heard. unbelievable, n i dont like pop at all

Brandon G gave it a9:
This is the most awesome CD EVA!!!!!!

nand k gave it a10:
awesome

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