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- Summary:
- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Grey Street | |
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Oh look at how she listens She says nothing of what she thinks She just goes stumbling through her memories Staring out on to Grey Street. She... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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These are just good tunes, no matter what the window dressing is.
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This is such a fascinatingly different take on (mostly) the same material that it almost whets your appetite for a third rendering.
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Remarkably, these songs not only retain their emotional core even after they've been cleaned up, but they perhaps even gain more resonance in this setting.
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Busted Stuff is marked by luxuriously long tracks that maximize the skills of the band.
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Busted Stuff does strip away some of the Lillywhite mystique, dropping the exaggerated façade of "lost classic" status, but it further illustrates that Matthews' discards are often more compelling than his hits.
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SpinThe best album of Dave Matthews' career--the most coherent and graceful, the least wanky and aw-shucks messianic. [Aug 2002, p.107]
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Q MagazineThough this is a return to Matthews's more meandering ways, some lessons about conciseness have plainly been learned. [Nov 2002, p.108]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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TimW.Jul 15, 2002
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May 23, 2023This is definitely my favorite dave matthews band album, and it doesn't get the love it deserves.
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JoeR.Jul 16, 2002i think this album is a masterpiece its everything dave matthews band fans have come to love music that leaves you felling high
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raVenAug 3, 2003dMb at their best is always a 10, and this is that--again.
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CurtWMar 6, 2006I love the music of dave matthews and his band. this cd in my opinion is one of his best non-live cds he has.
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JonO.Aug 22, 2002Its what Dave Matthews Band has always been about--they get better everyday.
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Cosmo"john"PrelogJun 3, 2005It reminds me of the first time I heard Lou Bega
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