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A good amount of Demolition screams quality.
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MojoDepending what side you take in the Heartbreaker v. Gold debate, you'll like some tracks more than others. [Oct 2002, p.92]
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Demolition is a fine addition to Adams' discography in that it gives an overview of the differing musical styles Adams has been exploring while his critical stock has been hitting overdrive.
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UncutDemolition is further proof that his creative instinct is still intact. [Album of the Month, Oct 2002, p.100]
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'Demolition' may be a rare example of purely commercial dictates - namely, what was doubtless a label decision to downsize from a threatened four-CD boxed set - improving the art in question.
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The rockers here, however, aren't his best work, sounding like the Goo Goo Dolls with steel guitars.
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Gold left many Adams fans listening in awe at the leaps and bounds by which he was growing as a songwriter. This record doesn't do that; and though that's just fine, it makes Demolition less diverse and ultimately less exciting.
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When Adams sticks to the pop-rock mode, he can be dynamic as well as one of the cleverest pop thieves since Nick Lowe.
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Its songs are sketchy but affable, with a confidence that makes the half-hooks sound almost indelible.
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The songs are a slight bunch, and for all the reported heartache and pain that went into them, they're strangely uninvolving.
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The ballads, many recorded with steel guitarist Bucky Baxter, are much better than the rockers.
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Q MagazineAn album largely split between moments of hushed intimacy and gonzoid rocksers that tend to pitch themselves between The Replacements, Tom Petty and -- presumably unwittingly -- U2 circa War. [Oct 2002, p.101]
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There’s really nothing to this record.
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While Demolition forgoes the overproduction and even much of the shameless rock-god posturing that plagued Gold, Adams hasn't yet found his way out of his songwriting rut.
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BlenderHonors shifts in style over substance. [#11, p.124]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 17
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MattPOct 31, 2007
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paddyoOct 25, 2006Great album, dear Chicago is simply fantastic