Hard Candy
by Counting Crows
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Jul 9, 2002
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28

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  1. TimJ.
    Aug 27, 2002
    3
    I consider myself a big fan, but this effort is very disappointing in my opinion.
  2. Crowsfeet
    Sep 8, 2002
    2
    Im a die hard Crows fan.. but this was a poor effort.. they seem to have fallen into that all too common trap of producing a couple of good albums and then sticking to the system... leading to the contrived sound that I hear everytime I put on the album. Their rhythm and bass lines sounds like they pushed the "rhythm 1" button on their Casio Jr. Musicians keyboard. You can definitly hear Im a die hard Crows fan.. but this was a poor effort.. they seem to have fallen into that all too common trap of producing a couple of good albums and then sticking to the system... leading to the contrived sound that I hear everytime I put on the album. Their rhythm and bass lines sounds like they pushed the "rhythm 1" button on their Casio Jr. Musicians keyboard. You can definitly hear the machine behind the man in this album. "prefabricated" describes it precisely.… Expand
  3. Ryan13
    Oct 24, 2003
    3
    their worst record. plain and simple...no emotion whatsoever. This Desert Life was a thousand times better.

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#61 Most Discussed Album of 2002

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. CDNow
    80
    Few bands can both rock and pine as well as Duritz and company.
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  2. Splendid
    50
    Mid-tempo rocker follows mid-tempo rocker without any change of pace to keep things interesting.
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  3. Launch.com
    70
    Duritz isn't the soul singer he'd like to be.
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