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On their latest, Maroon, they've delivered that too rare musical commodity: a disc overflowing with potential hits.
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Maroon is BNL's grown-up album, still full of clever wordplay and winking couplets, but also dealing with dark and sometimes disarming matters of adulthood.
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An album far better than the last. It's full of clever, upbeat songs and comes close to blending the lyrical and melodic brilliance of their first album, Gordon, with the energy of their live album, Rock Spectacle.
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A borderline adult-contemporary sound that's catchy and exuberant enough to gloss over the intermittently dark verse.
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But there are more moments when all-too-human messes lurk beneath the veneer of producer Don Was' perfect pop tracks, moments when the relentless sunniness of the music is pierced by sober themes (the last song, "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel," is a graphic account of car-wreck carnage) and dark, psychological-profile assessments. In turning the snarky level down a notch, Robertson and Page haven't sacrificed the band's good-time giddiness -- they've just opened things up a bit.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 5 out of 18
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BillSJan 12, 2007A stunningly good collection of mature, mellow, though-provoking songs. Move over One Week, this is BNL at their best.
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StephJul 16, 2002
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SamP.Mar 6, 2002This is shithot