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Nov 17, 2010Maturity doesn't necessarily suit the band--there's a natural, flat whine to Joel Madden's voice that dooms him to eternal adolescence--but every step Good Charlotte makes toward a comfortable middle age on Cardiology is a step that succeeds, producing music that resonates louder and longer than the flashy twaddle of Good Morning Revival.
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Alternative PressOct 29, 2010Good Charlotte are multi-platinum scene superstars, but Cardiology might just be their best effort yet. [Nov 2010, p.112
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Nov 10, 2010What Good Charlotte don't seem to have picked up along the way are any startlingly new ways of delivering their honeyed ramalama pop-punk. Which could prove troublesome for them in the long run, now that the punk bubble has once again popped.
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Nov 12, 2010A decade and five albums into its career, the rock band certainly sounds as youthful as ever.
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Nov 1, 2010This latest offering is meandering chirpy slobber that sounds more boy band than ever.
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Oct 28, 2010Cardiology, the pop-punk band's fifth album, struggles to stay relevant.
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Kerrang!Nov 22, 2010While they may have grown up, Good Charlotte have clearly not lost sight of who they are. Perhaps most importantly, though, they still know where they're going. [30 Oct 2010, p.50]
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MojoNov 4, 2010Maryland pop-punks are shamelessly commercial and ruthlessly effective. [Dec. 2010, p. 96]
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Nov 1, 2010Cardiology is monstrously offensive – the latest shit-streak by music's laziest sons.
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Nov 30, 2010To make listeners' hearts melt, there's a lullaby for Joel's daughter, Harlow, a bit of a cynical move when most of the album is about sleeping with other radio stars, getting wasted like it's your birthday and getting wasted, sleeping with someone, blacking out and thinking it was the best night of your life.
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Q MagazineNov 5, 2010Joel and Benji Madden's fifth album of anthemic dumbness. [Dec. 2010, p. 110]
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Oct 28, 2010Commercially-driven producers or not, though, the band have a knack for keeping their sound current and contemporary –- while still being reminiscent of their early material.
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Oct 28, 2010Their fifth disc is rife with signs of rock ambition - acoustic songcraft, sweeping guitar solos - folded into their vaguely emo, synthed-up sound.
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Oct 26, 2010Cardiology dials down the sparkle, which is kind of a bummer; plodding fake-U2 anthems such as "Right Where I Belong" are definitely not Good Charlotte's sweet spot.
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Oct 29, 2010As a whole, Cardiology is an attempt to leave behind the band's failed newer sound and return to their pop-punk roots.
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Nov 2, 2010Although the new album opens promisingly with Beach Boys-esque a cappella before kicking into a handful of bland yet workable pop-punk tunes, the middle backslides into watered-down dance-rock.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 24
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Mixed: 1 out of 24
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Negative: 8 out of 24
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Apr 6, 2011
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Nov 15, 2010
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Nov 6, 2010For me, this 5th studio album stays below the expectation. With the time it gets boring this kind of teeny Rockmusic. sorry guys, its time to grow up.