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Sep 4, 2012Frontman Rob Thomas has not lost his fastball as a craftsman. Listeners will be humming several songs off "North" before the second chorus even begins, whether they like it or not.
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Sep 4, 2012Matchbox 20 has never made a record as cheerful or appealing or satisfying as this.
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Sep 4, 2012Though it is far from perfect and has far more filler than one would hope, North is indeed a fine effort.
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Entertainment WeeklySep 6, 2012In its owm swerve-to-the-middle way, it mostly works. [7 Sep 2012, p.75]
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Sep 5, 2012Every song here goes for immediate payoff – as Thomas broadcasts on "Radio," they have been built for lifetimes.
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Sep 19, 2012There are a few decent songs.
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Sep 5, 2012North seems destined to forever relegate Matchbox Twenty into the next generation of unremarkable dad rock.
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Sep 4, 2012It's unclear what the band has been doing during its lengthy hiatus (their last full-length was released in 2002), but keeping up with current music trends was evidently not on the to-do list.
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Q MagazineSep 6, 2012Not good. [Oct 2012, p.106]
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