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- Summary: The ex-Bush frontman returns with his first solo album produced by Bob Rock.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rock
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| Young Blood | |
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| The days Are ghosts that pass right through us In my eyes You're like an evergreen Untouched By the hours that fly around us My love Is that how you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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Nothing here is complicated or profound; melodies go where you expect them to, while dynamics follow the quiet-loud pattern Nirvana turned into a recipe. Yet there's an appealing guilelessness to Rossdale's writing that gives the predictable a whiff of universality.
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Entertainment WeeklyWanderlust is, at best, a bright collection of Daughtry-esque rock boasting anthems. [6 Jun 2008, p.117]
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He's a better vocalist and more charismatic than most of the dullards who followed in his wake--but this is still deliberately tepid music, more concerned about appearances than hooks or drama.
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Wanderlust is instantly forgettable.
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Rossdale still has that sexy catch in his throat, but his new songs are ass, evoking a mealy-mouthed, cliché-ridden, bombastic Chris Cornell solo joint more than Bush, and whoever Auto-Tuned the vocals has some explaining to do.
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Rossdale's heart is in the grim, grandiose stuff, bellowing his pain in Vedderian rumble, and forever striving to be deep and meaningful, a goal that exceeds his gifts as a songwriter.
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For all of the introspection on this record, it sounds strangely hollow and thin, lacking the hefty substance that drew everyone to Rossdale’s former work.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 3 out of 4
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DeenJ.Jun 6, 2008
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DianeM.Jun 5, 2008Everything is just so formulaic and empty. It goes nowhere, and really says nothing.
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StephenU.Sep 2, 2008More vapid than Bush, which is a pretty mean feat. Hats off, Mr. Rossdale.
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FelipeP.Jun 7, 2008Horrible, I wish Bush come back soon.
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