Goo Goo Dolls - Magnetic Review [Track By Track]

2. When The World Breaks Your Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viqsZ-oYbpE Somehow Rzeznik has merged a really fast-paced verse with more of a subtle, broken-down chorus, and amazingly €“ it works. Again, it€™s nothing ground breaking, but it€™s the kind of track you€™d drive to, perhaps after a rough break up, just to find that the road of your life has a few twists and turns to come. Upbeat and majestic, the string elements of this song bring it to life, and melt in-between a twangy lead guitar part. Anthemic simplicity defines the Goo Goo Dolls, and this track helps show why.

3. Slow It Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gk9SM6xekU Best track on the record. This is the Goo Goo Dolls through and through; a song that makes you want to stand up, take on the world and never look back€“ if only for three minutes. The drums act as a kind of background marching tempo to which Rzeznik cheers us on. The chord sequence in the chorus is spine-tingling (I hear a diminished 9th in there somewhere), and it sonically represents the album very well. The intricate and sophisticated blend of the mandolin parts works nicely €“ something we haven€™t heard from the band since their success of €œDizzy Up the Girl€(1998) and €œGutterflower€ (2002). I have read some bad reviews of the Goo Goo Dolls which say the band aren€™t moving forward enough. The problem for me on the recent albums isn€™t the band€™s lack of a formal direction, but quite the opposite: they have forgotten their roots. The Goo Goo Dolls are an all-embracing, emotional, angsty, hearts on their sleeves rock band, and €œSlow it Down€ reminds us of a time in the late 1990s where alternative rock ruled the waves. This is classic post-grunge rock with an emotional core, and it€™s all Goo Goo Dolls€™ fans ever really want. Sometimes it€™s alright to eat at the same Italian restaurant each month, especially if the food is as delicious as this band€™s music.