Let Love In

Performer: The Goo Goo Dolls
Producer: Glen Ballard; Rob Cavallo
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: The Goo Goo Dolls' transformation from thrashy alternative rockers to polished mainstream pop-rock stars was complete by the early 1990s, so it's no surprise that 2006's LET LOVE IN continues the sound that brought the band their greatest commercial success. In fact, LET LOVE IN is the group's cleanest and slickest effort, packed front to back with melodic, mid-tempo, and ballad-oriented MOR rock that borders at times on adult contemporary pop. Thanks in large part to the production of Glen Ballard (who has produced Alanis Morissette and the Dave Matthews Band) there are few of the Goo Goo Dolls' original edges left. Yet this shouldn't bother fans who came to love the band after albums like A BOY NAMED GOO. The pleasant, well-crafted music here should please fans of any style of mainstream rock that's not too hard on the ears. DVD Features: DVD Includes: LIVE & INTIMATE: Stay With You Let Love In Feel The Silence Better Days Without You Here Listen Can't Let It Go We'll Be There (When You're Gone) Strange Love Black Ballroom Iris Become Broadway Here Is Gone MUSIC VIDEOS: Better Days Stay With You Let Love In BONUS AUDIO: Better Days (acoustic) We'll Be There (When You're Gone) (Acoustic)

Rolling Stone (p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] outfits its trademark mix of stylized arena-rock guitars and huge romantic choruses with subtle atmospherics and a bright pop sheen." Q (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Tempering their Bon Jovi-style bombast with chiming, U2-inspired atmospherics, this is music precision-built for vast stadiums."

The angst-ridden alt-rock that bands like Nirvana popularized in the early-1990s eventually branched off into a softer, more mature sound with such groups as the Goo Goo Dolls. Formed in Buffalo, New York in the 1980s, as raw and rowdy Replacements-style rockers, Johnny Rzeznik and company hit paydirt a decade later with the pop ballads "Name" and "Iris." They would remain steady hitmakers for over a decade.

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