2007-02-03
On this, their fifth studio album, Indie/alt rock a.k.a. Brit pop survivors the Bluetones take a big step toward resurrecting themselves from “the threat of obscurity” by reinventing themselves with a “fresh sound.” But the charts have not been kind and even their first US release could not drum up enough interest to support a nine-gig US tour, which was scrapped before launch. There is enough talent and variety in these ten original poppie tunes to please the average contemporary musical palate, even if none of them will burn anybody’s house down. -- MostlyWILLY MASON
If the Ocean Gets Rough
Tim Armstrong
A Poets' Life
Inara George
All Rise
BEASTIE BOYS
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Chris Robinson & the New Earth Mud
This Magnificent Distance
TOMMY MALONE
NATURAL BORN DAYS
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