Gutterflower

Gutterflower

CD - USA - first edition.

Artist Goo Goo Dolls Published 2002-04-09 Type Studio Genre Alternative rock Themes Commercialism, relationships, self-reflection

Gutterflower is the seventh studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was published on CD on 2002-04-09 and and produced by Rob Cavallo and the band. The songs are mostly a mix of alternative rock with a more polished studio sound than previous albums and the themes are about commercialism, relationships, and self-reflection. The album is mostly Johnny Rzeznik's work and all the album's singles consist of his songs.

Personal

Own?	Yes, CD.

After Dizzy Up the Girl took over my CD player in the late 1990s, I was eager to hear more from the band. Unfortunately, I wasn't as impressed with their earlier albums, and I had little interest in the compilation album released as the band worked on this album. When Gutterflower finally was released, I was initially put off by the heavy studio polish used on the songs, but, after I listened to it for awhile, the songs begun to grow on me and this became my third favorite album by the band. However, years later, after learning that Johnny Rzeznik took money from his drummer and fired the other for wanting to take care of his newborn, the songs critical of greed now sound less like criticism and more like projection.

Track Listing

Track	Title	Composers	Lead Vocals	Rank	Rating
01	Big Machine	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	5
02	Think About Me	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	8
03	Here Is Gone	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	1
04	You Never Know	Robby Takac	Robby Takac	10
05	What a Scene	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	2
06	Up, Up, Up	Robby Takac	Robby Takac	9
07	It's Over	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	6
08	Sympathy	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	3
09	What Do You Need?	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	4
10	Smash	Robby Takac	Robby Takac	12
11	Tucked Away	Robby Takac	Robby Takac	11
12	Truth Is a Whisper	Johnny Rzeznik	Johnny Rzeznik	7

The album's total score is 337.

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