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A Boy Named Goo

The Goo Goo Dolls

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  Name Artist Time Price  
1 Long Way Down The Goo Goo Dolls 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes
2 Burnin' Up The Goo Goo Dolls 2:29 $0.99 View In iTunes
3 Naked The Goo Goo Dolls 3:43 $0.99 View In iTunes
4 Flat Top The Goo Goo Dolls 4:30 $0.99 View In iTunes
5 Impersonality The Goo Goo Dolls 2:41 $0.99 View In iTunes
6 Name The Goo Goo Dolls 4:30 $0.99 View In iTunes
7 Only One The Goo Goo Dolls 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes
8 Somethin' Bad The Goo Goo Dolls 2:30 $0.99 View In iTunes
9 Ain't That Unusual The Goo Goo Dolls 3:19 $0.99 View In iTunes
10 So Long The Goo Goo Dolls 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes
11 Eyes Wide Open The Goo Goo Dolls 3:56 $0.99 View In iTunes
12 Disconnected The Goo Goo Dolls 3:00 $0.99 View In iTunes
13 Slave Girl The Goo Goo Dolls 2:17 $0.99 View In iTunes

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It took five albums for the Goo Goo Dolls to break into the mainstream – but once they did, the results were spectacular. The scrappy Buffalo trio turned A Boy Named Goo (1995) into a tour-de-force of working class frustration, wounded idealism and hard-won grace. Remarkably, the band took a steady-eyed shot at big-time success without compromising its underlying bash-and-thrash ethic and hit the jackpot on its own terms. Singer/guitarist John Rzeznik applies his raw-throated yowl to the best set of shout-along pop/rockers of the band’s career, wringing spasms of feeling out of “Long Down,” “Only One” and similar hard-pop tunes. Bassist Robby Takac’s less-abrasive vocals lend “Burnin’ Up” and “Somethin’ Bad” a touch of honey to balance the sonic vinegar. The band careens its way through anthemic ballads like “Ain’t That Unusual” and nicely nasty rockers like “Slave Girl” with roughneck delight. The throbbing heart of the album is “Name,” a melancholy rock aria sung by Rzeznik with hit-making bravura. A Boy Named Goo seethes with the sort of brazen yet naïve ambition that only a gang of street punks could muster, resulting in an unexpected commercial and artistic triumph.

Biography

Formed: 1985 in Buffalo, NY

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s

Early in their career, Buffalo natives the Goo Goo Dolls were frequently dismissed by critics as mere imitators of the Replacements; however, they refined and mainstreamed their sound enough to become one of the most popular adult alternative rock bands of the latter half of the '90s, selling millions...
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