Let Love In
The Goo Goo Dolls
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Stay With You | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Let Love In | The Goo Goo Dolls | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Feel the Silence | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Better Days | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Without You Here | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Listen | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Give a Little Bit | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Can't Let It Go | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | We'll Be Here (When You're Gone) | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Strange Love | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Become | The Goo Goo Dolls | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
In a world full of uncertainties, you can always count on the Goo Goo Dolls to deliver passionate declarations of love and defiance. 2006’s Let Love In finds them serving up some of their sturdiest slices of rock balladry since their mega-hit “Iris.” This time, Glen Ballard (known for his work with Alanis Morissette, among many others) lends his expert studio polish to enhance Johnny Rzeznik’s rough-yet-heroic singing style. “Stay With You,” “Better Days,” and the title tune are the sort of world-defying anthems that the band’s fans crave to hear. Rzeznik sustains a slow burn on moodier numbers like “We’ll Be Here (When You’re Gone)” and “Without You Here,” adding some welcome shadows to the album. The Goos manage to scuff up Supertramp’s “Give a Little Bit” just enough to make it their own, and when bassist Rob Takac lends his gritty vocal tones to “Listen” and “Strange Love,” he reconnects with the band’s punkier days. For the most part, though, Let Love In keeps the focus upon the sort of grandiose radio-friendly numbers that have sustained these Dolls for over a decade.
Recent Customer Reviews
GOO-ood! But Too Emotional for the GGD's.
by DarcyrulesallOK I was in Buffalo (AKA at home) when this Album was released in April 2006, driving my 1985 Ford Bronco, rooting the Sabres over the Flyers into the NHL Playoffs (but NOT Peter Forsberg he's the BEST) was my BEST memory of this CD from the Boys from Buffalo. I knoe "Stay With You" was their second hot one. But then in 2006, I grew more on Let Love in, and pretty much sang with John on my way to Culinary School in Williamsville, NY 4 days a week in the middle of Winter 2007; to the first 5 tracks. Very appealing. "Better Days" Being their pre-albumm "hot one" like "Real" will be when they come out with their new Album, really hit me personally. This Album is "hardcore Buffalo songwriting" It feels empty like most of us Buffaloians feel but it has Warmth. Much Warmth. I can tell they wrote this album in the middle of a Buffalo Winter. (This album was recorded there and not in LA like Gutterflower). Although I think "Gutterflower" is better than "Let Love In", its not a bad album. Robby in this album is the only "upbeat music" in Let Love In. All of John's Songs seem to be Cold and Depressing but have a feeling to it once you hear it multiple times...usually if its cold outside. REALLY. "We'll be Here" is the sort of Upbeat song done by John but honestly, you look to all their previous albums, they usually had one or two songs that were "cold" but in a ways moving and awesome. THis album has most of the songs COLD but MOVING and it oddly made sense at the time I believe.
Overall Let Love In is a good album, not GREAT. most underrated song? The last one..."Become" is very catchy and romantic but still stilll and still NOTHING will TOP "SUPERSTAR CARWASH".
RZEZNIK! Please come forth!
by Buttered Toast KidsI'm speechless. This album is so spectacular, it will either make you smile widely or cry uncontrollably. Emotion will ooze from you when you listen to this group's true musical artistry. Their sound HAS changed, but for the better. I love both sounds, and have no preference. Buy this album, or you are psycho! All of these songs (and the songs from Gutterflower, A Boy Named Goo, and Dizzy Up the Girl) are so beautiful and you just have to buy them!
Johnny, you are truly brilliant. I'm so happy I learned to you and your band's existences. I want to exhibit my love of GGD by wearing a shirt that says "Property of Johnny Rzeznik", but maybe later. I just wanted to say thank you for making such fantabulous music. Quadruple thank you for writing "Better Days". That song truly means a lot to me. It is just so meaningful and pulls at my heartstrings like a 3rd grader pulling at my hair (which is pretty intense!). I love you so much for all you do. Keep on rockin the world.
Tepid Goo
by sumigirlI don't think this is a "great" CD. It's has some good moments but on the whole I'm disappointed. It's not just the over abundance of ballads (6!), the very heavy handed production or the more generic sound, but also the lackluster (at times cliche) lyricism. I've been listening to the CD for 3 whole days and I'm almost sick of it already. There are perhaps 3 songs that I really like but none that I love.
The Goos have written better songs and constructed better albums in the past. SSCW, ABNG and DUTG are CDs that I usually play from start to finish - I never hit the skip button. They aren't perfect albums but there is something magical about them - something charming in the scruffiness of the sound and the word play of the lyrics. Maybe John, in his effort not to write "Westerbergian" lyrics, has backed away from really interesting imagery and word play. When Gutterflower came out, it seemed more uneven in quality (i.e. the nine choruses of "Na Na"s on What A Scene - give me a break!). This CD is even more so - especially since 2 of the songs have been out for a while and I'm tired of them already.
There is a lack of texture across the CD. I love having an out of the box rocker to start but the video is more interesting than the song. Tracks 2-4 (all ballads) sound really similar but they do have some really catchy hooks. The chorus of "Feel the Silence" sounds so much like Creeper Lagoon (a bay-area band) that it inspired me to get that CD out again and play it. It can't be a good sign when a song from one CD makes you want to here another band's CD. Track 5 is another ballad but it does sound different. Robby's songs are really needed to break up the sameness. I skip "Better Days" and "Give a Little Bit" all the time. "Can't Let It Go" is a lovely remake of the melody for "Always Know Where You Are" (one of John's "Treasure Planet" songs) - great hook and OK lyrics. "We'll Be Here" and "Become" are well-intentioned songs but the lyrics are unremarkable.
I'm not doubting the guys intentions and I'm not saying they should not evolve but evolving shouldn't mean losing their unique qualities. There are huge leaps from SSCW to ABNG to DUTG - 3 really different CDs that are obviously from the same band.
I really wanted to love this CD which is why I spent 3 days listening to it. I hoped it would grow on me. Perhaps my expectations are too high now. I guess I've evolved into a more critical, more demanding listener. I will continue to support the band and I hope to see them in concert this summer. They are one of the best live acts I've ever seen.
Biography
Formed: 1985 in Buffalo, NY
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by The Goo Goo Dolls
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better Days | Better Days - Single | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Give a Little Bit | Give a Little Bit - Single | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Iris | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - The Singles | 4:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme) | Transformers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Real | Real - Single | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Hard Rock, Adult Alternative, Pop, Pop/Rock
- Released: Apr 14, 2006
- ℗ 2004, 2005, 2006 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
