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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 04/03/2007
Run Time: 51:50
Collective Soul had just enough good singles to make you think that a collection such as
7even Year Itch would be a great guilty pleasure for all of those who hummed along to
"Shine" even as they bought
Nine Inch Nails and
Alice in Chains discs. And it is true that there are some very good songs here, such as the assured
"Shine," the tempered power
ballad "December," and the terrific
Urge Overkill rip
"Gel," perhaps not their biggest hit but arguably their finest moment. These, of course, are all on
7even Year Itch, but there aren't quite enough other cuts in this 13-track collection to convince the doubters (the non-chronological sequencing doesn't really help matters, either). But even if this collection doesn't make the case for being a great populist, critically shunned band (
Stone Temple Pilots hold that title for the '90s), it still does summarize
Collective Soul's career well, and will be of interest to the casual listeners who enjoyed certain songs on the radio during the heady
post-grunge days of the second half of the '90s.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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