A Boy Named Goo (1995)
For some reason this album makes me not in the least bit curious about their previous, harder-rocking selves. And in time I discovered I wasn’t particularly curious about where they went from here (the answer- poppier). I had picked them at their peak of my enjoyment, was my assumption. And until someone proves me wrong, I’m sticking with it. Of course as soon as I write this, I happen upon their next album, and am proven wrong yet again.
(“Naked”, “Only One”)
Grade: B-
Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Fairly consistent and surprisingly good (to me, at least…I thought ‘A Boy Named Goo’ would be their one and only fifteen minutes). Surprising not because of the level of good-ness (a nice, decent “fairly good”) but because I thought ‘A Boy N…wait…I said that already. It’s not my fault, really. I could write “competent, occasionally compelling” as my review and it would serve the purpose well enough (that is, telling the truth). Nothing too fancy here, I’m afraid. But if like me your expectations are low, you’ll be in for a mildly pleasant surprise.
Grade: B-
4/13/16: Sometimes I tended to stretch out the reviews. But it was quite genuine, you know. I mean I was trying to be clever, I guess, but I took it pretty d@mn seriously. I tried. Ah, reminiscing…