The Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In

Individual reissue from the Goo Goo Doll's Topography vinyl collection box set, released for Record Store Day.

"On 2006's Let Love In, superstar producer Glen Ballard (who shares many a writing credit here as well) pushes the band's heart-on-their-sleeve sensibility to its logical extremes, ensuring a slick sonic experience that won't disappoint those who hitched themselves to the Dolls' wagon circa their mid '90s commercial breakthrough.

"But there remains a nagging sense that this is a band that isn't pushing itself very hard: even the hook-solid opening single "Stay With You" seems downright cautious. Coupled with Ballard's penchant for polish, Johnny Rzeznik's introspection on 'Without You Here' hews close to the center line before Robbie Takac's 'Listen' gives the album a much-needed jolt of energy. The album's featured cover, a faithful, contemporary AOR-friendly take on Supertramp's 'Give a Little Bit,' is emblematic of the Goo Goo Dolls fortunes here: They often seemed boxed in by a past that's not necessarily their own." — Amazon.com

Side 1

1. Stay With You

2. Let Love In

3. Feel The Silence

4. Better Days

5. Without You Here

Side 2

1. Listen

2. Give A Little Bit

3. Can't Let It Go

4. We'll Be Here (When You're Gone)

5. Strange Love

6. Become

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