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 Collective SoulCollective Soul [2009] Release Date 2009 08 25 Label Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Rating:  Fourteen years after their first self-titled album, Collective Soul deliver another in 2009 and it's fair to say that the album is a bit of a reintroduction, not a reinvention. It's also fair to ask who Collective Soul is reintroducing themselves to, and the answer is pretty simple: after spending the better part of the decade in the indie leagues, the band is returning to the majors with 2009's Collective Soul, making a pitch at reconnecting with the wide mainstream audience they had a decade ago. The group doesn't ignore what it's done over the last ten years -- there's a pronounced Bowie influence that still lingers -- first aired on the glam-tastic Youth -- especially on &"Fuzzy," but this is high-gloss, high-octane arena rock, filled with big riffs and hooks on both the rockers and power ballads. Collective Soul doesn't make an attempt to modernize their sound (although the verse of &"Understanding" has an unmistakable phrase borrowed from Jack White) choosing instead to refine their best techniques, so this winds up being a very big, very hooky modern rock record that might not find the audience it once did but only because of the shifting landscape of modern rock. As a record, this is as strong as anything Collective Soul have ever done. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Welcome All Again | Roland | 3:54 |
| 2 | Fuzzy | Roland | 3:59 |
| 3 | Dig | Roland | 3:18 |
| 4 | You | Roland, Turpin, Roland, Kosche | 3:51 |
| 5 | My Days | Roland | 3:42 |
| 6 | Understanding | Roland, Turpin, Roland, Kosche | 4:23 |
| 7 | Staring Down | Roland | 3:34 |
| 8 | She Does | Roland | 3:26 |
| 9 | Lighten Up | Roland | 3:36 |
| 10 | Love | Roland | 3:32 |
| 11 | Hymn for My Father | Roland | 2:53 |
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