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 LitLit [13 Tracks Explicit] Release Date: 2004 06 22 Label: DRT/Nitrus Rating:  |
This eponymous set is Lit's fourth, and their most self-assured to date. After a three-year hiatus, during which they ended their relationship with RCA, the bandmembers are obviously raring to go; their self-confidence is evidenced by their decision to produce this album themselves, and they deftly emphasize their full-bodied styling while giving plenty of play to the strong melodies that set this set alight. They're even willing to hand over the crucial guitar solo on "Needle & Thread" to the Matches' Jon Devoto, who repays them with a searing performance. As listeners have come to expect of Lit, the album has a mighty sweep of mood and style, from the sweet acoustic jangle of "Lullaby," written by Jeremy Popoff for his son, to the storming '70s sound of "Too Fast for a U-Turn." The band continues to effortlessly meld together rock's many elements -- the speedy So-Cal punk heard on "Allright," the pop flavors of Elvis Costello (and by extension the Beatles) found in "Forever Begins Right Now," and the lush and lovely atmospheres of post-punk heroes the Cure via a cover of that band's "Pictures of You." Lit's continuing love affair with the sounds of the past make nonsense of the tag "modern rock," for it's their weaving together of a myriad of different yesterdays into a glorious sound for today that makes the band so special. This album does, however, feature some darker themes than previously heard, but even one of the blackest, "Bulletproof," written about a friend's suicide, shakes off the sorrow to end in an affirmation of life that simultaneously pays tribute to Cheap Trick. Back with a vengeance, this is Lit's best album to date. Jo-Ann Greene, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Too Fast for a U-Turn | Popoff, Popoff | 3:15 |
| 2 | Looks Like They Were Right | Popoff, Popoff | 3:56 |
| 3 | Needle & Thread | Baldes, Popoff | 3:04 |
| 4 | Times Like This | Frederickson, Popoff, Popoff | 3:20 |
| 5 | Throwaway | Popoff, Popoff, Baldes | 3:31 |
| 6 | Forever Begins Right Now | Hill, Popoff, Popoff | 3:07 |
| 7 | Moonshine | Popoff, Popoff | 3:12 |
| 8 | Alright | Popoff | 2:40 |
| 9 | Lullaby | Popoff | 4:15 |
| 10 | Hard to Find | Baldes, Popoff, Popoff | 3:40 |
| 11 | All or Nothing | Popoff, Popoff | 4:02 |
| 12 | Pictures of You | Williams, Gallup, Thompson, ODonnell, Smith, Tolhurst | 4:46 |
| 13 | Bulletproof | Popoff, Frederickson, Popoff | 4:19 |
Other Releases:
| Lit [Japan] Release Date: 2004 Label: Jvc Victor |
| Lit [Clean] Release Date: 2004 Label: DRT/Nitrus |
| Lit [13 Tracks Edited] Release Date: 2004 Label: DRT Entertainment |
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