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Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce

becca_l | NSW | 11/30/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have heard many complaints about how pathetic a greatest hits album this is, not having the goo goo dolls greatest hit "Iris" on it. Sorry guys but this album wasn't intented to be a 'greatest hit' album in the 1st place! Still, it is a great collection of their work with some of my favourite goo goo dolls' songs included.This cd begins with four tracks from the goo goo dolls most recent album at the time, Dizzy Up The Girl. The "Acoustic #3" song was a beautiful soft ballad on the Dizzy Up The Girl album, but was remixed for this cd into (what may seem impossible) an even more passionate song. The next five songs were taken from the record, A Boy Named Goo, and are all exactly the same as the originals on A Boy Named Goo.There is also no change to the 7 songs from A Superstar Car Wash, but from the album Hold Me Up, the ballad "Two Days in February" was remixed into a version which (I believe) isn't as good as the original. The last 2 songs on the album were taken from the 2 oldest goo goo dolls' cds: Jed, and Goo Goo Dolls. I always press the stop button on number 20, because personally I believe that these last 2 songs are so different to the band's more recent work, and I don't like them.My favourite song on Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce is "Cuz You're Gone", and I would recommend the cd to people who own a couple of the Goo Goo Dolls' albums, but not to people who already own the whole collection, simply because there aren't enough new remixes to get your money's worth."

What Goo Goo Dolls Learned

Jacki | Reno, NV USA | 08/04/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After hitting it big with their sixth album, the Goo Goo Dolls put together a collection CD. Except this is not at all a greatest hits or singles album. This record is a compilation of the work the Goo Goo Dolls have done over a ten year period. Most of the album's tracks are before the rock band went to the Mainstream. These pieces are harder and grittier than what most Goo Goo Dolls listeners have come to expect from this band. Most of the performances are hard grudgy rock and fast paced licks. As part of releaseing these vintage Goo Goo Dolls tracks, the band went back to remix and remaster the songs. Sound levels have been corrected and some more instrumental parts have been added to the original performances. Accoustic #3 has a longer strings section and it works well with the song. Pieces that were once out of time and had instruments not in sync with each other, have been rerecorded and performed perfectly. Like all Goo Goo Dolls' records, WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT EGO, OPINION, ART & COMERCE has performances from both Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac. Like always, Rzeznik's pieces are the ones that tend to stand out from the band's sound. Takac's are just not as well thought through and more mindless than Rzeznik's. Takac's performances have a major impact of the album's quality as a whole, and not in a postive way. The thought of putting together a compilation CD such as this is very unique, because it gives a chance for fans to have a taste of the Goo Goo Doll's work and not the well known work. Personally I think more bands should do this, release a compilation CD that does not contain their singles but work that is less recogonized. Props to the Goo Goo Dolls in this aspect. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT EGO, OPINION, ART, & COMERCE is a great rocker album and one that gives Goo Goo Dolls' fans to hear what they sounded like before hitting the Mainstream.



Stand out tracks include:

"Bullet Proof"

'All Eyes On Me"

"Naked"

"Ain't That Unusual"

"Fallin' Down"

"'Cuz You're Gone"

"We Are the Normal"

"On the Lie"

"Just the Way You Are"

"Two Days In February"

"There You Are""