Album Reviews
Hear it Now
View
After fronting the short-lived teenage grunge band Radish, Ben Kweller proved a songwriter to watch with 2002's Sha Sha and 2004's lesser On My Way, both of which offered solid alt-rock and power pop. On Ben Kweller -- a slightly less edgy record stuck between its two predecessors quality-wise -- the twenty-five-year-old touches on Sixties pop and Seventies AM fare on songs that sound both well-crafted and unfussy, if a little lightweight. Kweller plays every instrument here, and bright cuts like "Run" and "Magic" feature a sturdy guitar sound that leaves plenty of room for Kweller's boyish whine and catchy choruses. Though Kweller is getting better at channeling his thoughtful disaffection, his best lines still sound tossed off, as on "Thirteen": "We questioned religions/Gave bread to the pigeons." All in all a sweet little batch of songs, but not the great record Kweller may have in him.
Share
Email
Stumble
AIM
Del.icio.us
DiggThis
Fark It!
Advertisement
News and Reviews
Advertisement
How to Play This Album
It's FREE.
Click the play button.
Register or enter your username and password.
Let the music play!
It's FREE.
Track List
- Run
- Nothing Happening
- Sundress
- I Gotta Move
- Thirteen
- Penny On The Train Track
- I Don't Know Why
- Magic
- Red Eye
- Until I Die
- This Is War
 |
Your Turn
Advertisement
More CD Reviews
-
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures -
Weezer
Raditude -
The Rolling Stones
Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set -
Nirvana
Bleach (Deluxe Edition) -
Various Artists
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Twilight Saga: New Moon -
Wolfmother
Cosmic Egg -
Tegan and Sara
Sainthood -
Julian Casablancas
Phrazes For The Young -
U2
The Unforgettable Fire (Deluxe Reissue) -
R.E.M.
Live At The Olympia
©RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved.
©Copyright 2009 Rolling Stone; Jann S. Wenner, editor and publisher
- Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC.
Get RS Mobile
RSS
