Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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On which our Canadian punk-pop heroes testify that life still sucks major ass even after achieving multiplatinum success. With the strummy first single, "Welcome to My Life," singer Pierre Bouvier whines, "You might think I'm happy/But I'm not gonna be OK." And in the chorus to "Thank You," he tries sarcasm but still sounds earnest: "Thank you for showing me that best friends cannot be trusted." But whether or not these boys are being drama queens is beside the point. Despite the overwrought angst, Still Not Getting Any . . . is a hard-to-deny collection of bubblegum punk. Producer Bob Rock gives the band sinewy sonic muscles on songs such as "Perfect World" and "Promise," and there's hardly a track in the bunch that doesn't sound like a hit. The midtempo anthem "Crazy" finds Bouvier rattling off a laundry list of social ills ("Young girls dying to be on TV," "Money's our first priority") before asking, "Is everybody going crazy?/Is anybody gonna save me?" It's goofy as all hell, but don't be surprised if you catch yourself singing along.