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| Propulsive power-pop w/dance rhythms is decadent rock & roll fun. A Million Ways, Here It Goes Again, Crash The Party, Do What You Want, Invincible, Let It Rain, etc. |
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| 1 Invincible |
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| 2 Do What You Want |
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| 3 Here It Goes Again |
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| 4 A Good Idea at the Time |
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| 5 Oh Lately It's So Quiet |
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| 6 It's a Disaster |
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| 7 A Million Ways |
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| 8 No Sign of Life |
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| 9 Let It Rain |
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| 10 Crash the Party |
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| 11 Television, Television |
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| 12 Maybe, This Time |
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| 13 The House Wins |
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| 14 [Untitled Track] |
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Album Review
The anxious and modern children of indie rock and new wave, OK Go will always have something you can love. In 2002 it was a squelchy, three-minute summation of what made the Pixies great called "Get Over It." Three years later it's a savvy batch of songs that are probably too calculated for their own good -- perfectly arranged like those natty suits the quartet wears in "Oh No"'s photos -- but too prickly with excitement to really ignore. As tense and bursting as it is hooky and efficient, "Do What You Want" sounds a lot like the Hives. But it could also be a sly and modern Escape Club. This continues with "Here It Goes Again" and "Good Idea At The Time," songs that cut too jaggedly to be opportunistic revivalism but still whir with new wave's wiggy energy. Fans of OK Go's first album will love "No Sign Of Life" and the weirder "Oh Lately It'S So Quiet," while "Crash The Party"'s 1000-watt tingle is more the speed of "Oh No". Sometimes that speed does seem factory-set, though. "Million Ways" is where the album's calculated feel really surfaces. Its modified disco swagger and three-note guitar lead is so perfect for 21st century modern rock, so edgy and hooky all at the same time. (Keep in mind: Franz Ferdinand producer Tore Johansson also handled the boards for "Oh No".) "Television, Television" too, with its trash culture referential lyrics and hyper rhythms, winks with a knowing sense. But what are you going to do? OK Go has written an album that coats its incredibly accessible nuts and bolts with an effervescent rocket sauce, and that's just the way it is. It's got that unique zing, the one that says "modern rock sensation!" on the label. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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