Collective Soul pulled a fast one today – ‘leaking’ their new Self Titled album (affectionately known as ‘Rabbit’ ) a week early on Rhapsody and VH1’s sites. Unfortunately for me – neither site would let me listen as anyone north of the border is blocked by these sites. However… Collective Soul themselves came to the rescue just before dinner time -tossing the album up on a mirror site for the rest of us!
I’ve now listened to the album 4 times and I can say I’m hooked! This is Collective Soul heads and shoulders above anything they’ve done to date. This is vintage Collective Soul rolled together with a new energy that hasn’t been there in some time.
The album opens with their second Single, “Welcome All Again”. I’m not a huge fan of this song even though it has classic rock and roll sound, and tells the story of the band’s recording sessions at Ed’s lake house. It’s a decent enough song – the band has been opening their live shows with it the last few weeks and it receives amazing reception from the fans – but to me it lacks passion and feeling; its more a commentary than an emotional reminiscing.
You can read the entire track by track review HERE
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