Collective Soul

The fifth album from Georgia's Collective Soul offers more of the same predictable, effectively orchestrated, Post-Grunge as previous releases. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, if that's what you're into. "Perfect Day," a slick, production-heavy duet with sir Elton John, is one track worth noting.

Like deep-sea fishermen trolling for the biggest, baddest marlin, Collective Soul plumb for
meaty, mighty riffs and chunky chords. They reel in a brace of them on their fifth album:
Front-loaded with penetrating, powerhouse riff rockers with single-word titles -- "Skin,"
"Vent," "Boast" -- Blender simply shreds with unapologetic classic-rock energy. This is what
the slightly robotic Collective Soul excel at: making you pay homage to the Moun... More >