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2004 release w/ limited DVD. This CD is strong from start to finish. Every track has a different vibe. There is no way to say there is one track that sounds like the other. You can say there are elements of Simple Plan, Blink 182 and many other of Lit`s peers. However, by no means is there any comparison. The CD is 100% Lit all the way. The best way to describe this CD is "Drivable". Throw it in your car and go. This is the best driving I have listened to in a very long time. The production is clear. Every guitar riff, every vocal & harmony part, combined with the general musicality of the CD shines through. The total balance between vocals & instrumental melodies is like no other I have encountered recently. "4 stars... This eponymous set is Lit`s fourth, and their most self-assured to date. After a three-year hiatus, during which they ended their relationship with RCA, the bandmembers are obviously raring to go; their self-confidence is evidenced by their decision to produce this album themselves, and they deftly emphasize their full-bodied styling while giving plenty of play to the strong melodies that set this set alight. They`re even willing to hand over the crucial guitar solo on "Needle & Thread" to the Matches` Jon Devoto, who repays them with a searing performance. As listeners have come to expect of Lit, the album has a mighty sweep of mood and style, from the sweet acoustic jangle of "Lullaby," written by Jeremy Popoff for his son, to the storming `70s sound of "Too Fast for a U-Turn." The band continues to effortlessly meld together rock`s many elements - the speedy So-Cal punk heard on "Allright," the pop flavors of Elvis Costello (and by extension the Beatles) found in "Forever Begins Right Now," and the lush and lovely atmospheres of post-punk heroes the Cure via a cover of that band`s "Pictures of You." Lit`s continuing love affair with the sounds of the past make nonsense of the tag "modern rock," for it`s their weaving together of a myriad of different yesterdays into a glorious sound for today that makes the band so special. This album does, however, feature some darker themes than previously heard, but even one of the blackest, "Bulletproof," written about a friend`s suicide, shakes off the sorrow to end in an affirmation of life that simultaneously pays tribute to Cheap Trick. Back with a vengeance, this is Lit`s best album to date."-AMG  Listen - mp3
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