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"Iris" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. "Black Balloon" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
On first hearing, the Goo Goo Dolls sound like the Replacements' distant cousins, full of trashy rock bravado tempered by intelligent, often tender lyricism and a penchant for combining ringing acoustic guitars with dirtier sounds for a rich sonic stew. In fact, DIZZY UP THE GIRL finds the Dolls moving further away from the Replacements sound than ever before, with a definite '90s influence to the proceedings. The group's main link to the Replacements (and to Paul Westerberg's main influence, Alex Chilton) is the man-child dichotomy played out over the course of the album. The youthful, energetic spirit that makes DIZZY UP THE GIRL an exciting bit of rock & roll is matched at every step by a world-weariness that gives the jangly alt-rock tunes an air of maturity.
Includes 2 Exclusive Bonus Tracks 'Name' & 'Slave Girl'.
Goo Goo Dolls: Johnny Rzeznik (vocals, guitar); Robbie Takac (vocals, bass); Mike Malinin (drums).
Additional personnel: Tim Pierce (guitar, mandolin); Tommy Keene (guitar); Jamie Muhoberac, Benmont Tench (keyboards); Luis Conte (percussion); Nathan December, Rob Cavallo.
Rolling Stone (10/15/98, p.131) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the Dolls traffic in raspy-voiced, guitar-fueled rave-ups with a sentimental streak....Nothing like a few hints of vinegar to make the gooey ballads go down."
Spin (12/98, p.182) - 6 (out of 10) - "...Having watched their evil stepsisters, the Replacements, try and fail to fit their eccentricities into the square hole of success, the Dolls prove more amenable: DIZZY UP THE GIRL is a marketing department's dream, this year's Soul Asylum with the edges filed off its power pop and metalloid stomp..." Dizzy Up The Girl Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $8.19) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, Rock/Pop | | Label | Warner Bros. (Record Label) | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  153   | | CD Universe Part number | 1102122 | | Catalog number | 47058 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 22, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Rob Cavallo; Goo Goo Dolls | | Engineer | Ken Allardyce; Allen Sides | | Personnel | Johnny Rzeznik - vocals, guitar
Mike Malinin - drums
Robbie Takac - vocals, bass
Also: Luis Conte, Benmont Tench, Tim Pierce, Jamie Muhoberac, Rob Cavallo, Nathan December, Tommy Keene |
Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up The Girl Songs Dizzy Up The Girl Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews This was the first album I ever bought and...
I have yet to find another album as great as this one. I purchased it when it first came out, and the album still never gets old. More impressively, each song could've been turned into a single. Also, The two different vocalists have very different sounds/styles, giving the album much depth; Either of them could've been the lead vocalists for any other band, but instead they combine their talents to give the listeners something to remeber.
Submitted by jfd47 (starkville, ms, usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 2 found this helpful. A Late Convert
I used to hate this band because my first exposure to them was when they were sporting a much tougher sound in their early more punk-ish days ("Never Take The Place Of Your Man" is a good example)and felt they had sold out to a degree with this stuff. But after these hits fell out of pop radio rotation, I felt a longing to hear them again, if only to remind me of the late 90s (a great time in my life). What I discovered is that these songs are timeless, sounding better than I remember them the first time around, and filled with that perfect blend of melody and lyrics that suggests they always existed in the ether of the universe, and Rzeznik and his mates simply were the vessels by which we were able to hear these perfect little gems. Brilliant!
Submitted by mike (Chicago, IL, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. BEST EVER!!!
This CD is the best ever. I only borrowed it because I wanted Slide. I burned it for my slef and I listened to it that day and I said I was going to listen to every song to just see. I fell in love with everysong. The only 3 I would listen to before were Iris, Broadway, and Slide. But now I can listen to the whole CD. My new favorite would be Black Balloon. It is so powerfull and buitiful. This CD has songs for every mood you could be it. It just makes you feel good. After listing to one song you are singing it the rest of the day. I totally recomend getting this album
Submitted by ilovejohnny55 (Orlando, Fl)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Great CD!
Dizzy up the girl is my absolute favorite album. i recommend it to any one who likes music and is open to many different kinds of music. The goo goo dolls are a very talented group and i feel this is there best work of all there eight cds. Buy it it'll be soothing music for your body and soul.
Submitted by Anna (Selkirk, NY, USA)
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As a nine year fan. (aged 17) girl. I think that this band is a VERY lost and forgotten Phenomenon! No Kidding. You NEVER find a cd with ALL good songs on it. Goo Goo Dolls and Fuel Sunburn are the only two bands, (there are probably a few more out there) that have ALL one hundred and ten percent fingerprinted value.
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All songs written by John Rzeznik or Goo Goo Dolls except "Disconnected" (Mann/Piranha/Secrist/Sinister) and "Slave Girl" (M. Blood/J. Jakimyszyn).
A BOY NAMED GOO shows that the Goo Goo Dolls have soaked up all the elements necessary to make them a great guitar band. The album's title clearly harkens back to Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" and its narrator's search for the people who named him; but the Goo Goo Dolls aren't taking that path. They already know their past (straight-ahead post-punk), and A BOY NAMED GOO plots out their present.
With a smart-alec, bar-band approach reminiscent of the Replacements, the Goo Goo Dolls rage about being "Disconnected"--that "someone pulled the plug." They sound worried on "Long Way Down," realizing that "I don't think I'll make it on my own." "Burnin' Up" offers another key to the Goo Goo Dolls' garage sound by adding a smidgeon of Husker Du (the Bob Mould guitar chimes and Grant Hart's melodic vocal sense are properly reproduced). But it's on the acoustic "Name" that the Dolls' own context emerges. The song complains about "growing up way too fast" in a culture where everything seems borrowed and "re-runs are our history."
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