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Staind Album - Singles 1996-2006
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Release Date:2006-11-10
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Hard Rock
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Label:Atlantic
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:075679455864
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Review :
Thanks to their power {\ballad} {&"It's Been Awhile,"} it'd be easy for some listeners to forget that {$Staind} got their big break thanks to none other than {$Fred Durst}, the king of lunkheaded mook {\rock} at the turn of the millennium. Not that {&"It's Been Awhile"} was fun -- like all {\post-grunge} {\hard rock} of the late '90s/early 2000s, it was humorless and earnest, intent on catharsis -- but it had a strong hook that tempered the gloom and helped them cross over, even if their lead singer/songwriter, {$Aaron Lewis}, remained fueled by angst even after selling millions. Released in 2006 -- five years after {&"It's Been Awhile"} and a year after their fifth album, {^Chapter V}, topped the {~Billboard} charts without leaving much of a lasting impression -- the 15-track {^Greatest Hits} downplays their early, churning {$Alice in Chains} fixation and emphasizes songs in the vein of {&"It's Been Awhile."} Not that the {\metal} is completely absent -- their first single, the grinding {&"Mudshovel"} is here, for instance -- but brooding {\ballads} are pushed front and center; there are no less than four acoustic tracks tacked on the end of the record (including a cover of {$Pink Floyd}'s {&"Comfortably Numb,"} which does produce the mild revelation that {$Roger Waters}' narcissistic {\rock} {\opera} did indeed influence {$Lewis}' lyrical outlook). In this context, such singles as {&"Price to Play"} -- which aren't quite {\rock}, yet not quite {\ballads} -- sound akin to power {\ballads}, which helps make this a good overview and introduction for those who were won over to the band via their big hit, yet for those who remember that {$Staind} was once a protégé of {$Durst} & Co., they'd be better off sticking with their old copy of {^Dysfunction}. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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