Collective Soul had just enough good singles to make you think that a collection such as 7even Year Itch would be a great guilty pleasure for all of those who hummed along...
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Collective Soul never claimed it was an alt-rock band, but it arrived with the debut Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid when anything with guitars was marketed as...
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The first real Collective Soul record, this self-titled disc is a richer, broader effort than 1994's Hints, from grimacing, riff-driven hard rock to the atmospheric melody...
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It would not have been surprising if Collective Soul had become a one-hit wonder. Straddling a line between '80s arena rock and jangling, '90s alternative pop, their debut...
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Collective Soul makes music seem so effortless. Over the past three years the Georgia quintet has spun a string of hits that sink into your brain like a warm knife into...
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Disciplined Breakdown has to be one of only a handful of records inspired by a songwriter's breakup with his manager, but despite its origins, the album is another smartly...
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On Dosage, Collective Soul's fourth album, the Atlanta group gets a chance at last to answer its critics with the best album of its career. Where many of its past efforts...
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After the disappointing sales of Disciplined Breakdown, Collective Soul made a move back to the sound that was so successful on their self-titled sophomore effort. Dosage is...
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Well, this is a weird one. Collective Soul parted ways with their longtime record label, Atlantic, following the release of the 2001 hits collection 7even Year Itch, and it...
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If Collective Soul's 2004 comeback album, Youth, was a splashy, glammy guitar rock record, its EP sequel, From the Ground Up -- arriving just six months later -- is its...
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With just about every hard rock band issuing collaborations with symphonies (Metallica, Kiss, Scorpions, etc.), it was Collective Soul's turn to do the deed in 2006, with...
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