★★★★★
Sound: These guys certainly are one of those bands who can be categorized for making soft, loving songs, which can be love ballads. I am glad to hear that this is a solid effort though. I felt as if their past releases were all lacking something. They all seemed to be so cliche-ish. Although this is not the type of band to bring forth great guitar licks, and such, they still bring forth some heartfelt, calming, and sometimes rock your head type tunes...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-09-20
★★★★★
Sound: This album was the first without the original bassist Markku Lappalainen. It counts with participations by former Tool bassist Chris Cheney and vocal participations by producer Howard Benson and Hoobastank's webmaster Dan Berman. This is a album that will certain shock some Hoobastank "hardcorefans." They continue to make good rock songs but in this album they tried new stuff, they transpose their creativity into a new level. Prepare to hear some inovation in Hoobastank's music...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: The sound on this album was amazing. Powerful rock I'd have to say, but they've also got great acoustic tracks such as 'Lucky' and 'Disappear'. I was very impressed by the way these guys had perfectly matched all parts together to form this great album. // 10 Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics have greatly touched me, Doug has proved himself a great singer, his voice goes so well with the lyrics, it's awesome. However, they could have written more songs on topics rather than relationships...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
I hate best of collections. Scratch that, I fucking loathe them â?" funnily enough, most bands feel the same way too. However, I strangely found myself enjoying Hoobstankâ??s Icon a little bit more than initially expected. Maybe, itâ??s because I donâ??t own any of their studio albums or cared much about them before, so this feeling is kind of like discovering an edible piece of pizza under your bed â?" score! Back in the day whenever I heard Hoobastank on the radio, I wanted to kill myself...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2010-12-28
★★★★★
In response to the universal diss re the toy piano sample included on If I Were You (a bitch slap to former friend Scott Weiland), lead singer Doug Robb told MTV, "If Radiohead were to do something like this, it would be genius. When we do it, it's lame. Don't even get me started on that." Uh, sorry Doug. That toy piano is a fitting metaphor for the immaturity in your lyrics and the innocuous, edgeless quality of your band's ballad-heavy, bad-excuse-for-radio-rock bullshit...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
There's a certain pleasure in listening to someone so unafraid of cliché as Doug Robb. His lyrics lack the slightest frisson of inscrutability, full of heartfelt affirmations and denials, and you always know which is which. "Good Enough" is about how nothing he does for his girlfriend is good enough. "Born to Lead" is about how his generation was born to lead. "Without a Fight," is a catchy hardcore thrash about how he's not going down without ... well, you get it...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Sound: Hoobastank's biggest commercial moment was undoubtedly 2003's power ballad "The Reason." Love it or loathe it, the song delivered on many levels. The chorus is still one of the best things we've heard on modern rock radio in the 00's so far. With multi-platinum sales now under their belt, the California band went into their next album, Every Man For Himself (2006) with expectations aimed high...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: The Sound on this album is very fine tuned. You can tell that the Hoobastank boys didn't wanna make a cheap first record. Everything related to the sound on this album is picture perfect or there abouts. Its very Raw, all the guitars are respectable to listen to, and not one instrument is clearer then another. Overall a good clean & fresh sound. Dans guitar riffs also are riffs that I haven't really heard or studied but they are basic but still kick ass...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Remember these guys? They ruined the summer of 2004 when their whiny power ballad The Reason inexplicably became a number-one hit. Now they're back with their new record, For(N)ever (pronounced "for never"), which is actually an apt title, because you should never listen to it. Their un-evolved post-grunge alt-rock is just another shitty sonic time capsule from 1998. All 11 tracks feature painfully predictable song structures and lethargic chord progressions devoid of anything resembling a hook...
- nowtoronto.com
2009-11-07
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