★★★★★
Release Date: November 17, 2009 A lot of people know this about me, but I do enjoy pop music from time to time. In fact, some of my favorite artists are pop/R&B, and while I'm always on the lookout for new music, some bands and artists have always gotten past me, such as pop-rock band OneRepublic. They're a band that I've definitely heard of, but never really got into. That's the case with a lot of bands and artists, but this isn't an exception...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-02
★★★★★
From their critically acclaimed debut to their equally celebrated sophomore effort, , OneRepublic has more or less just been floating around comfortably in their niche as pop princes - heirs to Coldplay's throne for whenever Chris Martin decides to hang up the microphone. Sure it's a glamorous existence, having their faces plastered on celebrity magazines, getting invited to perform in the studio with the likes of Sara Bareilles and Gym Class Heroes - but their ceiling has always been defined...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-06-27
★★★★★
It's unfair to criticize One Republic for the formulaic sound of their walloping ballads - it was frontman/songwriting-production ninja Ryan Tedder, who, as much as anyone else in pop, helped establish that formula. Native is catchy and predictable: big melodies, inspirational lyrics, production that sits between pop and rock and dance. The main problem is also the main asset: Tedder himself, a song savant who's a boring and characterless singer.
- www.rollingstone.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
In the two years since this Colorado band struck Top 40 gold with "Apologize," frontman Ryan Tedder has become one of pop's most in-demand producers, helming hits for the likes of Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, and Kelly Clarkson. OneRepublic's sophomore disc, Waking Up, reflects that studio experience with loads of sleek synth licks and juicy percussion tricks; it's much more flavorful than the band's Fray-like debut...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Musical magpies by their own admission, the "sum of a bunch of parts", Colorado-formed pop-rockers OneRepublic aren't afraid to confess their unoriginality. Of course it helps that their debut, Dreaming Out Loud, sold by the skip load and that sole creative force Ryan Tedder has a tidy sideline in writing for artists like Leona Lewis and Westlife to supplement the day job income. But financial matters aside, it's refreshing to see a band accepting that they're nothing remotely special...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Ryan Tedder, singer and driving force of Denver's OneRepublic, already has a busy career writing for others (he's the one to blame for Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love), which has eclipsed his own band's achievements. Despite their 2007 soft-rock single, Apologize, being one of America's top-selling singles of the noughties, they're still essentially anonymous. Waking Up is their do-or-die attempt to grab some of the limelight for themselves...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2010-04-02
★★★★★
A muscular, Timbaland-shaped shadow loomed over the unlikely success of OneRepublic's debut album "Dreaming Out Loud." His inescapable remix of the band's single, "Apologize," vaulted the group to multi-platinum sales and took frontman Ryan Tedder into the upper ranks of songwriting pens-for-hire in pop for Leona Lewis, Rihanna, Beyoncé and many others. Much of that record and Tedder's outside writing were a weak broth of dorm-room-canoodling ballads and R&B with very little rhythm or blues...
- latimesblogs.latimes.com
2009-11-28
★★★★★
Summary: Further ambition results in marginal progression, but Coldplay need not fear just yet. Pop-rock is an often derided musical genre due to its safe and inoffensive nature leaving it susceptible to little-talent one-hit wonders looking for their 15 minutes of fame. There is no reason why artists looking to ply their trade within its confines cannot display a little imagination however. More than that, there could well be a market for it...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2009-11-19
★★★★★
Will send you to the land of nod Colorado-based AOR band OneRepublic recently garnered a new degree of success thanks to the Timbaland remix of their single Apologize, which was notable more for the producer's strangled, seal-like honks every four bars or so than for any dazzling songwriting. Cashing in on this success, the band have included two versions of the song on their debut album - along with the single Stop And Stare...
- www.virginmedia.com
2009-07-21
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