1st Dave CD I bought

Review Score: (10/10)
When I first heard this CD, I thought it was great. I had only become a DMB fan upon hearing Before These Crowded Streets, and while I knew of other DMB albums, this was my second studio exposure to the group. The songs were catchy and sounded great.

However, after having this album for a couple of years now and filling out my DMB collection, I don't find this album particularly wonderful. The musicianship that shows up on other DMB albums is missing here. Fortunately, it shows up in concert, but even lyrically these songs are not too fantastic. Take the lead track "I Did It" for instance. Nothing too compelling there. Of course the album is much stronger than that, but a lead track does say a lot.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good album. The song "Everyday" is fantastic as is "Mother Father" which features Santana. Even "When the World Ends" and "The Space Between" are great songs. They just don't sound very DMB. Try the recent live album "at Folsom Field" to hear what this album should of been.

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• Not Worth A Goddamned Token ! ! !
• Not their best
• Very Decent and Recommended
• Huge DMB Fan...and this album is by far the worst
• Give it time
• Everyone's a critic...
• A New Direction
• Wonderful!
• The sum is the less than the parts
• DMB at their worst
• Streaks of genius
• great
• Overlooked
• Not the best DMB, but still...
• Eh.
• Wish it were better
• Good.
• Good
• What's there is good, but there's something missing.
• New side of Dave
• Please do not buy this album
• (Insert Adjective Here)
• a good album, just not a good Dave Matthews Band album
• What can I say
• Not quite up to par . . .
• One Question, What Went Wrong?
• A Satisfactory Introduction
• My review of Everyday, after 2 years of thinking it over
• Lack's that Dave Sound
• not up to par.
• And I thought DMB wasn't that deep before...
• You kids are fools
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• Didn't like it
• If You're Depressed, Listen to this CD
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• Why Dave?Why?
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• Forgettable
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• Bad by DMB standards, but good for anybody else
• Defects on Tracks 2 and 3
• more like Dave Thomas.....
• Add Dave, stir...
• Great Album
• Dave Matthews Band mainstream effort yields good results
• The worst of DMB !
• Probably "The very worst" of DMB !
• Don't make this your only DMB CD
• ATTENTION: READ BEFORE BUYING EVERYDAY!
• 4.5 rounded to five!
• Give it another chance. You'll change your mind. Trust me.
• Brilliant, Moving And Energetic.
• utterly disappointing? --- No!
• An Great Collection of Songs
• Carter says...
• What were they thinking?
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• Stop Trashing This Album
• Annoyed with Criticisms
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• I love this CD!
• Please, Great Album!
• only slipup i've seen from dmb
• And now for something completely different...
• No more, please!!
• Everyday is NOT sellout material
• Boring
• The worst Dave Matthews cd ever nothing like old stuff.
• Say it isn't so!
• Not a bad album..yet not the best..
• if there ever was a bad DMB album....
• Great in it's own way
• Okay...
• Dave Matthews Everyday doesn't work.
• great evolution
• Everyday can't be listened to everyday.
• I Love This CD, Not Like It
• May other experiments be more succesfull
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• Cool and creative
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• absolutely horrible pop album.
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• They've done it again!
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