An Great Collection of Songs

Review Score: (10/10)
In an article from Rolling Stone magazine, Carter Beauford said this about Everyday:

"My creativity, my expertise, as well as that of the other guys in the band, was smothered. The record didn't need us."

I couldn't agree more. This album lacks the jam sessions and creative stick/sax/violin work that the band is known for. It's basically just an overpowering Dave Matthews on electric guitar. Over the last couple of years I have desperately tried to like this album, but to no avail. There are, however, a couple of exceptions. "When the World Ends" is a real cool song, and if it hadn't been for 9/11 would have been a big radio hit. The title track "Everyday" is a knock-off of #36, otherwise known as "Honey, Honey" (or for the diehard fan, the song was originally "Hani, Hani"). But the rest of the album is nothing more than dirty pop and thrives on the term "sell-out".

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• Not Worth A Goddamned Token ! ! !
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• Give it time
• Everyone's a critic...
• A New Direction
• Wonderful!
• The sum is the less than the parts
• DMB at their worst
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• great
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• Eh.
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• Good.
• Good
• What's there is good, but there's something missing.
• New side of Dave
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• (Insert Adjective Here)
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• What can I say
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• 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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• If You're Depressed, Listen to this CD
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• Why Dave?Why?
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• Forgettable
• Bad by DMB standards, but good for anybody else
• All you need is . . . Everyday!
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• more like Dave Thomas.....
• Add Dave, stir...
• Great Album
• Dave Matthews Band mainstream effort yields good results
• Probably "The very worst" of DMB !
• The 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!
• Carter says...
• What were they thinking?
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• A DMB Fans Opinion On Everyday
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• 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
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• Not Bad...But Hey, Can Dave Put Out A Bad CD If He Tried?
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• absolutely horrible pop album.
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• Not That Bad!
• Dave's got the groove
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• Not the usual
• They've done it again!
• A change from the usual...
• ummmmm alright
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