Matthew Sweet

Blue Sky On Mars

Great.....

Review Score:

(8/10)
.......but not spectacular, not like his other albums at any rate. Throughout the decade, Mathew Sweet has provided lovers of quality rock music with top-notch music. He is one of the few islands amid the sickly sea of sludge that is most popular music. He continues to do that on Blue Sky on Mars, but unfortunately, it just doesn't have the heart of his other works. Still, it's hard to see how anyone cannot like the Beach Boys-like Come to California, or Where Do You Get Love (a song that is the absolute essence of power-pop), or All Over My Head. The rest of the ablum is good too, if not quite up to his usual standards. The problem is not, as some say, the absense of the lead guitars that were a trademark of his earlier albums (especially Girlfriend and Altered Beast). Matthew doesn't need them to make great music. The problem is that this ablum is lacking in substance. Also, although I like a lot of upbeat music as well as the darker stuff, BSOM is a little TOO light for my tastes. It's also too short an album, as has been said over and over again by numeruous others before me. Having said all that, take heart, because this is still on of the best albums of the 90's. It's really fun to listen to, and it retains the essence of Matthew Sweet, albeit in a way you may not be used to hearing. It may not be his best work, but it is MILES above anything most artists will ever even dream of doing.

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