Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray attempt to rewrite Every Morning. Twelve times. My first reaction was "Oh no, it's the Backstreet Boys with attitude".

OK, it's not as bad as all that. But there is a very definite trend towards that style of songwriting. The lead track, When It's Over, is actually one of the more aggressive tracks and rises above "rewrite your last big hit"-ness. They also seem to be obsessed with reliving their youth (they aren't THAT old!), both in the video for When It's Over, and in tracks like Under The Sun and Answer The Phone. As the album progresses, the lyrics get better. Waiting is a great track, and it is followed by the solid Ours, a track about dating a friends' former girlfriend. Words To Me and Just A Little are the same sort of track as Answer the Phone in terms of trying to remake a hit. Disasterpiece is really a fine closer, a solid boy meets girl with some nice harmonica work.