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Article: discs; WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- August 15, 2008
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EXTREME
"Saudades de Rock" (Open E)
Grade: B
If Extreme is "More Than Words" to you, you might want to skip this record. On their first album in 13 years, the reunited locals continue their Sisyphean task of disowning the legacy of their cheesy, mega make-out hit with some tough rock. There's the heavy "Comfortably Dumb" (more Red Hot Chili Peppers then Warrant, the tune shows the band's finally getting at ease doing funky stuff), the high-harmony driven, Queen-ish "Star," and one breakneck, chicken pickin', metallic hoedown, "Take Us Alive." The ballads remain, most notably the Coldplay-like "Ghost," but none are as polarizing, corny or ...
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