Gutterflower

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Gutterflower
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Studio album by
Goo Goo Dolls
ReleasedApril 9, 2002
RecordedAugust–December 2001 at Icon Recording Studios and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, and House of Blues Studios, Encino, CA
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge, power pop
Length41:36
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce
(2001)		Gutterflower
(2002)		 Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004
(2004)
Singles from Gutterflower
  1. "Here Is Gone"
    Released: March 5, 2002
  2. "Big Machine"
    Released: September 17, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk (91%) [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club (average) [4]
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Entertainment Weekly C+ [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rock Hard (8/10) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Gutterflower is the seventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to their critically successful albums Dizzy Up the Girl and A Boy Named Goo . The album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200, their highest position on the chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johnny Rzeznik, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Machine" 3:10
2."Think About Me" 3:58
3."Here Is Gone" 3:58
4."You Never Know" Robby Takac 3:08
5."What a Scene" 4:24
6."Up, Up, Up"Takac2:58
7."It's Over" 3:35
8."Sympathy" 2:58
9."What Do You Need?" 3:48
10."Smash"Takac2:26
11."Tucked Away"Takac3:13
12."Truth Is a Whisper" 4:00

Singles

"Here Is Gone" and "Big Machine" have been the only two songs released from this album as singles and videos have been created for both. A video for the promotional single "Sympathy" was also released.

"Big Machine"

John Rzeznik refers to this as his "disco song". "I'm really horrible at programming drum machines, but this was like pattern 74 on my drum machine, which said 'disco.' I called all my friends and said, 'Check this out, this is my disco song!'" He describes it as "a propulsive tale of unrequited love". "Big Machine" was occasionally performed live on a smashed Stratocaster guitar that Rzeznik has fondly nicknamed "The Half-Caster". Despite being smashed in half, it still plays. It can be seen in a 2002 VH1 Storytellers special. Rzeznik stated that he had someone fix it up and it works just fine.

"Here Is Gone"

John Rzeznik wrote this song on the phone while talking to a friend. He asked his friend if he should "take the chords up or take 'em down?" and the friend told him to "take 'em up" and that's how he came up with the chorus and the rest of the song came together shortly thereafter.

According to Rzeznik in 2007, the video for this song cost more to produce than the entire Gutterflower album itself.

Reception

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Gutterflower
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [24] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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