Train
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LP / Format
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Pop Rock, Roots Rock
Alternative Rock
, Country Rock
, Post-Grunge
, Adult Contemporary
, Soft Rock
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All around, Train is a total package of good music with smart songcraft.
11y
As an album, it's better than anything else Train would later release. Instead of being full blown pop rock, you got some alt-country, some light post-grunge, and adult contemporary that doesn't sound dull.
"Meet Virginia" will always be their best song, even if "Hey, Soul Sister" is the most charming and playable.
Overall, a decent 7 out of 10.
Guys, did you know that the guys who made Hey Soul Sister were actually good?
Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, but Train's self-titled debut is some pretty solid pop rock. Genuinely some great stuff on here. If I had one complaint, is that the songs are mostly kinda slow. But if you can get through the slow pace, it's pretty decent.
It's also pretty funny that this album ends on TWO HIDDEN TRACKS. I've never seen that before lol.
Before the lattes and the lunar metaphors, before Pat Monahan tried to rhyme “croissant” with “avant-garde,” Train were just another soft rock band trying to claw their way out of Northern California with a battered acoustic guitar and a Matchbox Twenty CD in the glovebox. Their self-titled debut—released in 1998 but spiritually a 1994 record—was the kind of no-frills, vaguely rootsy adult-alternative rock that made VH1 a personality trait for millions of ... read more
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