Boxes (Goo Goo Dolls album)
2016 studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
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Boxes is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released on May 6, 2016, through Warner Bros. Records.[1] It marks the band's first album since A Boy Named Goo recorded without drummer Mike Malinin, who was removed from the band in 2013, and their first album to be recorded as a duo. Upon release, Boxes debuted and peaked at #27 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with first week sales of 15,000 copies. The album marks the first studio album released by the band to not debut in the top ten since 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl.
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| Released | May 6, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 42:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Singles
The lead single from Boxes, "So Alive", was released on April 8, 2016. A second single, "Over And Over", was released to radio on October 12 of the same year, along with an official lyric video.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars and states: "(The band) unapologetically embraces their middle age, excising any remaining hints of the raucous rock band of yore and splitting their time between power ballads and insistent anthems."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Over and Over" | John Rzeznik, Robby Takac, Craig MacIntyre, Drew Pearson | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Souls in the Machine" | Rzeznik, Pearson | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Flood" (featuring Sydney Sierota) | Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann, Gregg Wattenberg | 4:12 |
| 4. | "The Pin" | Rzeznik, Pearson | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Boxes" | Rzeznik, Brad Fernquist | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Free of Me" | Takac | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Reverse" | Rzeznik, Jarrad Kritzstein, Pearson | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Lucky One" | Rzeznik, Fuhrmann, Wattenberg | 3:05 |
| 9. | "So Alive" | Rzeznik, Fuhrmann, Wattenberg | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Prayer in My Pocket" | Takac | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Long Way Home" | Rzeznik, Wattenberg, Jordan Miller | 3:34 |
| Total length: | 42:00 | ||
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| 12. | "Walk Away" | 3:47 |
Personnel
Credits taken from Boxes CD booklet.[3]
Goo Goo Dolls
- John Rzeznik – guitar (all tracks), vocals (1–5, 7–9, 11), background vocals (3, 8, 9)
- Robby Takac – bass guitar (all tracks), vocals (6, 10)
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Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 78 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[5] | 72 |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 27 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[7] | 3 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 72 |
Release history
Source: Amazon.com[9]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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| United States | May 6, 2016 | Warner Bros. |