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Smashmouth have their gig down. They're a ska-metal
combo and they look it, breathe it, and sound it--from the requisite short hair to the
thumping bass to the mostly silly lyrics. They've got something more, though--namely a pop
sensibility that really clicks, if only here and there. The brilliant single "Walking
on the Sun," with its arch wordplay, great production and undeniable hooks, will
probably land them on the ever-growing pile of 1990's one-hit wonders, but there's some
other good stuff to investigate on Fush Yu Mang;
chiefly the insightful props of "The Fonz" and the angry "Nervous in the
Alley." You can forget the lame closing cover of War's "Why Can't We Be
FriENDs" though. --Michael Ruby, Amazon |