Big Bad World
| Plain White T's
Big Bad World
Big Bad World is the fifth studio album by American rock band Plain White T's. It was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records. The creation of this album was a follow up album to Every Second Counts in hopes of breaking free from being the "Hey There Delilah" Band. To promote the album, the Plain White T's launched a few webisodes, which together form the series Meet Me in California. The majority of the album was written while on the road, in planes, in hotels, and on buses. --Wikipedia
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Pop Matters
Albums like Big Bad World make me want to give up on music criticism, renounce all of my worldly possessions and leave civilization to become a hermit on some rocky coastline cleft, subsisting entirely on lichen, seabird eggs, and brackish cave water.
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AV Music
This time around, it's all saccharine pop and desperate ballads.
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Sputnik
Big Bad World is a step down for a band that had nowhere to go but up.
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All Music
A tidy, enjoyable release, and the Plain White T's deserve points for remaining grounded after a meteoric year.
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UR Chicago
Subtle footprints that the album was recorded live -- such as the audible sound of fingers sliding against guitar strings -- give the album a surprisingly refreshing tone.
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The Quinnipiac Chronicle
This new doo-wop inspired album proved they are still capable of producing great music.
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Punk News
Forget about the lyrics and the constant "oooh"s, "doo doo doo"s and "la la la"s for a second, though, and the album isn't all bad.
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IOL Entertainment
As long as the Plain White T's stick to the acoustic sound they turn out some pretty listenable tunes, but when they start trying for a slightly harder sound they sound pretty much like any other pop wanna-be rock band out there.
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Entertainment Weekly
Features some cranked-guitar rockers seemingly designed to prove the band hasn’t gone (totally) soft, but even those ring with echoes of ”Delilah”
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Norfolk Daily News
There's simply no way to like this.
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