Blue
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Blue
Blue is the second studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind, released on November 23, 1999. The album's creation was difficult, namely due to power struggles and arguments between frontman Stephan Jenkins and lead guitaristKevin Cadogan, leading to a quick but isolated recording experience between members. The album was generally well received by critics, and was certified platinum by the RIAA, but performed below the band's prior album, the multi-platinum Third Eye Blind. While managing to stay together for the creation of the album, shortly after its release, the band fired Cadogan, touring in support of the album with replacement guitarist Tony Fredianelli. - Wikipedia
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All About Jazz
This album is an eye-opener.
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All Music
Blue is every bit as enjoyable as her sultriest moments as the supreme Supreme.
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Glide Magazine
Featuring a slew of astronomically fantastic and gigantically successful singles, became the road map for rock radio of the late 90s, selling over six million copies in the United States alone. “Semi-Charmed Life” — a sort-of flagship song for that album, and for the band itself — propelled Third Eye Blind into mainstream vernacular with a velocity unmatched by their peers.
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All Music
Blue is certainly somber and serious, even with its moments of levity. Almost too much so. TEB sound a little strained when they earnestly try to rock, and the same problem occasionally plagues their slower songs, though they do sound more self-confident there.
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Sputnik Music
8/31/2006 Like a field, really. That’s how I would sum up Blue in one word. Field. While these songs have a very ‘urban’ and city-life feel to them, the music conveys itself as a truth that you can tell all your friends about. Spans the tests of time, like a field looks the same after years and years of not visiting it.
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Sputnik Music
4/12/2005 . Musically, however, this might be the most impressive, as that first 4:30 showcases the band outside of Stephen Jenkins' lyrics, and, after a fade out, a sort of second part to "Red Summer Sun" closes both that strange song and the excellent record very satisfactorily.
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The Crimson
The album demonstrates 3EB's versatility: the songs are funny and sad, hard and soft, discordant and, at times, quite beautiful.
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Wildcat Online Arts
The remainder of Blue's songs are very reminiscent of their last album, with a few radio-ready tracks that will spin the record into the mainstream.
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Plugged In
Catchy guitar licks and muted punk stylings give Third Eye Blind's Blue a mainstream flavor that occasionally teeters on the brink of pop. Great sound.
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Ultimate Guitar
This album pertains to a certain intrest or reason. It's great for background music.
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Jason Carmer Music
But he and his band mates imbue ''Blue'' with the unforced energy and crafty musicality that make pop music sound good -- as opposed to just sounding good for you.
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Dig Me Out
While the music takes a leap forward on the rest of the album, the melodies and lyrics either sound under baked or over thought, leading to a potential dreaded sophomore slump.
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Sort Music
With a raw edge and a snarling Jaggeresque rap by Jenkins. Smart, poppy, and ironic, Blue more than solidifies Third Eye Blind's standing as a band on the rise.
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