WAKINGUP
| OneRepublic
WAKINGUP
Waking Up is the second studio album by American rock band OneRepublic, released through Interscope Records on November 17, 2009. Despite being released to mixed reviews, the album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200[2] and has sold over 660,000 copies in the US and over 800,000 total. Lead singer Ryan Tedder has stated in an interview that Jerrod Bettis, who was a former OneRepublic member, had come up with the idea for the album cover while in Seattle. - WIKIPEDIA
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SLANT
slick, disposable melodrama.
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Los Angeles Times
a weak broth of dorm-room-canoodling ballads and R&B with very little rhythm or blues.
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sputnik music
Further ambition results in marginal progression, but Coldplay need not fear just yet.
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The Guardian
OneRepublic display a near-genius for great choruses.
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BBC
Waking Up is a set of polished arrangements so middle of the road they make Snow Patrol sound like Animal Collective.
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ALL MUSIC
the one thing that keeps them from dipping into an adult contemporary morass - playing like a graceless assault, a cold clinical wall of synths.
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billboard
OneRepublic can deliver more addictive hooks while still maintaining its own graceful and introspective sound.
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plugged in
It's a very listenable album.
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Entertainment
Waking Up, reflects that studio experience with loads of sleek synth licks and juicy percussion tricks; it’s much more flavorful than the band’s Fray-like debut.
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A Metaphorical Mind
will get your brow furrowing, heart thumping, tears flowing and lips whistling nonstop.
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