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- Artist: Lit
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- Release Date: June 22, 2004
- Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
- Genre: Rock
Review
This eponymous set is Lit's fourth, and their most self-assured to date. After a three-year hiatus, during which they ended their relationship with RCA, the bandmembers are obviously raring to go; their self-confidence is evidenced by their decision to produce this album themselves, and they deftly emphasize their full-bodied styling while giving plenty of play to the strong melodies that set this set alight. They're even willing to hand over the crucial guitar solo on "Needle & Thread" to the Matches' Jon Devoto, who repays them with a searing performance. As listeners have come to expect of Lit, the album has a mighty sweep of mood and style, from the sweet acoustic jangle of "Lullaby," written by Jeremy Popoff for his son, to the storming '70s sound of "Too Fast for a U-Turn." The band continues to effortlessly meld together rock's many elements -- the speedy So-Cal punk heard on "Allright," the pop flavors of Elvis Costello (and by extension the Beatles) found in "Forever Begins Right Now," and the lush and lovely atmospheres of post-punk heroes the Cure via a cover of that band's "Pictures of You." Lit's continuing love affair with the sounds of the past make nonsense of the tag "modern rock," for it's their weaving together of a myriad of different yesterdays into a glorious sound for today that makes the band so special. This album does, however, feature some darker themes than previously heard, but even one of the blackest, "Bulletproof," written about a friend's suicide, shakes off the sorrow to end in an affirmation of life that simultaneously pays tribute to Cheap Trick. Back with a vengeance, this is Lit's best album to date. ~ Jo-Ann Greene, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Too Fast for a U-Turn (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:15) | |
| Looks Like They Were Right (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:56) | |
| Needle & Thread (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:04) | |
| Times Like This (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:20) | |
| Throwaway (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:31) | |
| Forever Begins Right Now (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:07) | |
| Moonshine (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:12) | |
| Alright (Lyrics) | Lit | (2:40) | |
| Lullaby (Lyrics) | Lit | (4:15) | |
| Hard to Find (Lyrics) | Lit | (3:40) | |
| All or Nothing (Lyrics) | Lit | (4:02) | |
| Pictures of You | Lit | (4:46) | |
| Bulletproof (Lyrics) | Lit | (4:19) |
