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  • Artist: New Radicals
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: October 20, 1998
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The more things change in music, the more they stay the same. The alternative rockers of the 1990s may have caused so-called corporate rockers like Poison and Bon Jovi to become less visible, but at the same time, the worship of 1970s baby boomer culture was alive and well among post-baby boomers. In 1998, one of the most memorable examples of 1970s-flavored music came from the New Radicals. Although Radicals singer/leader Gregg Alexander was quick to espouse a left-wing point of view, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too doesn't beat listeners over the head with a sociopolitical agenda. Nor is the CD an exercise in angry 1990s angst rock. Rather, Alexander's band is a congenial and highly melodic throwback to the rock and blue-eyed soul of the early to mid-'70s. Alexander's vocals have a very Mick Jagger-ish quality, but while the Rolling Stones were a rock & roll band that occasionally dabbled in soul and funk, the Radicals favor pop/rock that is consistently mindful of classic Northern soul. Hook-happy offerings like "Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You," "Flowers," and "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" give the impression that Alexander holds the Stones and the artists of Motown Records in equally high regard. Without question, Brainwashed was among the more promising releases of late 1998. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (5:45)
You Get What You Give Rick Nowels, Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (5:02)
I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away the Ending Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (6:37)
I Don't Wanna Die Anymore Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (4:16)
Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (4:11)
Someday We'll Know Debra Holland, Danielle Brisebois, Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (3:37)
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (5:20)
In Need of a Miracle Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (3:43)
Gotta Stay High Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (3:05)
Technicolor Lover Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (3:43)
Flowers Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (3:51)
Crying Like a Church on Monday Gregg Alexander The New Radicals (5:02)

Credits

Michael Brauer (Mixing), Michael Vail Blum (Engineer), Gregg Alexander (Synthesizer), Richard Podolor (Vocal Arrangement), Valerie Pack (Production Coordination), Chris Lord-Alge (Mixing), Andre Berryman (Mixing), Jill Greenberg (Photography), Gregg Alexander (Arranger), Paul Gordon (Piano), Juliet Prater (Percussion), Curt Kroeger (Engineer), Danielle Brisebois (Vocals (Background)), Gregg Alexander (Guitar), Matt Laug (Drums), Mitch Kaplan (Piano), Danielle Brisebois (Piano), Rusty Anderson (Guitar), Curt Kroeger (Mixing), Michael James (Engineer), Todd Gallopo (Art Direction), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Todd Gallopo (Design), Michael James (Mixing), Michael James (Guitar (Electric)), Dan Rothchild (Bass), Bill Cooper (Engineer), John Freese (Drums), John Pierce (Bass), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Bob Wartinbee (Mixing), Bill Cooper (Mixing), Mike Bradford (Engineer), Greg Phillinganes (Piano), Gregg Alexander (Guitar (Acoustic)), Andre Berryman (Engineer), Paul Bushnell (Bass), Bob Wartinbee (Engineer), Lance Morrison (Bass), Gregg Alexander (Producer)
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Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Studio album by New Radicals
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded "all over the place and on Christmas day in Italy."[1]
Genre Rock
Length 54:21
Label MCA Records
Producer Gregg Alexander
Professional reviews
Singles from Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
  1. "You Get What You Give"
  2. "Someday We'll Know"

Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too is the only album by the New Radicals, released in late 1998 by MCA Records. Two singles were released off it in 1999, "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know".

The album reached #41 on the Billboard 200 and achieved Platinum status (1,000,000 copies sold) on October 14, 1999 in the United States. On the UK Albums Chart, the album reached as high as #10.

Contents

Overview

The New Radicals' lead singer, Gregg Alexander, released two albums, Michigan Rain (1989) and Intoxifornication (1992), before signing with MCA Records in 1997 and allegedly receiving an $600,000 advance for Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too.[2] While the album was credited to New Radicals, many critics considered it more of a Gregg Alexander album,[3] as he wrote and produced all songs (only the first two singles were co-written with other artists), played several instruments on it and is basically the only constant member of the band (save the possible exception of Danielle Brisebois).

Critical reception

The sound of Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too has often been compared to a wide range of atypical influences for a modern pop-rock album, such as Todd Rundgren, World Party, Hall & Oates and the early work of Prince and Mick Jagger from The Rolling Stones.[citation needed] And while even unfavorable critics had to admit that—musically—the album, with its upbeat pop-rock and influences of funk and Soul, was a "well-crafted project"[4] and one of "the more promising releases of late 1998",[5] the album's lyrics, with Alexander complaining about the commercialisation of Western society, media and religion, divided critics. Some deemed these attacks "shallow posturing" and "empty social pronouncements"[4] while others found that Alexander's social criticism and observations "would sound clichéd if they werent [sic] so insightful and articulated with such uninhibited truth."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" (Gregg Alexander) – 5:46
  2. "You Get What You Give" (Alexander, Richard Knowels) – 5:02
  3. "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending" (Alexander) – 6:37
  4. "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" (Alexander) – 4:16
  5. "Jehovah Made This Whole Joint For You" (Alexander) – 4:11
  6. "Someday We'll Know" (Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Debra Holland) – 3:39
  7. "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" (Alexander) – 5:21
  8. "In Need Of A Miracle" (Alexander) – 3:43
  9. "Gotta Stay High" (Alexander) – 3:06
  10. "Technicolor Lover" (Alexander) – 3:42
  11. "Flowers" (Alexander) – 3:52
  12. "Crying Like A Church On Monday" (Alexander) – 5:02

The Japanese release of the album, ブレインウォッシュ (Romaji: Bureinwosshu, or "Brainwash"), featured an additional track, "To Think I Thought", that also appeared as a B-side on the "You Get What You Give" single.

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References

  1. ^ Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too booklet
  2. ^ Robert Christgau. "The Sound of the City". Village Voice. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/scnewrad-98.php. Retrieved August 6, 2005. 
  3. ^ David Wild. "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too Review". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/1150/albums/album/322317/rid/5942078. Retrieved August 6, 2005. 
  4. ^ a b Rickey Wright. "Editorial Reviews: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DF6J/qid=1119806909/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-1611114-7691357?v=glance&s=music&n=507846&vi=reviews. Retrieved August 6, 2005. 
  5. ^ Alex Henderson. "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5lkxikkkbb29~T1. Retrieved August 6, 2005. 
  6. ^ Bruce Warren. "New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too". WXPN.org. http://www.xpn.org/feature1998_1122.php. Retrieved August 6, 2005. 

External links

v • d • e
New Radicals
Gregg Alexander • Danielle Brisebois
Paul Gordon  • Matt Laug  • Josh Freese • Rusty Anderson  • Paul Bushnell • John Pierce
Rick Nowels • Stuart Johnson  • Bradley Fernquist  • Jim McGorman • Sasha Krystov
Studio albums
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Singles

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