Dizzy Up the Girl

The follow-up to A Boy Named Goo features the mega-hit Iris , which spent a record-breaking 18 weeks atop the Billboard charts and was originally written for the City of Angels soundtrack. Also included here are the Top Ten hits Slide; Black Balloon; Broadway , and Dizzy , plus Bulletproof; January Friend; Extra Pale , and more.

The orchestral-pop hit "Iris" (from the soundtrack to City of Angels) proved the Goo Goo Dolls were no one-hit wonder with 1995's "Name." One listen to "Slide," the crafty, yearning second track off their sixth release, suggests the streak continues for Buffalo's finest. Not surprisingly, aspects that make the aforementioned songs memorable--warm, acoustic stylings; strings; heartrending hooks--also make Dizzy come alive elsewhere. Ultimately, the effort documents the band's continued migration from indie rock toward the mainstream. Thus, while "Slide" and the reprise of the wondrous "Iris" might shine for weeks (or even years) of repeated listens, attempts to keep alive the group's power-trio past often have a been-there/done-that feel. --Neal Weiss