Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl
Grade: B-
By Matt Levine
 When listening to Dizzy Up the Girl, the sixth album from Buffalo's own Goo Goo
Dolls, the average pop-radio listener could never imagine that the Goos were once on a
label called Death Records. Originally a hard-edged punk band with pop hooks, the Goo
Goo Dolls show a morphing into a full-fledged pop band with their latest effort. Dizzy Up
the Girl wants to bank off of the sound of the recent mega-hit "Iris" (track 11 on the
album) and the band's mega-hit from three years ago, "Name." The album works well as
a marketable, inoffensive, enjoyable, non-boring, pop disc, but lacks the fervor, passion,
and richness found on Hold Me Up, Superstar Car Wash, and A Boy Named Goo. The
lack of depth could be blamed on Rob Cavallo's dry, superficial production that seems to
take away from the music. The production style of Lou Giordano (who did A Boy Named
Goo) or especially Gavin MacKillop (Superstar Car Wash) probably would have greatly
enriched Dizzy Up the Girl. With Dizzy Up the Girl, the Goo Goo Dolls have strayed from
their punk roots, but they show that they can create and perform interesting pop tunes.
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