Drive

Graham Colton Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Umvd Labels
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• ASIN: B00025ODR4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Graham Colton Band is a rock band from the southwest that released its first major label record in 2004. The band was formed by singer Graham Colton when he began writing and singing songs in his dorm room at Southern Methodist University. Colton's solo acoustic songs wound up on the Internet and a self-titled album soon followed. Their debut album found its way to the band Counting Crows, who asked them to open for them on their 2002 fall tour. Following that tour, many other bands asked the Graham Colton Band to open for them, including Maroon 5, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Kelly Clarkson and Guster. In May 2004, the band released its first major label album, "Drive". The band has been touring almost non-stop since then.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!!!, August 9, 2005

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Ashley "Ashley" (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drive (Audio CD)

This cd is AMAZING...i love every song, they are about real relationships and the feelings when you are in them, not about hooking up with people and getting drunk like songs of many popular singers. I cant say i dislike one song on this cd but some really GREAT ones are Don't Give Up On Me, Cigarette, and First Week. Just for the record they are crazy AWESOME in concert.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fall in love with Graham Colton Band, July 19, 2004

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Sirena Sun (North Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drive (Audio CD)

I first heard Graham Colton Band at a Counting Crows concert this summer. And the second GCB started playing, I loved their music. Of course compared to seasoned music artists like Counting Crows, Graham Colton Band still has room to grow. They sound similar to Wallflowers, but a little less bluegrass. It's almost like Wallflowers meets Maroon 5. I will admit that the first time around their songs sound a bit similar. But let their cd run a few times in your player and you'll gradually pick up on these small nuances that'll make you love their sound. I think they are a nice change to all the one hit wonder pop stars that are on the radio now. Their songs have such meaning and the lyrics are truly very well written. If you love Counting Crows or the Wallflowers, I'm positive that you will also love Graham Colton Band.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, enjoyable debut, August 12, 2006

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Sarah (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drive (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of roots rock a la the Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls and The Gin Blossoms, you'll likely find much to like in the Graham Colton Band's debut Drive. The album is neither groundbreaking nor especially innovative, but it delivers a spate of well written and well played songs, filled with jangly guitars, catchy hooks and earnest lyrics from charismatic nice-guy frontman Colton, all produced in the vein of the popular roots-rock bands of the 1990s.

But unlike the melancholy Counting Crows and the somewhat oblique and dark Goo Goo Dolls, the Graham Colton Band delivers music that is mostly earnest, eager, and youthful. Most of the album's lyrics are straightforward and direct -- such as the chorus of First Week: "The first time that we slept with the light on / And the sun's coming up and you woke up on the floor/ Everything that you feel that you can't describe / Why can't it be like the first week?" -- and they deal with the normal ups and downs of young adulthood. Colton also veers from the often tortured stylings of his influences to sing in a voice that, though still introspective, plays as far more friendly and light.

Highlights of the album include the irresistably catchy "First Week" and "Don't Give Up on Me." "All the World Tonight" is great, slower song about growing up, and "Cigarette" is just fun. Overall, the band has produced an enjoyable album that captures the confusing but exciting transition from youth and adulthood.