The Man

Sponge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: IDOL RECORDS
• ASIN: B000AMU134
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: SPONGE
Title: MAN
Street Release Date: 10/04/2005
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the Sponge of yesteryear..., October 11, 2005

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Brad Moore "spongeman" (Mazzola, TheMan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man (Audio CD)

This is NOT the sponge of yesteryear! That being said, taking away all original members except Vin this could have been worse I suppose. It's always refreshing to hear Vin's voice rather than all this other garbage on radios etc.
I will say the new band members are horrible. The only compliments I can make on this cd are about Vins voice, and Billy's drumming in spots. For those who don't know, Vin wrote the whole song "for all the drugs..." so that explains why it is so good.
This is a much heavier sounding sponge reminding me at times of Alice in Chains. They also are trying to fit into the new modern genre of nickelback and creed on a few songs, which I don't really care for.
The opening song takes a few listens but it okay...I really dig the song "Glue" as well. There is a particular song on here (back against the wall) that sounds like they didn't even try to make a song. It's awful. It sounds kind of liek they recorded a band practice of them just jamming along, and decided to keep it as a record track. It's not even b-side material, because Sponge's old b side stuff is amazing. I blame most of this on the fact that non-oringinal members are blocking old sounds. I so badly miss Mike and Joey playing their signature guitar sounds, over Tim's backing bassline and Jimmy/Charlies creative drumming. Joey Mazzola is much needed back for his writing process! He is a phenomenal guitarist.
Most Sponge fans are going to enjoy Vin's voice as I stated earlier, but don't expect to love this cd. If someone actually loves this cd, I would expect that they weren't born too many Sponges ago!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Hard for Sponge to Keep their Cool, October 10, 2005

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Kevin D (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man (Audio CD)

Another great album from Sponge. It would almost seem like the last song on The Man should have been on the last album (For All The Drugs In The World) but it was worth the wait.

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST SPONGE ALBUM EVER!!!!!!!, January 25, 2011

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Charles Underwood (Sherman,Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man (Audio CD)

This is by far the best Sponge album yet, why didnt they think of doing the metal thing alot sooner. The album is pure gold from beginning to end. My Favorites are "Fame and Glory", "Unglue", and "The Man", but dont get me wrong all tracks are gold.

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