Congratulations...I'm Sorry

Gin Blossoms

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 13, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002G4K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,375 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid sophmore effort from Tempe band, January 8, 2003

By	Wayne Klein "If at first the idea is not absu... (My Little Blue Window, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Following up on NME after the band fired founder/songwriter Doug Hopkins must have seemed daunting. All of the GB are accomplished songwriters but none of them had the quicksilver talent of Hopkins. While Congradulations doesn't quite measure up to NME (or Dusted), it's a solid, tuneful album brimming with hooks.

There's certainly none of the angst that defined Hopkins songs on NME. Congradulations is more of a mainstream album and, if it lacks the twists and turns of the first two albums best songs, it more than holds its own with the competition.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good garage rock, May 1, 2003

By	Matthew Henry (ANN ARBOR, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nothing brilliant or particularly clever. Just good, solid melodic garage rock, like its predecessor, New Miserable Experience. Decent songs all, and if you liked NME you'll like this one as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seems Like a Century Ago Instead of a Decade, June 14, 2007

By	James Carragher (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm converting all my CDs to computer and selling off the CDs. Somebody just bought this one and I listened to it while ripping and, though it's only a decade old, the guitars, harmonies and tired, as in physically, yearning vocals make the GBs sound like something out of the early sixties. I actually liked it better on this hearing than the last time I played it -- and that's been years. Highlights: Day Job, My Car, I Can't Figure You Out, and Competition Smile.