Everyday by Dave Matthews Band

Pros: Dave Matthews plays electric guitar; CD is paced quite well; songs aren't as repetitive.
Cons: Hardly any room for classic DMB jamming; Boyd Tinsley is farther back in the mix.

Author's Note: My initial draft of this review had an incorrect track listing, as was pointed out to me by another Epinions member. Having received this track listing from someone who I thought had a pre-release, I grew accustomed to hearing the songs ...

Pros: Some excellent songs: "Space Between", "Everyday" & "Angel" rank among DMB's best.
Cons: Some inconsequential filler pads the middle of the album.

Much has been made of the Dave Matthews Band's idea to forgo their traditional verse/chorus/verse/solo/extended jam format for their fourth studio album, "Everyday". Longtime producer Steve Lillywhite was out, replaced by L.A. pop vet Glen Ballard, who...

Pros: An overall good effort from Dave Matthews. New sounds.
Cons: More of a Dave Matthews solo album than a true band one.

I was one of the ones who leaped aboard the Dave Matthews express not long after it first started running. My first initial exposure to Dave and his band was with the excellent 1994 debut album Under The Table And Dreaming. I liked the blending of jazz,...

Pros: great lyrics and a strong cohesive sound
Cons: a few repetitive song structures

How do you follow up what was by far the worst studio record of your career? That was the question that plagued the Dave Matthews Band throughout the year 2000. In 1997 they released Before These Crowded Streets, an album that just did...

Pros: Some catchy songs, like the new sound...
Cons: But I miss the old sound too

I'm a casual Dave Matthews fan, I've only gotten into the band over the last year or so. I have four of their other CDs: Under the Table and Dreaming, Remember Two Things, Crash, and Before These Crowded Streets. I like them all, but also skip tracks...

Pros: Decent songs come out of the collaboration, worthy of praise.
Cons: Glen Glen Glen Glen... Dave Dave Dave Dave... Pop Pop Pop Pop...

The Dave Matthews Band has changed. Making the executive decision to can Lillywhite a ...

Pros: Great beats, great variety, very strange yet incredible melodies
Cons: Not as much of the violin on this one!

I've never reviewed a Dave Matthews Band album before, because their music is nearly impossible to describe in words. Almost every style of music that has ever existed shows a hint of presence on a DMB album. Well, Everyday is no exception. ...

Pros: Watershed material including tunes like The Space Between and Angel. Matthews Sounds Incredible.
Cons: Mother Father with Carlos Santana is a downpour of un-needed schmaltz.

Electric guitars, synthesized keyboards, commercial hooks - obvious things you'd expect from a polished pop-rock album, but decidedly not what you're likely to find on a Dave Matthews Band production - right? Think again. After a failed venture with...

Pros: More accessible rock arrangements, Dave's voice and lyrical imagery, 'If I Had It All'
Cons: 'Mother Father' is sick-bucket material.

In America, they are the biggest rock band on the circuit. Yes, even more popular than Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi and, eh, Posion. In the United Kingdom, people might think for a second on hearing Dave Matthews name before declaring that...

Pros: Change of Pace, All songs are consistently good
Cons: Zero folk sound to it, borders on too poppy

I know I shouldn't like this album. Being such a ravid Dave Matthews Band fan, every bone in my body tells me I shouldn't like this. It is extremely poppy, it leaves behind all their folk and jazz roots. It leave behind Boyd Tinsley on violin. It leaves ...

Pros: So very few.
Cons: Recycled lyrics, uninspiring music. Another "John and the Beaver Brown Band" for the 90's/00's.

Recently at work, I listened to this album three times in a row, and another two before the day week was out. The carpenters in the adjacent room seemed rather fond of this album, and I must admit that my own curiosity baited me into listening in order...

Pros: Experimental album that opens up a wide variety of entertaining music
Cons: Some songs just don't cut it

This album is what we got when dmb decided to team up with Glen Ballard. While this album is still dmb at heart you'd be hard pressed to find a lot of the usual jams and intros here. This album was written off as to poppy and not dmb's usual style....

Pros: Provocative lyrics. Catchy songs. Some of Dave's best vocals to date.
Cons: It's fun, but it's not original or innovative.

Ah, Dave Matthews Band. They never cease to disappoint me. They have amazing potential, and they have far more raw talent than most other modern rock bands, but it seems like they can never get it right. I realize that a lot of people are probably very...

Pros: it's DMB, good mix of upbeat and slow, same great lyrics
Cons: I miss some of the old sound..

The first time I heard that Dave Matthews Band (likely referred to as Dave, or DMB after this..) had a new album coming out, I was thrilled. I'm a gigantic fan, and have been avidly awaiting their next album since their smashing success with Before These...

Pros: Fresh, new sound
Cons: Fresh, new sound

I like nothing more than having Mr. Matthews walk out on the stage, give a casual look to Leroi, Carter, Boyd, and Stefan, then break out into a chilling version of Rapunzel or Seek Up, so let me be the first to say I was alarmed when I saw the "I did...