Crash by Dave Matthews Band

Pros: Everything good about Dave Matthews Band can be found on this album.
Cons: A sharp dropoff in quality in the album's final quarter.

Usually, the most interesting album a band can make is what I like to call the "Post-Discovery" album, which isn't necessarily a band's second album. Not only are there bands that take more than a couple of albums to break through (granted, that ...

Pros: An overall feel-good vibe, some horny songs, some downright aggressive songs.
Cons: Proudest Monkey

Dave Matthews and his cronies decided they weren't going to succumb to the "sophomore slump". Even though Under The Table And Dreaming was not actually their first album, it was the one that finally brought them out into the mainstream....

Pros: A band of free-wheeling musical virtuosos at the top of their game.
Cons: Without Leroi Moore, the band may never sound this awesome again.

It's been several years now since I last considered myself a big fan of the Dave Matthews Band. It was around the turn of the century when I unearthed the two DMB albums that I vaguely remembered having been exposed to in college, and quickly got ...

Pros: Great lyrics, and catchy tunes
Cons: Some of the lyrics are indecipherable.

I’ll admit it. I am not much of a music writer. It just seems that the music category is so hard to write new things about. How many times can you say, “this is another great song” or “the rhythm and beat is incredible in this song?” I found this out the...

Pros: The way Dave blends folk-rock, jazz and pop together
Cons: the fast/slow/fast/slow pacing of the latter half of the album

MattA75 is hosting another yearly installment of his popular “I’ll Show You Mine If You’ll Show Me Yours Write/Off.” Participants were randomly paired and my W/O buddy this year is a fellow from Louisiana ...

Pros: Nice relaxing, most are excellent songs
Cons: Feels a bit constrained compared to Under the Table and Dreaming

Crashis the follow-up to the hugely successful Under the Table and Dreaming, one of the most refreshing and commercially surprising albums to come from the US in the first half of the nineties. Crash is a decent follow up for that matter, ...

Pros: Hauntingly beautiful
Cons: None really, except that they would grasp it all better with "Before these crowded streets"

Some bands just are deeper than others. With their smash debut “Under the table and dreaming”, Dave Matthews Band showed the world they had something new to say, and once they started they would never tread a trodden trail again, neither ...

Pros: When they're having fun, it's a great thing to hear
Cons: Wildly inconsistent, most of the album gives the "We are taking ourselves too seriously" vibe

For about 10 years, I think I was in the minority, with my initial exposure to DMB being the hits ("What Would You Say?" and "Crash Into Me") I failed to see what the huge deal was with Dave Matthews Band, frankly, I found those songs to be messes for ...

Pros: Quality songs throughout the CD easily finding a place in your heart.
Cons: Many may not understand.

Being the first album that I had ever received from the Dave Matthews Band, Crash was the album to also solidify my claim to saying they were my favorite all time band. After I had played it at first, I didn’t feel that it had much of...

Pros: Upbeat Songs and Light Hearted. This is the DMB sound people love
Cons: Formulaic, 3 songs stink

The Dave Matthews Band really put themselves on the music map with this CD. Under the Table and Dreaming got them recognized but Crash showed their real talent. Lately, The Dave Matthews Band has been experimental with the lengthy Before These ...

Pros: Gorgeous mix of music, great lyrics, excellent songs like Two Step, Say Goodbye
Cons: Too Much isn't that great, some songs aren't as good as others

Pros: "Crash Into Me", some very underrated songs
Cons: some songs are "OK"

After hearing “Everyday”, my first Dave Matthews Band album, I really liked their sound, and I wanted more. My friend being a huge DMB friend, suggested I get “Crash”, which she said was the best ever CD they’ve made. So driving home...

Pros: Diverse, intelligent, exciting, wonderfully written.
Cons: Couple of less exciting songs, some people may not like the extended jams.

Listening to the Dave Matthews Band has been more of an experience than just an enjoyment of music. I was so infatuated with the band after getting Under the Table and Dreaming that I couldn't wait for their next album. The day I got it, I spent almost...

Pros: Great lyrics, instrumentals, original, unique, and passionate music
Cons: Part of a musical hierarchy which is ruled by "The Backstreet Boys" and "N'Sync"

The Dave Matthews Band was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia. Formed in the early part of 1991, Dave wanted to record some of his work onto a tape. He did not, however, want for the tape to only reflect his voice, and his guitar alone, he decided he...

Pros: Veritable cornucopia of soothing and up-tempo songs
Cons: sometimes I have to listen to other Dave cds too

"You've got your ball, you've got your chain, tied to me tight, tie me up again..."

"Tied up and twisted, the way I like to be..."

"...this flesh and blood, it ties, you and me right up..."

OK, ok, I'm done with that...so...