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Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast (1993)

Track listing:
  1. Dinosaur Act 4:05
  2. Devil With The Green Eyes 4:42
  3. The Ugly Truth 3:18
  4. Time Capsule 3:56
  5. Someone To Pull The Trigger 3:55
  6. Knowing People 4:26
  7. Life Without You 2:18
  8. Intro 1:11
  9. Ugly Truth Rock 2:57
  10. Do It Again 3:32
  11. In Too Deep 3:54
  12. Reaching Out 4:01
  13. Falling 4:50
  14. What Do You Know? 4:29
  15. Evergreen 5:49

Notes

Compared to the concise songwriting of Girlfriend, Altered Beast is all over the place, both emotionally and musically. Ranging from piercing guitar rave-ups ("Dinosaur Act") to gorgeous country-rock ("Time Capsule"), the album not only covers all sides of Sweet's musical personality, but pastes them together haphazardly. Consequently, it takes a bit of time for all of it to make sense, but after a few listens, it falls together, and its best moments equal Girlfriend.