''And You Think You Know What Life's About'' is the second

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Dishwalla Dishwalla is an American alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. The band's name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing satellite TV to a neighborhood (" dish" + walla). In a '' Vox'' interview, lead guitarist Rodney Brown ...

, released in 1998 on

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Critical reception

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'' noted that "the band's most bombastic choruses contain echoes of the slick power ballads that grunge banished." ''

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'' wrote that "when they pull out the cheesy Top 40 stops ... like on the ballad 'Until I Wake Up', they come off like a modern-rock Journey—a guilty pleasure, but a pleasure nonetheless." The ''

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'' determined that "the band remains a non-innovator, relying on go-to guitar riffs and catchy rock melodies." ''

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'' concluded that "Dishwalla spends part of its second album whining about the success of its first one." ''

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'' thought that frontman

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"has managed to shed his grumbly, disaffected vocals for a softer croon on tracks such as 'The Bridge Song'." ''

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'' opined that "Dishwalla's chameleon act seems in total defiance of establishing a trademark sound." The ''

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'' wrote that "this angst-filled and metal-tinged sophomore try sinks quickly under the weight of overblown emotion and puerile lyrics."

Track listing

# "Stay Awake" - 4:13 # "Once in a While" - 4:42 # "Bottom of the Floor" - 3:29 # "Healing Star" - 4:21 # "Until I Wake Up" - 5:16 # "5 Star Day" - 4:12 # "Truth Serum" - 5:29 # "So Blind" - 3:41 # "Gone Upside Down" - 3:59 # "So Much Time" - 4:37 # "The Bridge Song" - 3:10 # "Pop Guru" - 3:34 Total Length: 50:46

Personnel

*Scot Alexander: Bass, Vocals *Rodney Browning-Cravens: Guitars, Vocals *George Pendergast: Drums, Vocals *

: Vocals, Guitar, Additional Keyboards *Jim Wood: Keyboards, Vocals *Uncle Jake Richards: Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocals on "The Bridge Song" *Peter Byck, Marc Waterman and David Young: Backing Vocals on "Bottom of the Floor" *Engineered by Marc Waterman and Jim Wood *Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Image Recording, Hollywood, California, assisted by Andrew Garver

References

1998 albums A&M Records albums Dishwalla albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub