Superstar Car Wash
by Goo Goo Dolls

Superstar Car Wash by Goo Goo Dolls
Year: 1993
Release date: 1993-00-00
Overall rank: 13,743rd   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 32 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (207th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,196th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,743rd)

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Goo Goo Dolls bestography

Superstar Car Wash is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Goo Goo Dolls on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Goo Goo Dolls is Dizzy Up The Girl which is ranked number 2193 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 744.

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   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Superstar Car Wash rankings

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Overall rank: 13,743rd | 1990s rank: 2,196th | 1993 rank: 207th

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Superstar Car Wash is usually the album most people refer to as the real debut of the Goo Goo Dolls since it marks their first true album filled with power-pop and pop-punk made for the masses. While this album doesn't contain any hit singles and remains mostly a very average effort, it's a clear improvement over the band's three previous records. The undying energy, the loud guitars and the banging drums all return, but there's a bigger emphasis on hooky melodies and memorable choruses this time around. Most songs are very forgettable, though, and only Fallin' Down, We Are The Normal and Girl Next To Me truly stand out. There are also leftovers present from the band's earlier material, such as the punkish Domino.

By the second half, the songs feel very repetitive and it seems the band has tun out of things to say. I wouldn't say this is an essential listen, but it's a perfectly adequate 90s power-pop album.
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From 05/13/2019 18:32 | #236214
Followed up on their tour opening for The Replacements with this album. One of the novelties of this album is that Head Replacement, Paul Westerberg, co-wrote the lyrics for "We Are The Normal". Other tracks demonstrate a move away from power punk to power pop that became the formula for GGD more mainstream success.
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From 05/18/2012 18:54 | #42649
This is the beginning of them as a melodic power pop band. It's still not good but you can see the roots of good things to come.
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