Album of the weekend

Collective Soul-Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid

This is grunge music combined with prozac and therapy. The album has a sound that reminds you of Soundgarden and Sonic Youth but the lyrical content of something much more uplifting. Maybe it's because the biggest song, and undoubtedly their biggest overall hit is called, "Shine" and talks about letting your light shine down. Ironically it's not one of the songs on the album that I prefer.  

Grunge music is antiquated-it's from the past and it's often thought of to be gloomy, sad, overall depressing with the lead singers frequently dying young of drug overdoses brought on by depression. If you are looking for grunge music without the melancholy, this album might be for you. That said, it's the only album I own by Collective Soul, so it might have been their magnum opus-which isn't good if it's your first album. You can only go down from there.