GOOD MORNING REVIVAL - GOOD CHARLOTTE
That Good Charlotte is no longer the pop-punk act of 2002’s “The Young and the Hopeless” is old news to anyone who paid attention to its ambitious successor, “The Chronicles of Life and Death.” “Good Morning Revival” reunites Good Charlotte with first producer Don Gilmore and continues to expand the sonic path, venturing in more of a dance-rock direction on high-BPM tracks like “Misery,” “Break Her Heart,” “The River” (with guests M. Shadow and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold) and, of course, “Dance Floor Anthem.” “Victims of Love” sounds like a Linkin Park track sans rapping, while punk-rooted predecessors such as Soul Asylum and the Goo Goo Dolls are echoed on “A Beautiful Place” and “Something Else.” Add epics like “Broken Hearts Parade” and you have an album that proves being rich and famous doesn’t always blunt a band’s creative appetite. Billboard
