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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Good Stuff Nov 06, 2002
By RG69
If you like Blink 182, Sum 41 or Green Day, you really can't miss with this band. A solid first album with great hooks and nice harmony. Don't expect anything real deep, but fans of pop-punk should really enjoy this. Keep an eye out for another new band called Good Charlotte
18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
No gimmicks, just Simple Plan Aug 04, 2002
By Pauline
Hey everyone. I got this CD about 2 and a half weeks ago. I've spun it about 55 times. I haven't gotten tired of it and I doubt I will. This is a disc that you won't want to stop listening to. There's a flow to it where the song before and after the one you're listening to relates to it somehow. I think it's great! These guys are polished musicians and the vocals are awesome. The sound is crisp but still has a live feel to it, which you need in any CD that you wanna rock out to. This album features guest appearances from members of Blink-182 and Good Charlotte. The songs tackle the areas of teen heartbreak, friendship, girl-chasing, hopelessness and just plain old teen angst. Oh.. not to mention the goofball song My Alien. My favorite tracks are the last 3, "I Won't Be There", "One Day", and "Perfect", Perfect being #1 on my list. They're songs about unsupportive parents who are unsupportive of their kid's creativity, aspirations, and free-thought. I can personally relate to them. So this is a record that reflects the everyday lives of all youth. It's an awesome CD, so pick it up either here, or at your local CD retailer. Peace Out!
35 of 44 found the following review helpful:
 Well-captured teen angst combined with catchy music Nov 01, 2003
By Gary M. Greenbaum
Simple Plan captures nicely--and perhaps takes to extremes--the emotion felt by adolescents on the edge of adulthood, when it seems to them that the world is falling on them, that their lives are the worst ever lived, and that they are alone and stand little chance of establishing any emotional connection with anyone. Combine that with catchy melodies, good vocals, and a nice beat, and Simple Plan has come up with a, um, simple plan for talking to the darkness and insecurity that lurks in the heart of everyone from junior high through college age, and even older. Each of the songs takes the point of view of a lonely kid who has reached the edge of adulthood, only to find that things aren't all they were cracked up to be. It may be a kid who can't find or who has lost a girlfriend ("Addicted" or "Meet You There"), or who has entered the working world and feels the loss of childhood ("The Worst Day Ever")or whose parental relationships have frayed in bitterness ("Perfect" or "One Day"). But each kid is alone, without anyone to share his hurt, and without much ability to put his hurt into perspective, therefore such titles as "The Worst Day Ever" and "God Must Hate Me" (decried in some reviews) do sum up what the person is feeling--and what we sometimes feel in our hearts, however grown up we may happen to be. Contains two bonus tracks from the earlier version of the CD, which are songs much more juvenile than the others, "One By One", and "Grow Up" (the character doesn't wanna). Each song uses simple, often powerful language, to express the depression and angst. Yet, on balance, we feel that the characters are going to get past this. There is no sense that the kids are going to spiral downwards with drugs, crime, or other self-destructive behavior. The lonely kid will eventually find his girl, the kid bitter at his relationship with his parents will eventually find an adult relationship with them. Perhaps the most powerful song, though, interestingly, the fourth released as a single, is "Perfect", the song of a kid addressing his dad (most likely in his mind), and grieving over the formerly good relationship they had which has turned sour. The words are alternately bitter, sad, and hurtful, until at last the kid comes to terms with the fact that the relationship is gone, and all he can do is go on with his life despite his dad's disapproval of the way he's living it. It is powerful stuff, and perhaps a broader age range can relate to this particular song. Simple Plan has struck a chord with this CD. I suspect, though, that there is a limit to how far they can delve into teen angst with any degree of success. I await their second album (Spring 2004) with interest.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Simple Plan: A perfect example of great pop/punk album May 15, 2002
By Meg
This CD is awesome in every sense of the word. Songs like "Worst Day Ever" and "I'm Just A Kid" are definitely something teens my age to relate to. My personal favorite-"I'd Do Anything," the ultimate upbeat punk love song. It features vocals by Mark Hoppus. the bassist from punk giants Blink-182. I have honestly never heard an album this honest and this pure. I can totally relate to almost every song, and it's a great sound to hear at the end of a long day. I highly recommend it.
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Good Sep 15, 2003
This is a good CD that I listen to alot. If your a fan of Good Charlotte or New Found Glory then you'll like this CD alot. "I'd Do Anything" is the first track which is played on the radio alot, its a pretty good song (not the best) and Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 does backround vocals for this song. "You Don't Mean Anything" comes shortly after and this is probably my favorite song on the CD. The pace is very fast in this song and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte does backround vocals in this song, plus the guitar riffs are awesome. "I'm Just a Kid" is a good track too, although it has a slower pace the lyrics are good and the chorus is very catchy. Other notable tracks are "My Alien" in which Simple Plan's lead singer talks about his fantasies with an alien girlfriend, pretty funny. Also, the powerful guitar riffs and pretty funny lyrics in "God Must Hate Me" make it worth listening to alone. At the end of the CD theres "Perfect" which is an anthem for kids who don't want to be exactly what their parents want them to be and their basically saying to their parents that they can't be perfect. Its a good, slow song that has alot of meaning, one of the best songs on the CD. The two bonus tracks, "Grow Up" and "Christmas" put SP in the place of little kids, and some of the lyrics in these songs are funny. Some of the tracks on the CD are a little weak, but none of them are horrible, making this CD worth buying. It also contains bonus movies and features when you put the CD in your computer.
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