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Forget the pop-punk of Wakefield's 2003 debut. Which Side Are You On? is a 90-degree turn into big-budget alterna-pop, the sort of calculated sound you might find on an American Hi-Fi or Butch Walker record. And unsurprisingly, Walker co-wrote and produced the late-album entry "After School Special." There's no doubt about Which Side's accessibility -- it changes gears hundreds of times, the better to please every last casual fan. Unfortunately, the band is completely lost inside its merciless cribbing of new wave ("Only One"), Killers opportunism ("Take Off"), keyboard and string section add-ons, Weezer (the "Say It Ain't So" rewrite "Without You"), and adult alternative balladry ("Clean 1145," "Shrine"). It's difficult to believe that two years of touring transformed Wakefield into pop heads with a love for vocal harmonies and an encyclopedic knowledge of the last 30 years of the Billboard Top Ten. One can believe that of their collaborators, though. Besides Walker, Wakefield's production and writing partners include Scott Cutler and Anne Preven, who wrote Natalie Imbruglia's slick superhit "Torn" when they were still known as Ednaswap. And "Torn" isn't a bad model for Which Side. Like that song, the album is smart and relentlessly catchy, but entirely plastic and rootless. Imbruglia had a nice enough voice, but she was just a vessel, and that's how Which Side Are You On?'s oodles of snazzy bells and whistles make you feel about the boys in Wakefield.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Ken Chastain, Associated Performer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Scott Cutler, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Anne Preven, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer - Paul Bushnell, Associated Performer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Ken Chastain, Associated Performer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Mike Ruekberg, Composer, Lyricist - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Jay Goin, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Ken Chastain, Associated Performer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - D. Escolopio, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Ryan Escolopio, Producer, Recording Engineer - John Fields, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - James Tennyson, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Ken Chastain, Associated Performer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Turzo, Programmer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Paul Bushnell, Associated Performer - Scott Cutler, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Anne Preven, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - John Fields, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Ken Chastain, Associated Performer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Mike Ruekberg, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Butch Walker, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Russ-T Cobb, Recording Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Christie Priode - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Scott Cutler, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Anne Preven, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Bushnell, Associated Performer - Scott Cutler, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Anne Preven, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer - Steven Miller, Mixing Engineer - Ed Shearmur, Arranger
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Album review
Forget the pop-punk of Wakefield's 2003 debut. Which Side Are You On? is a 90-degree turn into big-budget alterna-pop, the sort of calculated sound you might find on an American Hi-Fi or Butch Walker record. And unsurprisingly, Walker co-wrote and produced the late-album entry "After School Special." There's no doubt about Which Side's accessibility -- it changes gears hundreds of times, the better to please every last casual fan. Unfortunately, the band is completely lost inside its merciless cribbing of new wave ("Only One"), Killers opportunism ("Take Off"), keyboard and string section add-ons, Weezer (the "Say It Ain't So" rewrite "Without You"), and adult alternative balladry ("Clean 1145," "Shrine"). It's difficult to believe that two years of touring transformed Wakefield into pop heads with a love for vocal harmonies and an encyclopedic knowledge of the last 30 years of the Billboard Top Ten. One can believe that of their collaborators, though. Besides Walker, Wakefield's production and writing partners include Scott Cutler and Anne Preven, who wrote Natalie Imbruglia's slick superhit "Torn" when they were still known as Ednaswap. And "Torn" isn't a bad model for Which Side. Like that song, the album is smart and relentlessly catchy, but entirely plastic and rootless. Imbruglia had a nice enough voice, but she was just a vessel, and that's how Which Side Are You On?'s oodles of snazzy bells and whistles make you feel about the boys in Wakefield.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:39
- Main artists: Wakefield
- Composer: Wakefield
- Label: Jive
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
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