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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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John Fields, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Ken Chastain, AssociatedPerformer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - ANNE PREVEN, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - SCOTT CUTLER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Ken Chastain, AssociatedPerformer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Jay Goin, Assistant Engineer - Mike Ruekberg, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Ken Chastain, AssociatedPerformer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - D. Escolopio, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Escolopio, Producer, Recording Engineer - James Tennyson, Producer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Jeff Turzo, Programmer - Ken Chastain, AssociatedPerformer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - ANNE PREVEN, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - SCOTT CUTLER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
John Fields, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Miller, Recording Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Matt Beckley, Assistant Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Assistant Engineer - Chris Testa, Recording Engineer - Ken Chastain, AssociatedPerformer - Dim, Assistant Engineer - Mike Ruekberg, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Butch Walker, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - Christie Priode, Coordinator - Russ-T Cobb, Recording Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixing Engineer - ANNE PREVEN, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Background Vocal - SCOTT CUTLER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer - Dim, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
Steven Miller, Mixing Engineer - Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer - ANNE PREVEN, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - SCOTT CUTLER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Ed Shearmur, Arranger - Jake Davies, Recording Engineer
(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: 00:52:40
- Main artists: Wakefield
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Jive
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 2005 LaFace Records LLC
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