Nice Talking to Me

Nice Talking to Me Artist: Spin Doctors
Label: Ruffnation Music
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 855114001005
EAN: 0855114001005
ASIN: B000ASATLC


Release Date: 2005-09-13

Nice Talking to Me


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Tracks:

  1. Nice Talking To Me 3:59
  2. Sugar 4:18
  3. Margarita 3:01
  4. Happily Ever After 3:21
  5. I'd Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy) 5:03
  6. Can't Kick The Habit 8:16
  7. My Problem Now 3:19
  8. Genuine 5:40
  9. Tonight You Could Steal Me Away 4:26
  10. Safety Pin 4:13

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  1. Pocket Full of Kryptonite
  2. Turn It Upside Down
  3. Bastardos!
  4. You've Got to Believe in Something
  5. Here Comes the Bride

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Keep it Spinning.......2007-02-09

Seriously, I don't understand why this group isn't more popular. This CD is up-tempo and fun to listen to. It isn't angsty, 'edgy,' or sound like the empty pop you hear on the radio. Man their guitars sound sooo cool!

Favorite Song: Safety Pin

3 out of 5 stars Don't expect too much.......2006-06-28

The Spin Doctors have been something of a guilty pleasure of mine since "Pocketful of Kryptonite" came out. I've been buying each new album as soon as I find out it exists (usually about six months to a year after it comes out - has anyone ever fallen as far off the radar as the Spin Doctors have?). But it's been so long since the last one that I was hesitant about buying "Nice Talking to Me".

But then I read all the glowing reviews saying that it's the second coming of "Pocketful". After I confirmed that it features the entire original band (I'm surprised how little mention is being made of that), I decided to go for it.

My first impression: really disappointed. I didn't like the album at all on first listen. It just sounded like the band trying to revive the formula of "Pocketful", but making the guitar sound heavier and streamlining everything to make it even more commercial. Trying to regain fame by appealing to the lowest common denominator. So after the first two spins, I put the CD away and forgot about it.

I think the problem was that my expectations were too high after reading all the hype. A week or so later I gave it another listen, and it quickly grew on me. I'm still not wild about the mix (too harsh and heavy sounding), but the song "Margarita" has one of those choruses that stays in your head for hours, "Can't Kick the Habit" has that nice little instrumental/guitar solo part at the end, and "My Problem Now" has clever lyrics about romance gone awry. After those songs established a beach head, the other tracks started growing on me too.

It's not even close to being as good as "Pocketful", and to be honest I don't even find it as enjoyable as "Here Comes the Bride" (am I the only one who really liked that album?), but "Nice Talking to Me" is worth picking up if you like the Spin Doctors formula. Just don't get your expectations too high.

5 out of 5 stars Pure, unadulterated ear candy you don't feel guilty listening to.......2006-06-13

The Spin Doctors' tale is enough to make any aspiring band think twice. After achieving explosive highs with their multiplatinum funk-rock-pop infused record "Pocket Full of Kryptonite," the band collapsed, producing two more albums that flopped miserably, losing their guitarist due to serious in-fighting, and then losing their lead singer to a rare form of vocal-paralysis.

Yeah, it was THAT bad. However, sitting atop such a disaster is a delightful comeback story that comes to us in the form of "Nice Talking to Me."

The Doctors' last album, "Here Comes the Bride", was quite a departure from their earlier fare, transforming them from funk-pop jammers to a studio-heavy, pastiche-minded straight up rock band. Though admirable in its own right, it certainly didn't provide the same high as 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite' did, much to the dismay of the band's fans.

"Nice Talking To Me" sees the band returning to its roots, and in high form. Never bogged down by the sloppiness of their 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite' follow-up, 'Turn It Upside Down' or by the strangeness and studio-reliance of 'Here Comes the Bride,' the album romps through 10 tracks of pure funk-pop.

This is no massive musical revolution, so picky listeners and snooty critics look elsewhere; 'Nice Talking To Me's strengths are the strengths of pop-rock at its best: catchiness, conciseness, and approachability. None of the tracks, save for "Can't Kick the Habit" extends to jam-band lengths, nor do any of them ever fail to entice the listener to sing along. But, for all their popiness, they never seem to fall prey to the copycat syndrome to such an extent that you feel like you might as well tack the tracks onto a Matchbox 20 album; for all their similarity, one instantly knows by the hard-driving funkiness of the title track to the warm upbeat clap-your-hands "Candy" to the soft, even thoughtful "Can't Break the Habit" to the happy, incisive, and revenge-driven "Margarita" that this is ear candy that won't make you nauseous.

Plus, the lyrics aren't the standard tiringly over-serious, over-written Matchbox 20 fare--they fit their tunes with a bit of goofy wit and straight-forward poetics. Chris Barron's voice fits in well in the funk grooves, carries the melody lines in the pop fills satisfactorily, and is agile enough to produce the occassional mile-a-minute vocal without butchering words or losing momentum.

Though it won't win any words for ingenuity, "Nice Talking to Me" delivers the goods; Spin Doctors fans can rejoice, as they've just received the album they've always wanted, and everyone else can bob their heads and tap their feet to the delightful pop melodies that stay in your head without making you sick to your stomach.

5 out of 5 stars This CD is fresh and it rocks!.......2006-04-14

I found this CD by accident at a music store. I was a big Spin Doctors fan around the time of their debut CD when I was in college. I used to play it at my college radio station before it caught on commercial stations. This CD later got played to death and I think anything the Spin Doctors came out with thereafter (good or not so good) was ignored by the public. This CD is great and has the freshness of their first success. My two favorite songs are Safety Pin and Candy, but there are so many others. I have no idea why mainstream radio stations aren't picking this up, but I forget that most FM stations are crap anyway these days no matter where you are. I guess it's time to get satelite radio and an Ipod. I hope the Spin Doctors stay together and make more releases like "Nice Talking to Me". They deserve another look by everyone. This is one of my prized CDs.

5 out of 5 stars Best Spin Doctors album ever.......2006-02-04

I was a dedicated Spin Doctors fan back in the day, but lost track of them over their 10-year sabbatical. I was pleasantly surprised to find a new album sitting on the shelves while I was Christmas shopping. I snatched it up right away and have never looked back.

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  6. Without You I'm Nothing ~ Placebo
  7. Conjure One ~ Conjure One
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