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Lit
Released 2004

Throwaway
03:31
996 plays

Needle & Thread
03:05
992 plays

All Or Nothing
04:03
871 plays

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- 1
- Too Fast For A U-Turn
- 03:15
- 1,073 plays

- 2
- Looks Like They Were Right
- 03:56
- 1,891 plays

- 3
- Needle & Thread
- 03:05
- 992 plays

- 4
- Times Like This
- 03:21
- 1,419 plays

- 5
- Throwaway
- 03:31
- 996 plays

- 6
- Forever Begins Right Now
- 03:06
- 720 plays

- 7
- Moonshine
- 03:13
- 737 plays

- 8
- Allright
- 02:39
- 716 plays

- 9
- Lullaby
- 04:16
- 1,593 plays

- 10
- Hard To Find
- 03:41
- 666 plays

- 11
- All Or Nothing
- 04:03
- 871 plays

- 12
- Pictures Of You
- 04:44
- 1,548 plays

- 13
- Bulletproof
- 04:19
- 777 plays

- 14
- Something to Someone [Live][Multimedia Track]
- 00:00
- 0 plays

- 15
- Too Fast for a U-Turn [Live][Multimedia Track]
- 00:00
- 0 plays

album review

This eponymous set is Lit's fourth, and their most self-assured to date. After a three-year hiatus, during which they ended their relationship with RCA, the bandmembers are obviously raring to go; their self-confidence is evidenced by their decision to produce this album themselves, and they deftly emphasize their full-bodied styling while giving plenty of play to the strong melodies that set this set alight. They're even willing to hand over the crucial guitar solo on "Needle & Thread" to the Matches' Jon Devoto, who repays them with a searing performance. As listeners have come to expect of Lit, the album has a mighty sweep of mood and style, from the sweet acoustic jangle of "Lullaby," written by Jeremy Popoff for his son, to the storming '70s sound of "Too Fast for a U-Turn." The band continues to effortlessly meld together rock's many elements -- the speedy So-Cal punk heard on "Allright," the pop flavors of Elvis Costello (and by extension the Beatles) found in "Forever Begins Right Now," and the lush and lovely atmospheres of post-punk heroes the Cure via a cover of that band's "Pictures of You." Lit's continuing love affair with the sounds of the past make nonsense of the tag "modern rock," for it's their weaving together of a myriad of different yesterdays into a glorious sound for today that makes the band so special. This album does, however, feature some darker themes than previously heard, but even one of the blackest, "Bulletproof," written about a friend's suicide, shakes off the sorrow to end in an affirmation of life that simultaneously pays tribute to Cheap Trick. Back with a vengeance, this is Lit's best album to date. ~ Jo-Ann Greene, All Music Guide