Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Poor effort

First let me say that I am a long-time Goo Goo Dolls fan, however, this is their weakest effort yet. Lyrically, it's not bad but I'm afraid the melodies all sound the same. Glen Ballard has not added any value that I can find to the production. Additionally, while Rzeznik is certainly not the strongest vocalist in the world I find his vocals on this CD to be positively lackluster. I really have to wonder if he still has passion for music anymore. I'll continue to listen to past releases and hope for a stronger release next time around.