Magnetic (Goo Goo Dolls album)

During an interview with UpVenue on February 16, 2011, Rzeznik confirmed that he had been writing new material for a new album during the Something for the Rest of Us Tour. "I've actually been experimenting, in this last week, while we've been out on this tour, just writing lyrics and then figuring out the melodic structures," said Rzeznik, "We can't wait another four years to put another album out; that's just a ridiculous waste of time."{{cite web| url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1298-goo-goo-dolls-interview.html| title=Interview With Goo Goo Dolls| publisher=UpVenue}}

On August 9, 2012, the band announced that it had started recording its tenth studio album.{{cite web |url=http://www.googoodolls.com/blog/recording-day-2-26641 |title=Recording, Day 2 |publisher=Goo Goo Dolls |access-date=2014-09-08 |date=August 10, 2012}} In a column for Japanese Rock magazine InRock, Robby Takac revealed some details about recording sessions for the new album. The new album is scheduled for an early 2013 release on the Warner Brothers record label. The band will use multiple producers like it did on Something for the Rest of Us. In August and September it had various recording sessions with John Shanks at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA and in October 2012 with Gregg Wattenberg at Quad Studios in New York City. More recording sessions are planned with Greg Wells in Los Angeles in November 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.inrock.co.jp/inrock/new/robby.html |title=Robby Takacs monthly InRock column |publisher=InRock |access-date=November 14, 2012 |date=November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505205507/http://www.inrock.co.jp/inrock/new/robby.html |archive-date=May 5, 2012 }}

On January 18, 2013, the band released the first single from Magnetic entitled "Rebel Beat".{{cite tweet|user=googoodolls|author=Goo Goo Dolls|number=292458933300375552|date=19 January 2013|title=Get a first listen of our new single "Rebel Beat." RT to share!}} Later on February 15, 2013, the Goo Goo Dolls tweeted an exclusive first look at the Magnetic album cover.{{cite tweet|user=googoodolls|author=Goo Goo Dolls|number=302471777559392256|date=15 February 2013|title=Get an exclusive first look at the #Magnetic album cover – available May 7. RT to share!}} On April 3, 2013, the band announced that the release date would be pushed back from May 7 to June 11. More than a month later on July 19, 2013, the Goo Goo Dolls announced its second single from Magnetic will be "Come to Me".{{cite web| title=New Single – "Come To Me"| url=http://www.googoodolls.com/blog/new-single-come-me-119536| publisher=googoodolls.com| date=July 19, 2013}}

The album was released in high resolution (24bit) on HDtracks.com in 2013. The high res version has a greater dynamic range than the CD release.{{cite web| title=Magnetic (Deluxe Version)| url=http://www.hdtracks.com/magnetic-deluxe-version| publisher=HDtracks| access-date=2014-09-08}}

In a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre July 15, 2014, Rzeznik announced "Caught in the Storm" would be the third single released from Magnetic.{{cite web| title=The Goo Goo Dolls - Caught In the Storm| url=http://www.googoofans.com/song/the-goo-goo-dolls-caught-in-the-storm| access-date=2014-09-08}}

On January 23, 2014 the band released a statement regarding the tour:{{Cite web|url=http://www.googoodolls.com/blog/acoustic-tour-dates-announced-122776|title = Goo Goo Dolls Acoustic Tour Dates Announced!}}

{{cquote|The Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road in April for a spring acoustic tour called The Otis Midnight Sessions. The shows will be performed in a “Story Tellers” format that enables the multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band to dig deep into an extensive song catalog spanning their nearly 30-year history. It also offers a rare opportunity for fans to see them perform in more intimate settings than the Goos normally visit on their many live treks. The Goos will be joined by Los Angeles favorites Run River North.|Goo Goo Dolls}} An additional date was announced on February 24.{{cite tweet|number=437965193830600704|user=googoodolls|title=A new show has been added to The Otis Midnight Sessions Tour in Wilmington, DE on 4/30 at The Baby Grand. Tix go onsale on 2/25 at noon. |date=24 February 2014}}

Magnetic debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 29,000 copies in its first week.{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/black-sabbath-earns-first-ever-572508 |title=Black Sabbath Earns First-Ever No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |access-date=2014-09-08 |date=June 20, 2013}} The album has sold 98,000 copies in the US as of February 2015.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211084522/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archive-date= February 11, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 57/100{{cite web| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/magnetic/goo-goo-dolls| title=Magnetic - Goo Goo Dolls| website=Metacritic| access-date=2014-08-09}}

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = Melodic.net

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web| title=Goo Goo Dolls - Magnetic| url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=11355| first=Johann| last=Wippsson| publisher=melodic.net| date=June 11, 2013| access-date=2014-09-08}}

|rev3 = PopMatters

|rev3score = 6/10{{cite magazine | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/172376-goo-goo-dolls-magnetic/ | title=Goo Goo Dolls - Magnetic | magazine=PopMatters | date=June 19, 2013 | access-date=August 26, 2015 | author=Faulkner, Brent}}

|rev4 = Sputnikmusic

|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web| title=Album Review - Goo Goo Dolls: Magnetic| url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57379/Goo-Goo-Dolls-Magnetic/| website=Sputnikmusic| access-date=2014-09-08| date=June 12, 2013}}

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Magnetic received mixed reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 57, based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" feedback.

• AllMusic's James Christopher Monger gave the album a mixed review, stating: "Rzeznik and Takac are merely sticking with the program that they helped to create, but they have honed their sound so close to the corporate bone that the marrow is beginning to show."{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/magnetic-mw0002484672 |title=Goo Goo Dolls: Magnetic |publisher=All Media Network |work=AllMusic |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |access-date=2014-09-08 |date=June 11, 2013}}
• Melodic.net reviewer Johan Wippsson wrote: "Overall, Magnetic is no masterpiece and could have sounded a bit better. But think it is a step in the right direction and that most fans will appreciate most of the songs."
• Brent Faulkner of PopMatters stated: "All said and done, Magnetic is by no means a truly magnetic album. It is never bad, but rarely (if ever) is it describable as being breathtakingly great. "
• Sputnikmusic staff critic SowingSeason was mixed in the assessment of the album, stating: "Magnetic generally lacks the catchiness and vitality of past efforts, as the band tries in vain to reinvent the wheel but fails to accomplish anything as impressive as "Iris", "Here is Gone", "Black Balloon", "Let Love In"..."

{{Track listing

| title1 = Rebel Beat

| writer1 = John Rzeznik, Gregg Wattenberg

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = When the World Breaks Your Heart

| writer2 = Rzeznik, Wattenberg, J. T. Harding

| length2 = 3:33

| title3 = Slow It Down

| writer3 = Rzeznik, Wattenberg

| length3 = 3:11

| title4 = Caught in the Storm

| writer4 = Rzeznik, John Shanks

| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Come to Me

| writer5 = Rzeznik, Wattenberg

| length5 = 3:45

| title6 = Bringing On the Light

| writer6 = Robby Takac

| length6 = 3:16

| title7 = More of You

| writer7 = Rzeznik, Shanks

| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = Bulletproofangel

| writer8 = Rzeznik, Andy Stochansky

| length8 = 3:23

| title9 = Last Hot Night

| writer9 = Rzeznik, Todd Clark

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Happiest of Days

| writer10 = Takac

| length10 = 3:31

| title11 = Keep the Car Running

| writer11 = Rzeznik, Shanks

| length11 = 4:08

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| extra_column =

| title12 = Home

| note12 = live

| writer12 = Rzeznik, Stochansky

| length12 = 4:35

| title13 = Black Balloon

| note13 = live

| writer13 = Rzeznik

| length13 = 4:25

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