AMG Review of Verve Pipe

Mark Morgenstein
All Music Guide

Here's more radio-friendly grunge-tinged power pop from the Verve Pipe. The single "Hero" is infectious, but much of the rest of the first half of the CD is generic and repetitive "alternative" rock. The disc starts getting interesting with the sultry "Kiss Me Idle," then builds to the crescendo of "La La," which as the the title would suggest, becomes a sing-along.