Boxes (Goo Goo Dolls album)

Boxes

Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls

Released

May 6, 2016

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

41:59

Label

Warner Bros.

Goo Goo Dolls chronology

Magnetic
(2013)

Boxes
(2016)

Singles from Boxes

"So Alive"
Released: April 8, 2016
"Over and Over"
Released: October 12, 2016

Boxes is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released on May 6, 2016, through Warner Bros. Records.^[1] It marks the band's first album since A Boy Named Goo recorded without drummer Mike Malinin, who was removed from the band in 2013. Upon, release, Boxes debuted and peaked at #27 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with first week sales of 15,000 copies. The album marks the first studio album released by the band to not debut in the top ten since 1998's Dizzy Up The Girl.

Singles

The lead single from Boxes, "So Alive", was released on April 8, 2016. A second single, "Over And Over", was released to radio on October 12 of the same year, along with an official lyric video.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars and states: "(The band) unapologetically embraces their middle age, excising any remaining hints of the raucous rock band of yore and splitting their time between power ballads and insistent anthems."^[2]

Track listing

Source: ASCAP^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Over and Over"	John Rzeznik, Robby Takac, Craig MacIntyre, Drew Pearson	4:07
2.	"Souls in the Machine"	Rzeznik, Pearson	3:49
3.	"Flood" (featuring Sydney Sierota)	Rzeznik, Derek A.E. Fuhrmann, Gregg Wattenberg	4:12
4.	"The Pin"	Rzeznik, Pearson	4:12
5.	"Boxes"	Rzeznik, Brad Fernquist	4:22
6.	"Free of Me"	Takac	3:35
7.	"Reverse"	Rzeznik, Jarrad Kritzstein, Pearson	4:13
8.	"Lucky One"	Rzeznik, Fuhrmann, Wattenberg	3:05
9.	"So Alive"	Rzeznik, Fuhrmann, Wattenberg	3:15
10.	"Prayer in My Pocket"	Takac	3:34
11.	"Long Way Home"	Rzeznik, Wattenberg, Jordan Miller	3:34
Total length:			41:59

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Walk Away"	3:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic^[4]

Musicians

Mike Adubato — keyboards, piano
Yazz Alali — background vocals
John Alicastro — background vocals
Brad Fernquist — guitar
Clare Fisher — strings, violin
Gretchen Fisher — strings, violin
Kiersten Fisher — viola
Derek A.E. Fuhrmann — guitar, piano, background vocals
Rachel Kanner — background vocals
Kim Kat — background vocals
Michael Lauri — background vocals
Craig MacIntyre — drums, percussion
Jordan Miller — background vocals
Mark Neisser — background vocals
Gunnar Olsen — drums, guitar
Drew Pearson — keyboards
Shawn Pelton — drums
John Rzeznik — guitar, vocals
Robby Takac — bass, guitar, vocals
Kit Walters — background vocals
Gregg Wattenberg — guitar, background vocals
Katie Weissman — cello

Technical personnel

Mike Adubato — engineer, programming
Jeffery David — vocal production
Emerson Day — assistant engineer
Mark Endert — mixing
Richie English — string arrangements
Nicolas Essig — assistant engineer
Kevin Estrada — engineer
Derek A.E. Fuhrmann — production, programming
Justin Rose — engineer, production
Drew Pearson — engineer, production
Robby Takac — programming
Gregg Wattenberg — production, programming

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	78
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[6]	72
US Billboard 200^[7]	27
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	3
UK Albums (OCC)^[9]	72

Release history

Source: Amazon.com^[10]

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
United States	May 6, 2016	CD digital download vinyl	Warner Bros.

References

↑ "Boxes Available For Pre-order Now". Goo Goo Dolls News. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Boxes - Goo Goo Dolls — Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
↑ ACE Performers Search for Goo Goo Dolls
↑ "Boxes - Goo Goo Dolls - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (May 14, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Keith Urban 'Ripcord' Comes in at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Goo Goo Dolls. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Goo Goo Dolls. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Goo Goo Dolls. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
↑ "The Goo Goo Dolls: Boxes: Music". Amazon.com. ASIN B01D5IZZ9E. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

External links

Official website

Goo Goo Dolls

John Rzeznik Robby Takac George Tutuska Mike Malinin

Studio albums	Goo Goo Dolls Jed Hold Me Up Superstar Car Wash A Boy Named Goo Dizzy Up the Girl Gutterflower Let Love In Something for the Rest of Us Magnetic Boxes

Extended plays	Just the Way You Are EP Bang! Dizzy EP Platinum Play EP Rolling Stone Original Waiting for the Rest of It

Live albums	Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004

Compilations	What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce iTunes Originals Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles Vol.2

Videography	Music in High Places: Live in Alaska Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004 Live and Intimate

Singles	"There You Are" "I'm Awake Now" "We Are the Normal" "Only One" "Flat Top" "Name" "Naked" "Long Way Down" "Lazy Eye" "Iris" "Slide" "Dizzy" "Black Balloon" "Broadway" "Here Is Gone" "Big Machine" "Sympathy" "Give a Little Bit" "Better Days" "Let Love In" "Stay with You" "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" "Real" "Home" "Notbroken" "All That You Are" "Rebel Beat" "Come to Me" "Caught in the Storm" "So Alive" "Over and Over"

Other songs	"Laughing" "So Far Away"

Tours	Something for the Rest of Us Tour 2013 Summer Tour Canada 2014 The Otis Midnight Sessions 2014 Summer Tour Boxes Tour

Related material	Discography

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