Editing Gutterflower

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Gutterflower
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Goo Goo Dolls]]
| cover      = ggdgutter.png
| alt        =
| released   = April 9, 2002
| recorded   = August–December 2001 at Icon Recording Studios and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, and House of Blues Studios, Encino, CA
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]] [[post-grunge]] 
| length     = 41:36
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
*Goo Goo Dolls
*[[Rob Cavallo]]
}}
| prev_title = [[What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [[Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Gutterflower
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Here Is Gone]]
 | single1date = March 5, 2002
 | single2     = [[Big Machine (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Big Machine]]
 | single2date = September 17, 2002
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|MC = 72/100<ref name=meta>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/gutterflower/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Gutterflower|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=May 1, 2012}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AbsolutePunk]]
|rev1score = (91%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=242631|title=Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower - Album Review|website=[[AbsolutePunk]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r582842|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gutterflower - The Goo Goo Dolls|website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
|rev3score = (average)<ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-goo-goo-dolls-gutterflower,18547/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223015250/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-goo-goo-dolls-gutterflower,18547/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2012|title=The Goo Goo Dolls: Gutterflower|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=April 9, 2002|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=meta/>
|rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev5score = C+<ref>{{cite web|last=Farber|first=Jim|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/04/08/gutterflower/|title=Gutterflower |date=April 8, 2002|access-date=April 16, 2025|archive-date=October 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005062544/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,227424,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev6 = [[PopMatters]]
|rev6score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ellis|first=Andrew|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/googoodolls-gutterflower/|title=Goo Goo Dolls: Gutterflower|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=June 6, 2002|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=meta/>
|rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/googoodolls/albums/album/104905/rid/5943618/|title=Goo Goo Dolls: Gutterflower : Music Reviews|last=DeCurtis|first=Anthony|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=March 27, 2002|access-date=May 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509172025/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/googoodolls/albums/album/104905/rid/5943618/|archive-date=May 9, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="slant-review">{{cite magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/goo-goo-dolls-gutterflower|title=Goo Goo Dolls: Gutterflower|magazine=[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]|date=April 6, 2002|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev8score = (8/10)<ref>{{cite web|last=Schleutermann|first=Marcus|title=Rock Hard|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=13398|work=issue 181|access-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref> 
}}

'''''Gutterflower''''' is the seventh studio album by American rock band [[the Goo Goo Dolls]]. It was released in 2002 on [[Warner Bros. Records]]. It is the follow-up to their critically successful albums ''[[Dizzy Up the Girl]]'' and ''[[A Boy Named Goo]]''. The album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], their highest position on the chart.

== Track listing ==
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Johnny Rzeznik]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Big Machine (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Big Machine]] 
| length1 = 3:10
| title2 = Think About Me
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = [[Here Is Gone]] 
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = You Never Know
| writer4 = [[Robby Takac]]
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = What a Scene
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Up, Up, Up
| writer6 = Takac
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = It's Over
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = [[Sympathy (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Sympathy]] 
| length8 = 2:58
| title9 = What Do You Need? 
| length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Smash
| writer10 = Takac
| length10 = 2:26
| title11 = Tucked Away
| writer11 = Takac
| length11 = 3:13
| title12 = Truth Is a Whisper
| length12 = 4:00
}}

==Singles==
"Here Is Gone" and "Big Machine" have been the only two songs released from this album as singles and videos have been created for both. A video for the promotional single "Sympathy" was also released.
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==="Big Machine"===
John Rzeznik refers to this as his "disco song". "I'm really horrible at programming drum machines, but this was like pattern 74 on my drum machine, which said 'disco.' I called all my friends and said, 'Check this out, this is my disco song!'" He describes it as "a propulsive tale of unrequited love". "Big Machine" was occasionally performed live on a smashed [[Stratocaster]] guitar that Rzeznik has fondly nicknamed "The Half-Caster". Despite being smashed in half, it still plays. It can be seen in a 2002 [[VH1 Storytellers]] special. Rzeznik stated that he had someone fix it up and it works just fine.

==="Here Is Gone"===
John Rzeznik wrote this song on the phone while talking to a friend. He asked his friend if he should "take the chords up or take 'em down?" and the friend told him to "take 'em up" and that's how he came up with the chorus and the rest of the song came together shortly thereafter.

According to Rzeznik in 2007, the video for this song cost more to produce than the entire Gutterflower album itself.

==Reception==
* Upon release, ''Gutterflower'' received generally positive reviews from critics. In fact, although The Goo Goo Dolls' multi-platinum album ''[[Dizzy Up the Girl]]'' (which was ''Gutterflower's'' predecessor) sold around 3,000,000 more albums than ''Gutterflower'', reviews were equally positive.
* In 2005, ''Gutterflower'' was ranked number 499 in ''Rock Hard'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=7}}</ref>

==Personnel==
*[[Johnny Rzeznik]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Robby Takac]] – bass, background vocals, lead vocals on "Smash", "Tucked Away", "You Never Know" and "Up, Up, Up"
*[[Mike Malinin]] – drums, percussion

==Charts==
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Gutterflower''
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|23|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=Goo Goo Dolls|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|43|id=4089|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
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{{album chart|Italy|41|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|37|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|40|date=20020504|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|20|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|89|artist=The Goo Goo Dolls|album=Gutterflower|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|56|date=20020504|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=Goo Goo Dolls|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}
|}
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=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Gutterflower''
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 173
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name = "CANALTYE02">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 54
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|access-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref>
| 164
|}
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== Certifications ==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Goo Goo Dolls|title=Gutterflower|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|access-date=November 9, 2021}}
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Metacritic album}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Rob Cavallo]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]