Hard Candy

Rock · 2002 · 11 tracks · 1h 3m

Hard Candy

Sun-drenched pop-rock with a bittersweet core. A polished, radio-friendly evolution that trades rainy-day gloom for shimmering guitars and coastal nostalgia.

It's the sound of a summer road trip through your own memories, with more guitars and fewer tears than their usual stuff.

A sun-soaked reflection on loss that feels like a warm breeze through an open car window.

Hard Candy · vs · Counting Crows

Summer+2.4σ

Summer saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 1h 3m

01

Hard Candy

4:21

03

Good Time

4:24

05

Goodnight L.A.

4:17

06

Butterfly in Reverse

2:48

07

Miami

5:01

08

New Frontier

3:51

09

Carriage

4:05

10

Black and Blue

3:53

11

Why Should You Come When I Call?

4:38

12

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood)

5:08

14

4 White Stallions / Big Yellow Taxi

9:16

Moments Worth Waiting For

The bright, jangling guitar interplay on the title track that immediately signals a departure from their gloomier past.

The sudden, lush vocal harmonies that lift the chorus of 'Miami' into a widescreen cinematic moment.

The way the piano and organ lock together during the soulful bridge of 'If I Could Give All My Love'.

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