The quartet Hoobastank arrives on this self-titled major-label debut as a nu-metal Weezer, though without anything as cheekily subversive as "Hash Pipe". The similarities lie more in Hoobastank's tight playing and vocal harmonies than in the overblown post-teen lyrics.

In track after track, singer Douglas Robb is in crisis; whether he's intoning or yelp-rapping them, his words are never as articulate as the emergency-siren guitar of the punkish "Pieces". Even the grateful love song "Let You Know" is weighed down by an expectation of times "when I'm feeling like everything and -one is hurting me for something or other."

The album's 12-song sequence moves inexorably toward clich??d Limp Bizkit guitar riffs and one true change of pace, the spacey, Deftones-like "To Be with You". Unfortunately, its lyric is nothing more than a sensitive-guy attempt to convince a girl to "give in". Sweet. --Rickey Wright

Truly an inspiring rock album.Hoobastank bring back the originality of Rock and love and what the two have in common.Each and every track takes you on a scintilating ride through love,pain and the rest.I deffinately want to own this album.

Over produced, heartless boring and shiny pop rock.

yes it has relatively nice melodic choruses, nu metal riffs, and mildy listenable 3 minute songs, but its just so uninteresting! i have no urge to ever listen to any of the songs again, they are all predictable, hackneyed and soulless.

'pieces' is the only song i'm likely to keep on my ipod

if you're 14 and like linkin park, then buy it, you'll probably enjoy it, but i'd reccomend to anyone else branching out in other directions - if you don't own white pony get that!

think of all the other better albums you don't own yet! - buy those first, head over to deftones radiohead early incubus, coheed and cambria, glassjaw, greenday, fallout boy, everclear, At the drive-in! come on kids, buy something else

Hoobastank have long been a favourite of mine. I bought the reason first, and lo and behold, it was wonderful. I don't know anyone else who liked it. Then, I heard Pieces, and knew this was for me.

Crawling in the Dark is an excellent song, and one of the greatest openers of all time, excellent tempo and an intensity that rivals System of a Down among others. You listen to it and think 'maybe Hoobastank will be the band to make Emo into a credible genre'.

Remember Me is my favourite song on this album. It drops the albums pace wonderfully without making it so totally different you can't like it as well as Crawling in the Dark. Lyrically, it's wonderful too.

Running Away is good, it seems to drop tempo even more, and you begin to worry that the album is calming down and the rest of it will be acoustic like this. Really, they're lulling you into a false sense of security, because Pieces will blow you away. Siren guitars and a screamalong chorus makes you wish you were in a mosh pit every time you hear it. One of the greatest songs of all time, perfectly sang, played and worded.

Alas, after that, no song is worthy of mention. The album trails off into oblivion, and I'm sad to say Hoobastank may do the same.

Having bought the Hoobastank album, i thought that it was a tight well constructed album, but was nothing new, then i heard the band live. To be playing on the NME stage at T in the Park a few years ago i thought was maybe a bridge too far for the band however the only thing that i can say is that musically and playing live they were the best band i heard all weekend and considering the bands who were playing, that is saying something. To compare Hoobastank to Incubus is slightly unfare i personally feel that there music has more substance and if you really listen to the words you will relate to them

In a world full of repetitive choruses and recycled riffs, the music industry has been long in the waiting of a band such as Hoobastank. With their eponymous debut, this album is certainly not one to be missed, with such hits as "Running Away", "Ready For You", and the released single "Crawling In The Dark", this album is complete from the effects-ridden guitar to the rhymthmic bass lines, and Doug Robb's powerful catchy lyrics. In essence, buy this album!