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McFly's Room On the 3rd Floor represents the triumphant welding of a major label's big-budget pop spend and bona-fide talent--a calculated attempt to win over kids who have grown cynical about the manufactured pop industry and crave something more real. Like those other "real" popstars Busted, they play their own instruments and write their own songs, but where McFly differ significantly is in their influences: they actually have some. The sound of lead single "Five Colours in Her Hair" and "That Girl" virtually (and refreshingly) pre-date the Beatles, harking back to Bill Haley and Chuck Berrymore…, even if "Five Colours…" sounds like it's trying too hard in places--a forgivable and charming trait. It's a major gamble (how many 15 year olds are into the Beach Boys?) but it works. Both "Obviously" and the title track are simple, breezy acoustic strumathons ("Wake up early / Round seven thirty / Housekeeping knocking on my door") with the filtered influence of Noel Gallagher hanging around in the background. The only weakness is in the vocals, which too often sound whiney and diluted. With such blatant influences, there's an obvious lack of originality, but here the originality lies in actually having influences. Pop has come full circle. --Ben Johncock

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McFly - Room on the 3rd Floor (2004) Retail CD

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