Album Review
Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On!Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On!

Simple Plan are the kings of poppy punk and they are now back with their forth studio album 'Get Your Heart On!' and the album features more special guests than your average episode of Glee and more bounce than a pogo stick.

The album opens with 'You Suck At Love' and from the off you just know that Simple Plan are sticking to what they know and do best by writing extremely infectious pop-punk music, the song flows at a killer pace with the chorus raising to the brim with pure anthemic style.

'Can't Keep My Hands Off You' starts off with a killer drum beat and bouncy baseline before some backing vocal chants of "oh oh oh" come in, moments later Pierre comes in with his signature lead vocals and these are backed up every other verse by the stand out vocals from Weezer's Rivers Cuomo who does a sterling job of enhancing the whole Simple Plan sound.

'Jet Lag' could easily be classed as the cheesiest song that Simple Plan have ever wrote but at the same time it is also one of the catchiest true to life songs they have ever wrote and once it starts to get some radio airplay there will be no escaping the catchiness, Natasha Bedingfield guests on the song and her vocals really work well alongside those of Pierre, and I expect a lot of Simple Plan fans can relate to the lyrics of missing a loved one, living miles away or even working miles away from a loved one.

'Astronaut' is the token slow song from the album where Simple Plan take to a stripped down acoustic sound but like the true Simple Plan style they still breeze through the chorus in an uplifting way.

'Loser Of The Year' and 'Anywhere Else But Here' are a double whammy of killer tracks that are calling out to be released as singles, 'Loser Of The Year' is more like classic Simple Plan crossed with Zebrahead whilst 'Anywhere Else But Here' reminds me a lot of the latest material from Plain White T's.

As the album progresses it carries on the routine of killer track followed by yet another killer track right up until the album closer 'This Song Saved My Life' which takes on a more serious soppy approach.

If you like previous material by Simple Plan than you should love 'Get Your Heart On!' as it is without a doubt the best album the band have ever released and is a squeaky clean progression on their self titled album and is easily the poppiest album you will hear all year long.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Simple Plan - Band
Pierre Bouvier
Sébastien Lefebvre
David Desrosiers
Chuck Comeau
Jeff Stinco
 Track Listing
1. You Suck at Love
2. Can't Keep My Hands Off You (feat. Rivers Cuomo)
3. Jet Lag (feat. Natasha Bedingfield)
4. Astronaut
5. Loser of the Year
6. Anywhere Else But Here
7. Freaking Me Out (feat. Alex Gaskarth)
8. Summer Paradise (feat. K'naan)
9. Gone Too Soon
10. Last One Standing
11. This Song Saved My Life
 Band Related Links
Simple Plan Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?