Blow Up the Moon [LP] by Blues Traveler.

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Tracks:
Hurricane - (featuring 3OH!3)
Blow Up the Moon - (featuring 3OH!3/JC Chasez)
Castaway - (featuring Rome Ramirez/Dirty Heads)
Vagabond Blues - (featuring Rome Ramirez/Dirty Heads)
Top of the World - (featuring Hanson)
Nikkia's Prom - (featuring Plain White T's)
Matador - (featuring Thompson Square)
I Can Still Feel You - (featuring Thompson Square)
Darkness We All Need, The - (featuring Secondhand Serenade)
Jackie's Baby - (featuring New Hollow)
Hearts Are Still Awake - (featuring Jewel)
I Know Right - (featuring Bowling for Soup)
Right Here Waiting for You - (featuring Bowling for Soup)
All the Way - (featuring Thomas Ian Nicholas)

Performer Notes: Just when it seemed as if Blues Traveler were settling into a nice, mature roots groove, the band up and makes a star-studded crossover pop album from 2006. The hitch is, Blow Up the Moon arrives in 2015, about a decade or more removed from the glory days of all involved. Apart from Thompson Square, a country act who first debuted in 2011, the guest stars all had hits several years back: JC Chasez sways in to sing on the title track, Plain White T's of "Hey Delilah" fame play on "Nikkia's Prom," Bowling for Soup show up for two songs, as do 3OH!3, and fellow class-of-1997 alumni Jewel and Hanson both show up for a track apiece (as does American Pie survivor Thomas Ian Nichols, looking to show that he's something more than an actor and not doing a bad job of it). All of the artists, even Thomas Ian Nichols, put an indelible stamp on their respective tracks and even if only a handful of cuts feel like true Blues Traveler collaborations -- including the sweet Jewel ballad "Hearts Are Still Awake" -- the appeal of Blow Up the Moon is that it feels more like a buffet than a carefully crafted meal; depending on your stylistic persuasion, there may be something to satisfy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc)

Guest Artist: 3OH!3; JC Chasez; Rome Ramirez; Dirty Heads; Hanson; Plain White T's; Thompson Square; Secondhand Serenade; New Hollow; Jewel; Bowling For Soup; Thomas Ian Nicholas

Release Date: 7 April, 2015

Label: Loud & Proud