5/5 love it
  by Patrick D. (Seattle, WA)
Lives up to and beyond the expectations I had for it. well worth the wait. Every song on the record has a great hook and a wonderful chorus which is exactly what I want from my pop rock. Memorable songs with great hidden meanings. A wonderful record to add to my collection, I am going to be listening to it for a long time coming. thanks for the great record once again, this one better than the last!

5/5 Better than ever!
  by Happypants (new York, NY United States)
Once again morningwood aims to please, and they succeeded, their second record and better than the first. So happy they finally came out with another record. I have been a fan for a long time, and they do not fail me. From Hot Tonight to Cat in a Box the record is a nonstop compliment of one great song after another. I hope this time they get the respect they deserve.

5/5 morningwood is back!
  by kuro neko (honolulu, HI)
morningwood is back and better than ever! in a lot of ways this album is a fresh start for the band. with their big label and self-titled debut three years ago, Morningwood, some were left with a rushed feeling. the band's relationship with the label seemed a bit rushed and the album didn't feel like it lived up to all that it could be. flash forward three years down the line and here we have it, the album that their self-titled debut should have been. here we find songs that have taken a full three years to come to fruition, spanning a variety of genres and solidifying into one solid sound for the band. morningwood is and has been chantal and pedro, and here we find a labor of love shared between the two between two coasts. the album, as chantal as put it herself, is like loud pop music. morningwood rocks hard but has always been fans of pop and here we find the two seamlessly worked together, with tracks that schools don't have to be embarrassed about to rock on the bus on the way home from school. the album also finds a branching out in style, albeit the taste is a bit too short and sweet, with the last track, Cat In a Box. Chantal said during a performance that she writes so many songs about hooking up it would only make sense to write a cautionary tale as well. in this song we see morningwood flirting with a slower simmering torch of number, making for a sultry late night love affair. Songs like Sugarbaby prove that morningwood can still rock as hard as they did in Jetsetter, while Bipolar Bear and Three's A Crowd flirt with the style that made morningwood famous with songs like Take Off Your Clothes and Nth Degree. It should also be said that this album marks a fresh and somewhat more of an indie start for the band. This album was released through an exclusive partnership with Vh1 (which is part of Mtv Networks) and the amazon listing shows "morningwood" for the label, which leads me to believe that the band and Vh1 have both partnered to bring us this release. Which means that if this album does well, both succeed, and vice versa. Therefore this release is worth paying for for the sole purpose of supporting great, and in some senses, emerging artists. do yourself a favor and check it out, morningwood rocks!

2/5 Disappointing
  by shakesomeaction (TX)
I was looking very forward to Diamonds and Studs. Having been introduced to them on the Gang of Four tour a few years back (then later seeing them with The Sounds), I scooped up their first album right away and became a really big fan. Several really great tracks are on their debut. Unfortunately, Diamonds and Studs doesn't hold up. The worst part: they put their 'hit' on the first track! Anyone who is media savvy would know this is a no-no. Best of Me, which was used on Daisy of Love, brought them to mainstream attention (and to a lesser degree, Nth Degree, used in a Mercury ad). It's probably the best song on this album and reminds me the catchier numbers on the S/T (Nth Degree, Jetsetter). I hate to give this such a low rating, because I've supported MW for such a long time, but I'm not happy with this album. Considering how much time they spent working on it (three years) I think there should be better material on it.