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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Salesrank: 41895
Released: February 23, 1993 |
| Our Price: $4.07 |
| Used Price: $1.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Superstar Car Wash Track Listing:
1. Fallin' Down
2. Lucky Star
3. Cuz You're Gone
4. Don't Worry
5. Girl Right Next to Me
6. Domino
7. We Are the Normal
8. String of Lies
9. Another Second Time Around
10. Stop the World
11. Already There
12. On the Lie
13. Close Your Eyes
14. So Far Away
Editorial Review:
Imagine an unsoiled, slicked-up Replacements with radio-friendly vocals, and you'll understand the insta-thrills and boundless potential of this Buffalo trio's major label debut. "Fallin' Down" and the anthemic "We Are the Normal" spearhead a great power-pop album. --Jeff Bateman
Superstar Car Wash Reviews:
Find It!!! Buy It!!! 
2009-09-08 - Don't make the mistake I made and buy it on itunes; I always find the real pleasure in purchasing an album is actually getting the CD itself from the store or ordering it online. I've rarely ever bought any album twice, and right now I am considering getting this CD. I've only done that with few albums like Moving Pictures by Rush, Superunknown and Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden. I always describe this album as if it were really a hits collection of The Goo Goo Dolls because each song on this album is good enough to fool someone into believing it really is a hits collection (though I don't actually come out and lie like that, but you know what I mean). I also find that this album goes great in the background of a lot of things like driving, playing video games, doing homework, whatever the case might be. This album may also take some time to get into; when I first got this on itunes I blew through the whole album and found that I liked the first few songs maybe. I think the best way to maneuver through this album is to do what someone else suggested in these reviews: listen to the first seven songs then take a break and finish with the next seven songs. If you like the good old-school rock 'n' roll fun stuff like The Replacements, I'd say it's essential to add this to your collection.
Run out and buy this album
2009-07-21 - This is the record that is the bridge between the old and new ( or "young and undisciplined" and "more mature and melodic" ) Goo Goo Dolls. It's probably their best all-around album. Plenty of super-catchy, highly melodic power-punk-pop. It's basically just a lot of good, old-fashioned rock 'n roll. I don't think that there's a bad song on the entire disc, and it has one of my favorite songs, period, on it: "Girl Right Next To Me".
The band plays well, and it seems like they're having a ball. It still has a bit of the drive and punk rock of their earlier stuff, but that's tempered with a new-found sense tight song arrangements and melody. If you like flat-out great rock and roll, then this disc is a must-have. At the current price, you'd be a fool not to pick this one up.
The Best Goo Goo Dolls Record
2008-12-09 - I was never a fan of this band during their hay-day 1996-1999. I was at used record store and picked up "A Boy Name Goo" for a buck. I couldn't stop listening to it. So I purchased all their other records.
Superstar Carwash is their best record. Johnny sings vocals on 7 tracks.
"1-Fallin Down"
"3-Cuz Your Gone"
"5-Girl Right Next to Me"
"7-We are the Normal"
"10-Stop The World"
"12-On The Lie"
"14-So Far Away"
Robby sings vocals 6 Tracks
"2-Lucky Star"
"4-Don't Worry"
"6-Domino"
"9-Second Time Around"
"11-Already There"
"13-Close Your Eyes"
Robby and Johnny Sing together on track
"8-String of Lies"
On their first 3 records robby sang most of the vocals and they were a punk band. Between "Hold me up" and "Superstar Carwash" they started changing their sound. Johnny was primary lead singer.
The best songs on this record are "Fallin Down", "Girl Right Next To Me" and "String of Lies". If your a fan of 90s alternative you'll like this reocrd. If your fan of their new mellow sound you will not like this.
Right up there with the best of 1990s rock music 
2007-12-29 - There's something about a good John Rzeznik-written Goo Goo Dolls tune that reminds me of hearty comfort food you crave during the winter. His voice is warm, the guitar hooks and obligatory solo are easy on the ears and often, the arena-ready chorus is the biggest draw of the song. And while Rzeznik's lyrics are usually far from joyous, his talent for capturing a mood and real-life emotion is impressive. The opening track on "Superstar Carwash," "Fallin' Down," captures all the great elements of this band, and what follows is equally great stuff.
Endearingly, Rzeznik and bass guitarist Robby Takac used to flawlessly and unselfishly switch back and forth from song to song on early albums, the former contributing larger-than-life riffs and an all-inclusive sentimental vibe that pulled at heartstrings, while the latter songwriter opted for a more punk-sounding and raspy approach. In either case, both Rzeznik and Takac seemed street smart and wary from the start, which came through in their songwriting; they simply expressed themselves in different -- though no less explosive -- ways. What's cool about this album is the way they share vocal duties on some songs. "Domino," for instance, is an fiery rocker with Takac's frantic vocals up front and Rzeznik's melodic voice in the background during the chorus. The same vocal dynamic between the two occurs on "Close Your Eyes" as well. On "String of Lies," the guys angrily trade vocals back-and forth as lightning-quick drums pave the way for a resentful tune about hurtful past relationships.
Taking a rightful and helpful cue from the loud guitar records by The Replacements, the Goo Goo Dolls were commercial-sounding right away without sacrificing their rock `n' roll integrity. Though the more polished, adult contemporary stuff would come in droves later, melodic and rocking gems like "Lucky Star" and "Girl Right Next to Me" gave the Goo Goo Dolls both street cred and major charting potential. Surprisingly, there are a few guitar moments on "Superstar Carwash" that take me back to the days of 1980s heavy metal music, though many may disagree with that assessment.
To me, it's a tossup between whether this CD or Hold Me Up is better, but one thing was clear about the Goo Good Dolls early on: They knew how to rock, and they knew how to do it with a melodic touch, just like The Replacements, a band that was a huge and obvious influence.
Top of Their Game
2007-11-11 - I am a hardcore Goo Goo Dolls fan and, even though I think A Boy Named Goo is a masterpiece, No one will ever convince me that this album, SSCW, is not the greatest Goo Goo Dolls albums, and quite possibly one of the best albums of the 90s. Even though I like the Goo Goo Dolls recent stuff, they were at their best during SSCW and ABNG. Unfortunately, the Goos became famous off the song "Name," which was one of their slowest, most acoustic oriented songs up to that point, and were somewhat "forced" by the label to go off in that direction instead of their previous sound. Had a song like "Fallin' Down" or "So Far Away" been released as a single before "Name", I have a feeling the Goos would be a different band today.
One thing that is promising is that, when interviewed about writing the new album (post-LLI), Robby Takac said that they wanted to return to their roots. SSCW 2 would complete my life.
