Let Love In (Goo Goo Dolls album)

Let Love In
Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released	April 25, 2006
Recorded	Summer-Fall 2005 ("Give a Little Bit" was recorded in 2004)
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
Length	42:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Glen Ballard, Rob Cavallo
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 (2004) Let Love In (2006) Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles (2007)
Singles from Let Love In
"Better Days" Released: September 20, 2005 "Stay with You" Released: April 4, 2006 "Let Love In" Released: October 2, 2006

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	85% [2]
Allmusic	[3]
The Celebrity Cafe
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
Q Magazine
Rolling Stone	[5]
Sputnik Music
Ultimate Guitar

Let Love In is the eighth studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released in 2006. The album peaked at #9 on the US Billboard 200, selling around 83,000 copies in its first week. The album has since sold over 500,000 copies, and is said to have gone Gold, despite not being officially recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Track listing

All songs written by Johnny Rzeznik except when noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stay with You" (Rzeznik, Glen Ballard)	3:56
2.	"Let Love In" (Rzeznik, Ballard, Gregg Wattenberg)	5:00
3.	"Feel the Silence"	3:50
4.	"Better Days"	3:33
5.	"Without You Here"	3:49
6.	"Listen" (Rzeznik, Robby Takac)	3:11
7.	"Give a Little Bit" (Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson) (Supertramp cover)	3:35
8.	"Can't Let It Go"	3:53
9.	"We'll Be Here (When You're Gone)"	3:29
10.	"Strange Love" (Rzeznik, Takac)	3:35
11.	"Become" (Ballard, Rzeznik)	4:08

Tour Edition DVD

Live and Intimate

1. "Stay with You"
2. "Let Love In"
3. "Feel the Silence"
4. "Better Days"
5. "Without You Here"
6. "Listen"
7. "Can't Let It Go"
8. "We'll Be Here (When You're Gone)
9. "Strange Love"
10. "Black Balloon"
11. "Iris"
12. "Become"
13. "Broadway"
14. "Here Is Gone"

Audio studio tracks

1. "We'll Be Here (When You're Gone) (Acoustic)
2. "Better Days" (Acoustic) (also included on Japan pressings)

Personnel

• John Rzeznik – lead guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Robby Takac – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Listen" and "Strange Love"
• Mike Malinin – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Joel Shearer – rhythm guitars
• Zac Rae – keyboards
• Tim Pierce – rhythm guitars
• Greg Suran – rhythm guitars
• Paul Gordon – keyboards
• Brian Kilgore – percussion

Production notes

• Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig
• Mastered by Ted Jensen

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	9
	Billboard Top Internet Albums	9

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Adult Contemporary	Billboard Adult Top 40	Billboard Canadian Singles	Billboard Pop 100	Billboard Hot 100	UK Singles Chart
2005	Better Days	17	3	5	34	36	-
2006	Stay With You	32	6	-	49	51	39
	Let Love In	-	9	-	75	101	-
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

References

1. "Let Love In Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
2. Kaufman, Jared (April 26, 2006). "Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Let Love In". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
4. Pastorek, Whitney (April 21, 2006). "Let Love In (2006)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
5. "Goo Goo Dolls: Let Love In : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. April 18, 2006. Archived from the original on May 24, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

External links

• Official website
• Let Love In at Metacritic