One Chord to Another
Canada's Sloan open their third album, 1997'sOne Chord to Another, with a jagged rumble of guitars and drums that resolves into a groove and song, "The Good in Everyone," straight out ofSomething/Anything?As audacious a group of borrowers asCheap Trickat their best, Sloan quickly line up evocations ofBadfinger,George Harrison, and evenChicago. ("Everything You've Done Wrong" grafts the affectless vocal style of Peter Cetera to a track that patches together a half dozen moments fromHelp!,RevolverandSgt. Pepper.) It's good to have this peak of power-pop obsessiveness available again.--Rickey Wright