Billboard album reviews (Reuters)

 

June 22, 2005, 04:00 PM

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Reuters - The Transplants seemed like a
one-off project when their first album came out three years
ago. A side project featuring Rancid's Tim Armstrong and
Blink-182's Travis Barker, the album yielded the top 20 Modern
Rock hit "Diamonds & Guns," a tour and ultimately, this
follow-up. "Haunted Cities" continues the scattershot musical
approach of its predecessor, and the result features more hits
than misses. Punk, reggae and hip-hop are the three most common
flavors here, and appearances from the Boo Yaa Tribe and
members of Cypress Hill and Dilated Peoples give the record a
more urban feel. Elsewhere, Armstrong's Clash obsession
continues unabated with the infectious single "Gangsters and
Thugs." The Transplants have a shot at crossover success with
the breezy "What I Can't Describe," which could do for them
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