Bar-ba-sol
| "Bar-ba-sol" | ||||
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| Single by David Cook | ||||
| from the album David Cook | ||||
| A-side | "Come Back to Me" | |||
| Released | March 23, 2009 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, post-grunge | |||
| Length | 4:27 | |||
| Label | RCA/19 Records | |||
| Writer(s) | David Cook, Danny Grady, Dan Dixon | |||
| Producer(s) | Rob Cavallo | |||
| David Cook singles chronology | ||||
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"Bar-ba-sol" was the third official single released from American Idol season 7 winner David Cook's major label debut studio album, David Cook. It was released as a double A-side single with "Come Back to Me".
Release
"Bar-ba-sol" was confirmed as a second single when Entertainment Weekly ran a piece on February 27, 2009 saying that "Bar-ba-sol" would be released in March 2009 in conjunction with "Come Back to Me".[1] "Bar-ba-sol" has not charted.
Reception
Reception of "Bar-ba-sol" was generally positive.
Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt called "Bar-ba-sol" one of the more notable anthems on the album.[2]
Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "Bar-ba-sol" the hardest-rocking (and best) song of the album.[3]
Blender magazine's Chuck Eddy, despite giving the full album a negative review, wrote that the "power-chorded "Bar-ba-Sol," ... is the only place Cook flexes any muscle"[4]
Newsday magazine's Glenn Gamboa wrote that "He stretches boundaries creatively with the metallic, grinding "Bar-Ba-Sol" - part Pearl Jam fist-pumper, part Alice in Chains slither."[5]
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