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| | MTVe.COM Good Charlotte Ready New Album |
 | | The album's first single, "Predictable," introduces such musical sophistication with a string arrangement, but before you assume that Good Charlotte have morphed into Coldplay, singer Joel Madden breaks into a broken-hearted, spoken-word rant. |
 | | The dour title The Chronicles of Life and Death is the first indication that Good Charlotte have moved beyond juvenile humor — like celebrity bashing ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"), heavy-handed self-deprecation ("The Young and the Hopeless") and the shallow, material differences between the sexes ("Girls and Boys") — that marked their last album. |
 | | The other indication that this definitely isn't the same pop-punk band as before hits you like a blind-sided slap almost immediately upon hearing a sample of their third album, which is due October 5: Absent from the six-song preview are the bouncy, pogo-inducing melodies, sing-songy vocals and accelerated tempos. |
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