Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: What a disappointment after such a good debut album!

Seriously, could there possibly be a more obnoxious, irritating, whiny song than "The Reason." Girls that think this song is the sweetest thing ever obviously haven't actually paid attention to the lyrics. Hoobastank's first album stayed in my CD player quite a bit--this one doesn't stand a chance. Simply horrible, over-produced, over-commercialized, cheesy pop music in the vein of avril or ashley, barely hidden behind "manly" vocals and hard rock guitar and bass-now that I think of it, kind of like Creed. Yuck. Truly sad. They only get 2 stars because the first album was so good. If this album had been their first, it would be in the $2 bargain bin, mixed in with Vanilla Ice, William Hung, and John Tesch. Do yourself a favor, and stay away.