This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Goldfinger: John Feldman (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Kelly Lemieux (vocals, guitar, bass); Darrin Pfeiffer (vocals, drums); Brian Arthur (guitar).Additional personnel: Showoff, Benji, Bert McCraken (vocals); Donny Campion, Charlie Paulson (guitar).Goldfinger burst onto the scene in 1996 with frenetic ska-core laced with pop hooks. The mid-life adolescent yearning of "Here In Your Bedroom" off the band's eponymous debut was pretty much it for them in the pop world. While many who tasted one round of top-40 success during that period completely fell into obscurity (Nada Surf, Primitive Radio Gods), Goldfinger managed to retain a fan base, avoiding backlash for crossing over, even managing to maintain decent sales long after ska's third flirtation with mass consumption flared out.What's more amazing is that Goldfinger's brand of goofy/cheeky, brash, Ramone-descended pop-punk remains fresh on OPEN YOUR EYES, with catchy songs 10 times more deft and intelligent than many similarly bred bands. Goldfinger expertly takes on such bands on the cavalier "Spokesperson" ("what happened to honesty/I don't hear it in the top 10") and offers a hilarious take on Limp Bizkit acolytes in the opening of "Woodchuck." Still, they have sufficient bratty charm to somehow preserve sincerity while unironically chanting "long live my radio, it never lets me down."

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Goldfinger: John Feldman (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Kelly Lemieux (vocals, guitar, bass); Darrin Pfeiffer (vocals, drums); Brian Arthur (guitar).
Additional personnel: Showoff, Benji, Bert McCraken (vocals); Donny Campion, Charlie Paulson (guitar).
Goldfinger burst onto the scene in 1996 with frenetic ska-core laced with pop hooks. The mid-life adolescent yearning of "Here In Your Bedroom" off the band's eponymous debut was pretty much it for them in the pop world. While many who tasted one round of top-40 success during that period completely fell into obscurity (Nada Surf, Primitive Radio Gods), Goldfinger managed to retain a fan base, avoiding backlash for crossing over, even managing to maintain decent sales long after ska's third flirtation with mass consumption flared out.
What's more amazing is that Goldfinger's brand of goofy/cheeky, brash, Ramone-descended pop-punk remains fresh on OPEN YOUR EYES, with catchy songs 10 times more deft and intelligent than many similarly bred bands. Goldfinger expertly takes on such bands on the cavalier "Spokesperson" ("what happened to honesty/I don't hear it in the top 10") and offers a hilarious take on Limp Bizkit acolytes in the opening of "Woodchuck." Still, they have sufficient bratty charm to somehow preserve sincerity while unironically chanting "long live my radio, it never lets me down."