ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

NOVEMBER 25, 1994

IDAHO This Way Out (Caroline)

After releasing the most morose debut of 1993, Idaho trades bleak depression for a gentler melancholia.That may or may not be a good thing—for some, the band’s appeal lay in its unrelenting gloom. But songs like “Sweep” and “Forever” are still so downbeat they’ll never be mistaken for Partridge Family outtakes.

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