Poppn’ Up

** 1/2 Collective Soul, “Collective Soul,” Atlantic. In pop music, second impressions do count, which is good for this Georgia quintet because its first release was a largely meandering collection of self-produced demos, some of it good, much of it not. Its saving grace was “Shine,” an edgy rocker that found a place on radio formats everywhere.

That song propelled the debut album to sales of more than a million. Not surprisingly, much of this follow-up sticks to the “Shine” model, with a dozen songs of blustery, inoffensive pop. But this time the sound is full and the band, which plays here next week with Van Halen, expands its range to include blues and gospel.

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