By JAY RICHARDSONGOO GOO DOLLSACADEMY, GLASGOW***IF NOT the redoubtable force they were in the late 1990s, when their MOR monster Iris became a fixture on radio playlists, the Goo Goo Dolls have weathered lead singer John Rzeznik's occasional bouts of writer's block, embracing a maturing process that's taken them a long way from their brattish, Replacements-lite origins. After four years away, the Dolls' new record Something For The Rest Of Us has consolidated their solid mainstream sound, which is now more sombre but still reassuringly consistent and ploddingly predictable.On this, the first
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