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art  The Wallflowers  Rebel, Sweetheart  (Interscope; US: 24 May
2005; UK: Available as import)  Strange as it seems, nearly a
decade has passed since the Wallflowers’ sophomore album,
Bringing Down the Horse, caught fire and launched the band
straight into the mainstream. Buoyed by hits “6th Avenue
Heartache”, “One Headlight”, and “Three Marlenas”, the album was
the perfect roots rock antidote to the grunge hangover of the
mid-‘90s. Not only did the band become requisite fare for both
pop radio and MTV, lead singer Jakob Dylan also became an
instant sex symbol, his face adorning the cover of every music
and teen magazine on the rack. He even made the cover of Rolling
Stone—which, back then, was still somewhat of an honor—his ice
blue eyes staring into the soul of every female between the ages
of 15 and 30. Such achievements negated the notion that, being
the son of Bob Dylan, the younger Dylan was nothing more than an
anointed curiosity. Rather