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  • Summary: After albums of covers of Olivia Newton-John and Police songs, Juliana Hatfield returns with a cover album of ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) songs.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 14, 2023
    90
    A triumph. [Dec 2023, p.76]
  2. Uncut
    Nov 14, 2023
    80
    These renditions are suffused with the joyousness with which Hatfield embraces the source material as she finds the sweet spot between emulation and invention. [Dec 2023, p.31]
  3. Nov 16, 2023
    80
    Yes, it’s as good as you’d imagine.
  4. Nov 16, 2023
    80
    Choosing to transpose strings to guitar and voice helps Hatfield achieve a sense of intimacy while retaining a sense of romantic grandeur, a combination that gives Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO a distinctly warm and comforting feeling without succumbing to the pitfalls of nostalgia.
  5. 70
    The one-woman production preserves Lynne’s style yet dials down the theatrics to not quite garage band levels, making it one of the most successful outings in her ongoing covers project series.
  6. Mojo
    Nov 14, 2023
    60
    Hatfield eschews radical reinventions, but her peeling away of the more finessed layers surrounding Lynne's indestructible melodies/chord sequences works a treat on Can't Get It out Of My head, Strange Magic and Telephone Line. [Nov 2023, p.92]