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- Record Label: American Laundromat Records
- Release Date: Nov 17, 2023
- 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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- Record Label: American Laundromat Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 14, 2023A triumph. [Dec 2023, p.76]
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UncutNov 14, 2023These 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]
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Nov 16, 2023Yes, it’s as good as you’d imagine.
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Nov 16, 2023Choosing 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.
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Nov 14, 2023The 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.
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MojoNov 14, 2023Hatfield 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]