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Oct 29, 2012Although original material would have been welcome, Long Wave proves that every song can be an ELO song if it really tries hard enough.
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MojoOct 22, 2012Easy on the ear yet never sugary, full and layered yet never stodgy, intricately assembled yet never fussy, pulsing with a Ringo beat yet never monotonous. [Nov 2012, p.91]
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Oct 12, 2012[The album is] really nothing but fun, and it sounds for the most part like it was put together that way, if we can allow that Lynne's idea of fun is carving out a perfect piece of pop production for each delectable morsel he offers up.
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UncutOct 10, 2012All in all, an interesting exercise, far less arch and shamateurish than Kisses On The Bottom. [Nov 2012, p.74]
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Oct 9, 2012Lynne doesn't try to break any moulds here, but respectfully doffs a cap at those that shaped him.
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Oct 9, 2012Long Wave is actually pretty delightful, perhaps because it's just such a pleasure to hear that telltale Lynne sound again, after it's been absent from the airwaves for so long.
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Oct 9, 2012When these sweet reinterpretations are combined with the straight-ahead rockers, Long Wave adds up to a blueprint in reverse for Lynne; by going to back to his beginnings, he winds up figuring out why he went in the direction he did.
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