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Nov 14, 2013These 14 songs sound as wholly irresistible now as they did when they were such an essential part of a soundtrack for a now-distant decade.
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Nov 14, 2013The whole set is a treat.
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Dec 10, 2013The album is charming and charismatic, and full of 1980s vigour.
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Nov 14, 2013Sweet & Hoffs identify why each of these tunes remains beloved, by audiences large or small, and the faithful, heartfelt nostalgia combined with the pair's participation in the scene makes Under the Covers, Vol. 3 the best trip down memory lane the duo has yet made.
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Nov 14, 2013This well-intentioned exercise in nostalgia is an enticing 52 minute ride (three more are on a the deluxe edition), and if it sends Gen X’ers back to the archetype versions and keeps them out of the karaoke clubs, it’s more than done its job.
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MagnetNov 27, 2013Like everything these two touch, the results are hardly astonishing, but they're just as pleasant as you please. [No. 104, p.56]
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May 13, 2014There’s a fine college-rock jangle to The Beat’s Save It For Later and some fab California-kissed harmonies on XTC’s Towers Of London.
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UncutDec 6, 2013Their selections here are a predictable roster of left-field rock dosed with Anglophilia. [Jan 2014, p.78]
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Dec 9, 2013Under the Covers, Vol. 3 has more ups and downs than the Texas Cyclone. There are moments that are very good and moments that feel watered down, by the numbers and plain.