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Long Wave

Jeff Lynne

Long Wave

The onetime ELO frontman and prolific producer's first solo album in 22 years, a collection of covers of songs that inspired him

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Frontiers
UK Release date
08/10/2012
US Release date
09/10/2012
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    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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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Easy on the ear, yet never sugary. Print edition only

  3. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Actually pretty delightful
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  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    All in all, an interesting exercise. Print edition only

  5. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    You can’t really go wrong with this group of tunes if you have a half hour to spare and your hipster-irony-defense mechanism inoperative
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  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A finely chosen first eleven
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  7. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    40-years into his rich musical career, it’s perfectly fine for Lynne to be taking stock — just as long as he doesn’t stop
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  8. 7.0 |   BBC

    If it never crackles with startling candour, you sense that’s because he wants to pay simple homage to the tunes that formed him, rather than whip out his youthful diaries
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  9. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A brief, bright, and gentle diversion
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  10. 6.0 |   The Independent

    In this, Jeff Lynne's musical memoir of youthful influences, old songs are recast in new lights
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  11. 4.0 |   Evening Standard

    Long Wave is, aside from a spritely take on Beyond the Sea, a lazy covers album
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  12. 4.0 |   Q

    Seems like great fun for Jeff Lynne, less so for the rest of us. Print edition only


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  • 1. She N/A
  • 2. If I Loved You N/A
  • 3. So Sad N/A
  • 4. Mercy, Mercy N/A
  • 5. Running Scared N/A
  • 6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered N/A
  • 7. Smile N/A
  • 8. At Last N/A
  • 9. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing N/A
  • 10. Let It Rock N/A
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