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				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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			8.0
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				Mojo
			
				Easy on the ear, yet never sugary. Print edition only
				
 
 
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			7.5
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				A.V. Club
			
				Actually pretty delightful
				
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			7.0
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				7.0 |  
				Uncut
			
				All in all, an interesting exercise. Print edition only
				
 
 
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				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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			7.0
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				musicOMH
			
				A finely chosen first eleven
				
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			7.0
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				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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			7.0
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				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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			6.0
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				Slant Magazine
			
				A brief, bright, and gentle diversion
				
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			6.0
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				The Independent
			
				In this, Jeff Lynne's musical memoir of youthful influences, old songs are 
recast in new lights
				
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			4.0
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				Evening Standard
			
				Long Wave is, aside from a spritely take on Beyond the Sea, a lazy covers album
				
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			4.0
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				Q
			
				Seems like great fun for Jeff Lynne, less so for the rest of us. Print edition only
				
 
 
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