Track Listing 1. I See the Rain 2. And Your Bird Can Sing 3. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 4. Who Knows Where the Time Goes 5. Cinammon Girl 6. Alone Again Or 7. Warmth of the Sun, The 8. Different Drum 9. Kids Are Alright, The 10. Sunday Morning 11. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 12. Care of Cell #44 13. Monday, Monday 14. She May Call You up Tonight 15. Run to Me
| Details | | Producer: | Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Additional personnel: Susanna Hoffs. The discographies of both pop-rocker Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs's former band the Bangles are heavily steeped in 1960s sunshine pop, so it's little surprise that the two would team up for an album of covers devoted to their favorite decade. UNDER THE COVERS VOL. 1 finds Sweet and Hoffs performing songs by the Beatles, Dylan, the Beach Boys, the Velvet Underground, the Zombies, and others, throwing in a few tasty obscurities (the wonderful "I See the Rain" by the Marmalade, for example) and a pair of Neil Young tunes for good measure. Hoffs's sultry singing nicely offsets Sweet's tenor, and the whole is fleshed out by Sweet's alternately jangly and stinging guitar work and Van Dyke Parks's arrangements for keys and strings, making for a fresh, inspired look to yesteryear.
Editorial Reviews [T]here's surprising joy to be found in a couple of pros singing songs they love. Hoffs still has that adorable quaver, and Sweet supports her with steady warmth. -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly
Sweet's reedy astringency tempers Hoffs' breathy alto as they bring a warmth to the Velvet Underground's 'Sunday Morning'... No Depression
[A] taste of the 60s....Just great cover versions of some of the best music of the era. Dirty Linen
4 stars out of 5 -- What elevates UNDER THE COVERS above mimicry is the poignancy of the performances from all concerned, and especially from Sweet... Uncut
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