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Under the Covers, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Artists: Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs
Label: Universal Music Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1852
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 39765
UPC: 826663976540
EAN: 0826663976540
ASIN: B000EQ5QFE
Release Date: December 17, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | I See The Rain (The Marmalade) | | • | And Your Bird Can Sing (The Beatles) | | • | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) | | • | Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (Fairport Convention) | | • | Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young And Crazy Horse) | | • | Alone Again Or (Love) | | • | Warmth Of The Sun (The Beach Boys) | | • | Different Drum (The Stone Poneys, featuring Linda Ronstadt) | | • | The Kids Are Alright (The Who) | | • | Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground) | | • | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young And Crazy Horse) | | • | Care Of Cell #44 (The Zombies) | | • | Monday Monday (The Mamas And The Papas) | | • | She May Call You Up Tonight (The Left Banke) | | • | Run To Me (The Bee Gees) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
From Amazon.com
Sid (Matthew Sweet, after his character's name in the Austin Powers band Ming Tea) and Susie (Susanna Hoffs, who joined him and Mike Myers in belting out "BBC" on the soundtrack) are in as fine voice as ever on Under the Covers, Vol. 1, a 15-song collection of tunes first made famous by the likes of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, and the Who. And man, were they born to sing this stuff. Both the Bangles and Sweet discographies are derivative--in the best possible sense--of late-'60s pop-rock, and who didn't love the Merry-Go-Round, Grass Roots, Simon & Garfunkel, and Big Star covers Hoffs and company scattered among their originals? Recorded at Sweet's home studio in the Hollywood Hills, the album opens strong with "I See the Rain," a Marmalade song from 1967 that Jimi Hendrix called the year's best British single but was a hit only in the Netherlands. Maybe Sweet's stinging, ringing fretwork (he plays most of the non-percussion instruments on this disc) and Hoffs's throwback vocals will rectify that, nearly 40 years later. The two proceed to nail the Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing," one of the high points on Revolver, and score similarly with Fairport Convention's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Hoffs in full ballad mode), the Stone Poneys' "Different Drum," the Who's "The Kids Are Alright," Love's "Alone Again Or," and a pair of Neil Young numbers, "Cinnamon Girl" and "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." Some of the selections do miss the mark--Hoffs's smoky-sweet backing vocals seem a little misplaced on Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and "The Warmth of the Sun" was probably the wrong Beach Boys track for Sweet to attempt (Brian Wilson himself strains at those high notes nowadays). But by and large this is a delightful power-pop excursion. Van Dyke Parks's liner notes, keyboards, and string arrangements make it that much better, as do Sweet collaborator Ric Menck's drums, Ed Fotheringham's illustrations, and Henry Diltz's photographs (Hoffs looks as stunning today as she did when laying down All Over the Place). --Benjamin Lukoff More Sid & Susie
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| Customer Reviews:
 A perfect summer album June 7, 2006
Louis (Quebec, Canada)
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (she was better known as the most visible member of the Bangles) have joined forces on "Under The Covers", an album that revisits one of the most beloved decades in the history of pop music : the sixties. If the concept sounds good to you, chances are the album will sound even better.
This pair of artists obviously know what they're talking about. The song selection is slick and interesting, if only because they did not simply pick the most obvious nuggets from that period. For each classic like "Monday, Monday", you get a slightly underrated number such as "She May Call You Up Tonight". The fifteen songs blend together beautifully, and they cover veteran acts such as the Beatles, The Mamas & The Papas, Love, Neil Young and Bob Dylan.
The production pushes forward Susanna Hoffs' beautifully sweet voice (which hasn't aged at all), while Matthew Sweet provides most of the musical backing and shares the lead vocals. The harmony-drenched arrangements provide a joyous trip down memory lane; Hoffs and Sweet don't take themselves too seriously and avoid being overly reverent to the songs they picked. Perhaps because of this overall approach, there are many highlights to this album : "Run To Me", "She May Call You Up Tonight", "Care Of Cell 44", "Alone Again Or", "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" are all outstanding renditions, the latter possibly featuring Hoffs' most expressive vocal performance ever.
Fans of Sweet, Hoffs (or the Bangles) will find what they are looking for on this album. But anybody interested to understand what made this decade so special should listen to this album as an introduction. Let's just hope that the "Volume 1" reference in the album's title is a promise that there is more to come.
 Great Collection Of Cover's... May 29, 2006
Mark A. Wallace (Canada/Victoria)
On Under the Cover's Vol 1 Sweet team's up with Sussana Hoff's and they cover many different band's including The Beatle's , Niel Young , The Who, Fairport Convention and Bob Dylan. It's a solid collection of song's and Sweet's voice teamed up with Hoff's sound great.
Favorite's :
"I See The Rain
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
"It's all over now Baby Blue"
"Cinnamon Girl"
"The Kid's Are All Right"
They teamed up befour on Austin Power's and they do it again here. Solid and no real "Bad" song's. Again Hoff's voice is beutifull and alot better then some of the
other female crap these day's.
Reccomended
Cheers!
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