Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
Under The Covers Vol. 1
Release Date: Apr 18, 2006
Genre(s): Rock, Pop
Record label: Shout! Factory
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Album Review: Under The Covers Vol. 1 by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
Fairly Good, Based on 1 Critic
AllMusic - 60
Based on rating 6/10
Based on rating 6/10
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs have always displayed an unapologetic love of '60s pop in their own music, and they even teamed up as part of the pop supergroup Ming Tea to record the terrific "BBC" for the first Austin Powers film, so the duo's 2006 album, Under the Covers, Vol. 1, feels logical and right. With this record, the two -- who have adopted the name "Sid N Susie," although this only appears on the inside of the CD's booklet and on their MySpace page -- tackle 15 classic pop and folk-rock tunes from the '60s (well, the Bee Gees' "Run to Me" is from 1971, but its heart is in the '60s).