Review:
In 2006, Sweet and Hoffs paired for a collection of covers of ‘60s songs. Here they return with a sequel – a covers album devoted to music of the 1970s. They lean toward “songs that are a bit more familiar than their '60s selections, never digging out a Me Decade equivalent of Marmalade’s ‘I See the Rain’ or the Zombies’ ‘Care of Cell #44,’” STE which were both on the first album, “but instead punctuating AM pop hits and FM rock staples…with power pop.” STE
Todd Rundgren has “two songs from Something/Anything? featured here. The influence of that 1972 double LP can be heard in the similarly homespun production of Under the Covers, Vol. 2 but where Rundgren was open-ended, Sweet neatly ties up every loose end with the care of a pop fetishist, making sure all the harmonies and guitar licks are in place, never adding any untasteful elements.” STE
“Sometimes, everything is a little bit too pat and pretty – particularly on Sugar Magnolia, whose processed guitars sparkle too brightly – but the duo’s enduring, endearing love for this music is evident, sometimes infectious, and, at its best, throws out some surprises, like Susanna’s soulful reading of Maggie May.” STE
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