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After being resigned to never hearing anything new from Jeff (seems like every year there were reports of a new album), I was pleasantly surprised (2 years after the fact) to learn of this album. As per Wikipedia, "In 2008, The Washington Times named Lynne the fourth greatest record producer in music history." I think he should be #1. From The Move to ELO to the Traveling Wiburys to his solo work, Jeff remains a musical genius. Loved every song on this collection. My only complaint is that clocking in at 27 minutes (and that's with the supposed "bonus track" "Beyond The Sea") I was left wanting more. It may be a "covers" album, but it's all pure Jeff Lynne. Any fan of his work will not be disappointed.
Jeff Lynne is my all-time musical hero, and his band ELO was the very first band I really paid any attention to, and quickly became my all-time favorite band, with the Beatles coming in a pretty close second. With that being said, Jeff's first solo album "Armchair Theatre" was a great album, and also included cover songs "September Song", "Don't Let Go" and "Stormy Weather", but that album also included a predominance of original Jeff Lynne written songs. "Long Wave" is a collection of entirely cover songs from the 50's and 60's (and maybe a few prior to the 50's). These are supposed to be songs Jeff grew up listening to. Although the songs are well done, and many are considerably different from the original versions, this is not an album that I find myself listening to very much. The album is just sort of there. It's not bad, but it's not great either. It's just simply in between. I'm sure I'll listen to it occassionally, but if the CD were to get scratched, broken or otherwise unplayable, I doubt I'd replace it. I would much rather listen to an album of Jeff Lynne's own compositions than I would him covering other people's songs. Mind you, an occassional cover is not a bad thing, but not an album full of them. Had this album had 7 or 8 original songs, and 3 or 4 of the best of the covers that are currently on it, it would have been a much better album.Read full review
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