Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe
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Artist: Juliana HatfieldEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-08-31
Music Label: Mammoth / Pgd
Soundtracks:
- Everybody Loves Me But You
- Lost And Saved
- I See You
- The Lights
- Nirvana
- Forever Baby
- Ugly
- No Outlet
- Quit
- Get Off Your Knees
- No Answer
Music reviews of Hey Babe
Music Review: Lacking in individuality.
Rating: 2 Stars
For many, the best album Juliana Hatfield ever did, I've always found "Hey Babe" to be thoroughly lacking, particularly in comparison to later work. After several years with indie pop outfit the Blake Babies, Hatfield's first album finds her largely without a voice unique from her former band. The music found on this album is a similar jangly pop, with some more alternative leanings pointing towards the future. But the album lacks two things that are so essential to all of her future albums-- her brilliant guitar playing is virtually absent on this album (Hatfield played bass in the Blake Babies and the Lemonheads) and her vocals totally lack confidence.
It's little wonder then that one of my favorite pieces on the album features Mike Watt on bass and Hatfield on guitar, "Get Off Your Knees". But while the execution is great, the piece itself is marred by weak songwriting. In fact, this is another problem throughout the album-- the pieces on here are largely weak compared to her later material ("The Lights", "Forever Baby") and in many cases are so forgettable that when I'm not playing the record, I can barely recall them ("Lost and Saved", "No Answer").
Of course, it's not all bad-- Hatfield is far too good of a songwriter for that-- "Everybody Loves Me But You" is largely the pinnacle of her jangly pop, and there's a superb bass sound on it (although the vocal would be a lot better if it had any confidence behind it). "Nirvana" and "Ugly" point the way to the future-- the former with its compulsive alternative guitar crunch and glittering chorus, the latter as the first pretty ballad without that jangly sound by Hatfield-- a vehicle she'd return to over and over again throughout her career.
Juliana Hatfield would do much better work in the future, this album is clearly a bridge between the Blake Babies and her solo career. Interested parties should start with the record's followup, "Become What You Are", one of her best and most accessible albums. This is more a curiosity piece than anything else.
Description of Hey Babe
1. Everybody Loves Me But You 2. Lost And Saved 3. I See You 4. The Lights 5. Nirvana 6. Forever Baby 7. Ugly 8. No Outlet 9. Quit 10. Get Off Your Knees 11. No AnswerAlternative Rock CDs
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