★★★★★
Clever cross-marketing has the release of Dedicated coinciding with the airing of new episodes of the girls' TV Guide Network reality show Still Holding On but really the timing is not that critical considering that the songs included here are timeless...
- www.antimusic.com
2012-05-10
★★★★★
Enjoying renewed interest since their cameo in last year's hit comedy Bridesmaids, the trio best known for early 1990s hits like Hold On, Release Me and You're in Love is back with a new album featuring covers of songs by the legendary bands their parents were members of. Respectively the daughters of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and of The Mamas & the Papas' John and Michelle Phillips, Carnie and Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips have a way with vocal harmonies, no doubt...
- hour.ca
2012-04-05
★★★★★
Mixing close three-part harmony with a powdery sweetness, Wilson Phillips are like a hybrid of Dixie Chicks and Pixie Stix. Between crisp country and penny candy, the pleasant heiresses of pleasant West Coast dreams sprinkled the early '90s with their pleasant brand of CalPop...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Genealogically, Chynna's group--the elaborately arranged professional folk-rock of her mama and papa, rather than the obsessively reworked private surf-rock of Carnie and Wendy's boyish dad, are where their (and the world's) polished pop comes from, and their fashion sense is Laurel Canyon a land-grab later...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
I was one of those snobby critics who didn't like Wilson Phillipswhen their first album came out two years ago. What really put me offwas something more personal than the group's fluffy, mostly anonymousmusic: Sisters Wendy and Carnie Wilson and their lifelong friendChynna Phillips were barely past their teens and yet already seemedto live wholly in the dreamland of the entertainment biz...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
No, they're not a WASP law firm. Instead, you might call the threeyoung women in this group pop music princesses. That's because two ofthem are daughters of Beach Boy Brian Wilson; the parents of thethird are John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.They've been friends since they were babies. But calling them "princesses" isn't quite fair. Their liveshaven't been easy. You can guess that even if you haven't readbiographies of their parents...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
A pleasant, harmony-filled pop-rock album, featuring hits such as "Hold On," "Release Me, " and "You're in Love."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-26