★★★★★
Sorry, girls (and guys)--live inspection reveals that the sleek stud on the cover (and in the ads) is as pudgy and sloppy as his voice. He even has jowls. Watch those cheeseburgers, Eddie boy, or you'll never get to the caviar.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Oh, no, notanother gone-acoustic disc ? and in this case from someone not knownfor either subtlety or nuance. But Eddie Money is such a lovable lunkheadthat these clunky, heartfelt renditions of hits (including "TwoTickets to Paradise") have more charm and warmth than Mariah Carey,for one, could manage. And at seven songs, Unplug It In ? Acoustic EP is over before you knowit. B
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
When Ford wants to sell you anew car, they show the old model, then change its shape with computergraphics. When Columbia wants to sell you a new Eddie Money album,they change his shape by trick cover photography and hope you won'tlook for the spare tire. Though workaday album rocker Eddie may seeman anachronism these days, the essential good-hearted-bozo image heestablished with 1978's "Baby Hold On" has worn well with time ? mostlikely because it never promised that much in the first place...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Avoiding the endearing klutziness of his underrated '70s and '80s hits, Eddie Money's trying to be a serious soul man nowadays. Big mistake: Despite gospel climaxes and occasional dark keyboards, it's not long before Love and Money meanders into a pile of mid-tempo romance-pain clichés and startsto feel like a pain in the neck. C+
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Money, who started as a New York cop moonlighting in bar bands, became
a likable meathead of a rock star in the Eighties. Now he's returned to
his musical roots (although he apparently hasn't reclaimed the badge)
with a dozen cover versions of hoary rock crowd-pleasers, from "Land of
1000 Dances" to "Build Me Up Buttercup." Money's liner notes feature
lots of exclamation points ("A real tear-jerker!
Ray Charles is so cool!"); alas, Money brings nothing
to these songs except enthusiasm.
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Eddie Money is the state-of-the-art example of a new breed: the rock & roller as corporate thug. With songs that amount to nothing more than a set of swaggering poses, Money's professionally badass. He peddles crass venality as proof of toughness, bullying as a way of being cool.To give Money his due, he's gotten a little subtler on Playing for Keeps...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
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