★★★★★
Peter Wolf's Midnight Souvenirs borrows heavily from AM radio in the 1970's, and stays firmly in the middle of that road. There is the obvious blues influenced rock and roll, as well as the obligatory soul and country. While Wolf is primarily known for the former, it is the later which provides the best tracks. The album is highlighted by three incredible well done duets with Shelby Lynne, Neko Case and Merle Haggard...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
When Peter Wolf was the jive-talkin', diddy-boppin' frontman for the J. Geils Band, he presided over one of the greatest rock and roll house parties on the planet. Throughout the '70s and early '80s, the band's live shows were sweaty, legendary, and faces were blown out every night. Wolf was the master of ceremonies, quick-witted, hyper-cool, and a ferocious showman who grabbed audiences by their collective jugular and wrung them dry...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
"Love kills time, and time kills love," Peter Wolf sings on Midnight Souvenirs, but this delightful new album makes one thing clear: Nothing can kill Wolf's charm, musicality and youthfulness. His first release in eight years, Souvenirs shows off the virtues that have made Wolf's work a pleasure through 16 years as lead singer with the J. Geils Band and now seven solo albums since 1984...
- www.rollingstone.com
2010-04-08
★★★★★
This Boston music legend's metamorphosis from party animal to monster songwriter became complete with his previous solo album, 2002's Sleepless, a superbly crafted group of songs plucked from the J. Geils Band frontman's interesting life among the artistic elite and the populace of the demi-monde. Although his latest is less personal, it has a similarly broad emotional scope and a warm sonic palette far from the house-rocking R&B that's the foundation of his four-decade career...
- thephoenix.com
2010-04-01
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Though the big deal is supposed to be the way collaborator Michael Jonzun brings Wolf's r&b into the space age, there's more electronic pizzazz in current Chaka or Ashford & Simpson. Such sweet sleepers as "I Need You Tonight" and "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Here Comes That Hurt Again," all of them originals, sound like obscure Motown covers. In short, a gratifyingly unassuming solo breakaway.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Wolf's propensity to rev into high gear has always been his undoing. Only when he lightens up can he uncover what little nuance he has at his disposal. His solo debut was coproduced by space monkey Michael Jonzun. It was playful. This one's coproduced by his engineer. It's mechanical.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
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