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Entertainment WeeklyThe twosome's gleeful confections are more than a little over-the-top, but repeat listens will reveal some truely indelible melodies beneath those stylistic frills. [17 Aug 2007, p.73]
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Multi-instrumentalist/producer Junior masters JS's many loves without having to scale them down, and expands Don't Stop's compact party into a show of force.
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Their heavenly mix of mix of giddy silliness, pop smarts and pop culture overload makes Hey Hey My My Yo Yo a fun-filled, joyride from beginning to end.
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The b-b-beat continues on Hey Hey My My Yo Yo. In fact, the songs here are more catchy, and yes, more fun.
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Finally receiving distribution in the U.S., Junior Senior's Hey Hey My My Yo Yo sounds every bit as fresh and exuberant now as it first did in the summer of 2005.
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SpinThe Danish duo condense pop's last 45 years into the pure, simple essence of an early Jackson 5 single. [Sep 2007, p.132]
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There are some very danceable tracks on the outfit's second release, but nowhere is there a worldwide hit to be found.
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Skeptics be damned that's just what Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is, an improvement and distillation of the duo's sound.
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Junior Senior have not just produced a follow-up to their debut, but a damn good one as well.
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The songs have as much personality as ever, reviving bygone styles, from falsetto lite-funk to electro proto-rap, with goofball energy and a music geek’s careful ear.
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Hey Hey is sharper than "D-Don’t," filled out and throbbing like soul should be, not burdened with the entropy of a smattered ramshackle collection all heart and no brains.
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Hey Hey is an impressively cohesive collection of pop songs.
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Sometimes you really just don’t feel like dancing--and that’s something the poppy Danish duo Junior Senior doesn’t understand.
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Junior Senior's track-building smarts and way with a hook add up to non-annoying bliss on a handful of tracks.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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MichaelSNov 16, 2007
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NickP.Sep 10, 2007
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YeboP.Sep 6, 2007It is a 10 out of 10.