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I'm Having Fun Now

Jenny and Johnny

I'm Having Fun Now

Rilo Kiley singer and indie pop darling Jenny Lewis teams up with her boyfriend Johnny Rice for an album of laidback country-pop

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Warner Brothers
UK Release date
31/08/2010
  1. 10.0 |   God Is In The TV

    This is a phenomenal listen from two phenomenal artists
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  2. 9.0 |   The Observer

    An unsentimental delight
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  3. 9.0 |   DIY

    Do yourself a favour and get this album
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  4. 8.5 |   BBC

    If you’re California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day, this is a blast. Forget She & Him; Jenny and Johnny are alt-pop’s hot, fun couple
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It's continuing evidence of Lewis's rapid artistic evolution. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Rarely has emotional repression sounded so coy, or so appealing
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  7. 8.0 |   Eye Weekly

    The fun these lovers are having is infectious, and their fruitful union deserves far more radio play than it’s likely to get
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  8. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The overall concept of making an album together, one where they remain themselves and make the other a better performer, is worth all the X’s and O’s one could ever muster
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  9. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Jenny and Johnny are a fresh pop-rock-indie duo that are less She & Him and more His (Tom Petty) & Hers (Stevie Nicks)
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  10. 8.0 |   State

    A recording chemistry that can’t be faked and contagious harmonies that you’ll be singing for weeks on end. Most of all, it’s great fun
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  11. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Throughout the album guitars jangle round every corner
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  12. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    Most of the album’s stellar moments belong to Jenny Lewis, blessed as she is with a sweeping voice and the songwriting nous to make it work
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  13. 7.0 |   Spin

    I'm Having Fun Now is all whimsical, tongue-in-cheek cutesiness, but with songs this sugary, it'd be churlish to complain
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  14. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    As long as Jenny and Johnny keep things this ebullient and easy, the honeymoon period never has to come to an end
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  15. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    What they have here is a commendable effort that brings the best out of each of them, and while their formula hardly stops you in your tracks, this is an LP that does exactly what it says on the tin
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  16. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    They’re pretty, they’re young, they’re talented and they make some simple, delightful music, who’s complaining?
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  17. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    I'm Having Fun Now is a triumph of symbiosis: She brings him to life, adding buoyancy and playfulness to his self-serious aesthetic, while he adds a welcome counterpoint to her vocals
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  18. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    J&J's vocals blend beautifully throughout
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  19. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Lewis' and Rice's individual work in the past has been serious, literate and multi-dimensional; I'm Having Fun Now is lighthearted, literal and straightforward. And, indeed, fun
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  20. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    It's like Lewis and Rice are merely coasting on their own strengths, leaving the record to fall short on meeting its full potential
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  21. 6.0 |   Q

    It's the most jaunty-sounding affair to bear either's name. Print edition only

  22. 6.0 |   NME

    Charming
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  23. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    The pair's sound is comfortable – somewhere between 1980s indie jangle pop, 1960s Byrds-type guitar chiming and modern MOR
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  24. 5.0 |   The Fly

    Somewhere between tribute and pastiche, never really capturing the excitement of the time it’s trying to emulate
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  25. 4.4 |   Beats Per Minute

    I’m Having Fun Now does share some of the Phil Spector era pop sounds that Lewis has employed in the past, however, the songs do not reach the same emotional depths
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