'few dispute the greatness and importance of Orange Juice in the scheme of things nowadays. Not that they weren't divisive in their time and never more so than when this, their debut album, came out. The first line of the NME review of the record said it all. 'Some people find Orange Juice irritating...' Its writer Leila Sanai going on to emphasise its diversity, itemises what she thinks works well, what works less well, suggests Felicity as the song on the record most likely to achieve the single chart success they clearly craved and overall gives the record a cautious thumbs up.
It's a neat summation of what critics felt about the band and You Can't Hide Your Love Forever. In Sounds meanwhile, Betty Page gave it a thorough slagging, writing it off as contrived amateurism and tooth-rottingly cutesy. It needs saying that Orange Juice willingly put themselves up for such criticism. They came to the album after a string of utterly stunning singles and with their original line up fraying at the edges and just about to split which would lead to Edwyn Collins becoming their de facto leader for the rest of their existence. All in all, they were ripe for a backlash.'
It's a neat summation of what critics felt about the band and You Can't Hide Your Love Forever. In Sounds meanwhile, Betty Page gave it a thorough slagging, writing it off as contrived amateurism and tooth-rottingly cutesy. It needs saying that Orange Juice willingly put themselves up for such criticism. They came to the album after a string of utterly stunning singles and with their original line up fraying at the edges and just about to split which would lead to Edwyn Collins becoming their de facto leader for the rest of their existence. All in all, they were ripe for a backlash.'
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