Album Notes

The Maggies debut album, from 1998.

"Stuffed with vivid guitars and gorgeous melodies, The Maggies is a movie you won't want to end. By now, in case you can't tell, I've become a big Maggies fan. Yes, yes, I know they are obsessed with classic '60s pop. But what does it matter when confronted with four musicians with such a gift for melody, harmony and arrangement? The songs are perfectly pulled together, with all you could want and not a sixteenth note wasted. Brilliant! Top-notch pop, this." -- Alternative Press

"One listen to the Maggies' first CD 'Homesick' and songs like 'A Different Sun' and 'Star On Wheels' will be coursing through your veins like liquid sunshine." -- Hayley Kaufman, Boston Globe, March, 2000.

"From moment one, this Northampton, MA quartet brings to mind the cool combo of Juliana Hatfield/Blake Babies chilling and dramatic pop with the B-52's (without all the quirk, tho) and that is VERY, very cool, trust me. Mixing male/female vocal counterpoint on almost every track and making it work seamlessly, The Maggies utilize cellos, chamberlins, sax, casios and violins to embellish to the hipness of the sound, but while that is really cool and totally works, their songs stand strongly, proudly, one after another(12 total) and this intelligent bands' material features mecurial dynamic shifts that blend melody and lyrical punch that echo the ringing clarity of Chris Von Sneidern's most melodic charm and strummability and the wily transgressions of such Adult-ish bands like early 10,000 Maniacs. Very Highly Recommended!" - Notlame.