Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York.
The son of 1970s pop star and hit songwriter Albert Hammond (best known for the hits "It Never Rains In Southern California" and "When I Need You") and the rhythm guitarist in the Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. makes his solo debut with the charming YOURS TO KEEP. Removed from the drop-dead New York cool of his day job, Hammond reveals himself to be a man after his father's easygoing SoCal heart. The original songs on YOURS TO KEEP are largely sunny pop tunes with strong echoes of post-SMILEY SMILE Beach Boys and Lindsey Buckingham's quirkier tunes with Fleetwood Mac. This American edition adds two covers not found on the 2006 British version--Guided By Voices' "Postal Blowfish" and Buddy Holly's "Well All Right."

Magnet (p.99) - "Studded with bells and vocal echoes, folky torch song 'Blue Skies' is startlingly intimate and gentle....YOURS TO KEEP is a delightful surprise."