"Best of all is Macarthur Park, that poetic masterpiece of heartbreak, which Bassey pours the drama into, although to hear her turn Hey Jude into a camp anthem is quite something. A fitting swansong to 60 years in showbiz".
"At 77 years of age, Bassey still has an impressively powerful voice - it's one of the most unmistakable vocals in music history, and she sounds as emotion-filled as ever throughout Hello Like Before ... The trouble is that most of Hello Like Before is pretty predictable".