AllMusic2012afafStephen Thomas Erlewine2012"When these sweet reinterpretations are combined with the straight-ahead rockers, Long Wave adds up to a blueprint in reverse for Lynne; by going to back to his beginnings, he winds up figuring out why he went in the direction he did".Læs anmeldelse
BBC musicd. 28. sep. 2012afafChris Robertsd. 28. sep. 2012"Don't expect ELO-style baroque-and-rococo flourishes: for the most part Long Wave ticks with paced, poignant precision. There's further subdued romance in the readings of Rodgers and Hammerstein's If I Loved You and the evergreen She, once crooned by Charles Aznavour".Læs anmeldelse