Critic's Review
Jim Newsom, All Music Guide
Kicked off by the delicious pop confection "White Lies," 1 + 1 is the best of Nils Lofgren's work with his trio Grin. That single never got higher than number 75, though, and the album sold very little outside of Lofgren's home base in the northern Virginia and Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. Nonetheless, this is an enjoyable recording produced by Neil Young associate David Briggs. Lofgren's guitar playing is strong throughout, and the songs are often cleverly constructed and quite catchy, if lightweight. His high-pitched singing voice sounds better when he's not trying to be gravelly and works fairly well in the power-pop settings that inform most of this disc.
