Hey Babe

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-babe-mw0000077755|title=Hey Babe – Juliana Hatfield|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 29, 2017|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/06/18/juliana-hatfieldhey-babe-mammoth-starstarstarwhen-she-went/|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe (Mammoth)|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=June 18, 1992|access-date=October 29, 2017|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot}}

| rev3 = Classic Pop

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe (25th Anniversary Reissue)|magazine=Classic Pop|issue=39|date=April 2018|last=Biggane|first=Dan|page=100}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1992/05/15/hey-babe/|title=Hey Babe|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 15, 1992|access-date=October 29, 2017|last=Wyman|first=Bill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065759/http://ew.com/article/1992/05/15/hey-babe/|archive-date=October 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite magazine|title=In a 'Field of Her Own|magazine=NME|date=August 8, 1992|last=Lamacq|first=Steve|author-link=Steve Lamacq|page=29}}

| rev6 = The Philadelphia Inquirer

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe (Mammoth)|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=July 2, 1992|last=Wood|first=Sam}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe|magazine=Q|issue=73|date=October 1992|last=Henderson|first=Dave|page=82}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/julianahatfield/albums/album/103909/review/5943783/hey_babe|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 9–23, 1992|access-date=October 29, 2017|last=Tannenbaum|first=Rob|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725233249/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/julianahatfield/albums/album/103909/review/5943783/hey_babe|archive-date=July 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Select

| rev9score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe|magazine=Select|issue=27|date=September 1992|last=Scott|first=Danny|page=77}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 8/10{{cite magazine|title=Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe|magazine=Uncut|issue=251|date=April 2018|last=Watts|first=Peter|page=44}}

}}

The New York Times noted that the album tends "toward bubblegum-sweet melodies and quirky little romantic narratives using the half-mature language of a collegiate creative-writing class."{{cite news |last1=Schoemer |first1=Karen |title=Ex-Lemonhead Pairs Up |work=The New York Times |date=July 15, 1992 |page=C14}}

In a 2018 article, The Guardian referred to the album as a "largely forgotten minor masterpiece."{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Laura |title=Quiet storm: why Juliana Hatfield’s Hey Babe roared as loud as the riot grrrls |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/30/hey-babe-by-juliana-hatfield-roared-as-loud-as-the-riot-grrls |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 September 2024}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Juliana Hatfield, except where noted

| total_length = 43:01

| title1 = Everybody Loves Me but You

| length1 = 3:37

| title2 = Lost and Saved

| writer2 = Hatfield, John Strohm

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = I See You

| length3 = 3:33

| title4 = The Lights

| length4 = 5:22

| title5 = Nirvana

| length5 = 4:05

| title6 = Forever Baby

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Ugly

| length7 = 3:14

| title8 = No Outlet

| length8 = 4:01

| title9 = Quit

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Get Off Your Knees

| length10 = 2:52

| title11 = No Answer

| length11 = 5:26

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Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

• Juliana Hatfield – vocals (all tracks), guitar (2-11), bass guitar (1-6, 8, 9, 11), "horns" (2)
• Evan Dando – guitar (1, 4), vocals (1, 2)
• Chick Graning – slide guitar (8), EBow (8)
• Mike Leahy – guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11)
• Gary Smith – guitar (6)
• Clay Tarver – guitar (5, 10)
• Paul Trudeau – drums (3, 8, 9)
• Michael Wegner – guitar (8, 9)
• Mike Watt – bass (10)
• Todd Philips – drums (1, 2, 4-6, 10, 11)
• John Wesley Harding – vocals (2, 3)

Production

• Gary Smith – producer
• Steve Balcom – executive producer
• Jay Faires – executive producer
• Adam Lasus – engineer
• Carl Plaster – engineer
• Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
• Sean Slade – mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering

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