"Her unlikely 1995 hit I Kissed A Girl was sexy and amusing. But this album is her own shaggy Tapestry, a song cycle about growing up in the '70s (yet never quite growing up) that captures the fizzy thrill of the era's AM radio pop."
[Listed as one of "The Best Records You Didn't Hear in 2004"]

—(Editorial Staff), Tracks Magazine

"It's Sobule's gift, and the core of her humanity, that she cherishes her characters just as they are. She renders their lives with a sweet humor that never flinches from the sad truth... As always, Sobule shows a great eye for satire... [but she] lends her tales an extra layer of tenderness through her deadpan vocal delivery. Her Bacharach-like lounge-pop tunes also keep things light. But underneath the froth lies Sobule's need to speak honestly about what it's like to live mainly inside your head."
[Listed as one of the "Magnificent 7 ... terrific recent CDs that slipped under the mainstream radar"]

—Jim Farber, New York Daily News

"Each record [Jill Sobule has] released ... has been better than the last... Her lyrics are always catchy and funny and smart; her hooks and choruses are always fine-tuned and elusive... There's a truth to her stories; it's impossible to avoid. Not that anyone except a total sourpuss would want to."

—Will Hermes, All Things Considered, National Public Radio

"Jill Sobule shares with her old pal, the late Warren Zevon, a skewed view of the world and a gift for a story well told. But where Zevon was often acerbic, there is a warmth to Sobule's world view... On her debut with Zevon's former label Artemis, Sobule's compassionate, loopy but loving world vision is on the mark, her songwriting prowess is in high gear and her musical approach is clever without being cloying... It's wise, witty and warm material from a singer-songwriter who, alas, has flown under radar too often throughout her career."

—Jeff Wisser, Chicago Sun-Times

"It's criminal that Sobule hasn't had a major hit since 1995's I Kissed a Girl, especially since this CD's ... title track is one of the catchiest pieces of ear candy in recent memory."

—Michael Slezak, Entertainment Weekly

"Underdog Victorious is the kind of album that makes listeners feel smart... Where other 'quirky' musicians stagnate or flameout, Sobule only gets stronger. Underdog Victorious is her triumph-tinged proof that in the gets-better-with-every-album race, she's the rare real deal."

—Tammy La Gorce, amazon.com

"In 1995, Jill Sobule broke through with the wry, lesbian-chic anthem I Kissed a Girl. Nearly 10 years later, on her breezy, winning fifth album, she refuses to rattle her chains... She's unabashed about the lifelong pleasure she's taken in '60s and '70s A.M. radio... Sobule's not just reworking old sounds, she's got them in her blood — proving that pop's cruelly short attention span can hurt, but it can make you stronger, too."

—Stephanie Zacharek, Blender

"... all of the sarcasm, wit, keen observation, and big-sister charm that fans have come to expect from the tenacious New Yorker... Sobule is a true pop aficionado, and her melodies have never suffered from the run-of-the-mill, singer/songwriter trappings of the genre... "

—James Christopher Monger, AMG

"... neither the material nor its execution is as simple as it first seems. Sobule is a deft ironist. She is smart and original, a treasure undervalued by inevitable association with countless lessers who also happen to be singing about going to the laundromat in Brooklyn."

—David Hadju, The New Republic

"... as solid as efforts by any number of hipster faves, and five times as catchy."

—(Editorial Staff) Time Out New York