Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
by Various Artists
  • Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Sep 4, 2020
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 4, 2020
    60
    23 tracks is too many. ... But when it's good - as on Marc Almond's ballady Teenage Dream or David Johansen's R&B stomp through Get It On, it's great. [Oct 2020, p.84]
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  2. Mojo
    Nov 4, 2020
    60
    It feels doubly elegiac, a mood best caught by Nick Cave's tremendous Cosmic Dancer. Even so, there's fun to be had. [Oct 2020, p.86]
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  3. The Quietus
    Nov 4, 2020
    60
    Theoretically there’s enough variety here to take Bolan’s songs in the many and varied directions they deserve. The results, however, are mixed enough to ensure that debates about Bolan’s place in the canon of greatness will continue.
  5. Pitchfork
    Nov 4, 2020
    43
    The oddest development of Angelheaded Hipster is that most of the 20-plus participants opt to inject angst and torpor into Bolan rather than revel in his pomp and frivolity. ... Sadly, Willner’s last great tribute album tells us little about its subject.

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