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- Summary: The ninth full-length release for the Scottish singer-songwriter was co-produced by Sean Read.
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- Record Label: AED Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Apr 2, 2019Badbea, then, is a spirited and triumphant addition to the discography. It puts a smile on the listener’s face, will make their feet twitch and will on occasion bring an affectionate tear to the eye.
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UncutMar 28, 2019Collins' first album since 2013 sees the singer in pleasingly superb form. [Apr 2019, p.26]
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Apr 1, 2019It's easy enough to be moved by Edwyn Collins' recovery and continued progress; he's truly an inspirational figure. What his continued presence in the recording studio even more wonderful is that his albums keep getting better and better too; deeper and more fully colored and nuanced both in melody and sound.
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Mar 28, 2019Badbea is a key part in Edwyn Collins’ remarkable solo career, one that has defied critics and doctors to wilfully do its own thing. A rich, vastly creative experience, it’s a further sign that Edwyn’s work remains something to treasure.
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Q MagazineMar 28, 2019A record of a very fine sort. [May 2019, p.110]
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Mar 28, 2019Badbea fair glows with uncomplicated affirmations, literally buzzing with Collins’ unique wasp-tone guitar interjections--a sound that no one else has come close to approximating.
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Mar 29, 2019You couldn’t call Badbea wildly original; it’s filled with references to Collins’s musical touchstones (northern soul; the Velvet Underground) and an explicit melodic link to Big Star’s Feel in I’m OK Jack. But Collins is in fine voice, and it’s always a pleasure to have him back.
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