Bavarian Fruit Bread
by Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Pitchfork
    56
    Like all of Mazzy Star's releases, Bavarian Fruit Bread works well as a mood piece and makes good background music, but it doesn't reward close listening.
  2. Q Magazine
    60
    The glacial tones and chimes that the Velvet Underground modelled on Sunday Morning are invoked once too often. But, beyond this, Sandoval's sedated, spellbound voice remains a remarkable presence. [Nov 2001]
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  3. The Wire
    50
    Sandoval's overly stylised vocals really start to grate over the distance of a whole LP. [#213, p.65]
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  5. Playlouder
    60
    Sandoval has a voice quite unlike almost any other and perfectly suited to stark, narcoleptic laments, which is what this, with a couple of curious-if-brief instrumental diversions, delivers on a regular basis.
  6. Almost Cool
    50
    Over the course of 12 tracks and almost 50 minutes of music, there are hardly any dynamics to hold the listener's attention.

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88
#88 Best Album of 2001

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