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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  5. 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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  6. 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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#88 Best Album of 2001

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