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Bills & Aches & Blues
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  • Summary: The compilation features Becky & The Birds, Big Thief, Bing and Ruth, The Breeders, Bradford Cox, Dry Cleaning, Efterklang, Ex:Re, Future Islands, Aldous Harding, Helado Negro, Jenny Hval, Tkay Maidza, SOHN, Maria Somerville, Spencer., Tune-Yards, and U.S. Girls covering songs from AirThe compilation features Becky & The Birds, Big Thief, Bing and Ruth, The Breeders, Bradford Cox, Dry Cleaning, Efterklang, Ex:Re, Future Islands, Aldous Harding, Helado Negro, Jenny Hval, Tkay Maidza, SOHN, Maria Somerville, Spencer., Tune-Yards, and U.S. Girls covering songs from Air Miami, Birthday Party, Blonde Redhead,Bon Iver, Tim Buckley, Colourbox, Deerhunter, Grimes, His Name Is Alive, Lush, Piano Magic, and the Pixies.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Mojo
    Apr 27, 2021
    80
    When Bills, Aches & Blues works -and it nearly always does - it's more complex, though, pulling together the threads of an enduring artistic legacy to intriguing effect. [Jun 2021, p.85]
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  2. Uncut
    Apr 27, 2021
    70
    The Breeders are a popular choice, covered by Bradford Cox, Big Thief and Tune-Yards (whose "Cannonball" is almost as fun as the original. [Jun 2021, p.33]
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  3. Pitchfork
    Apr 27, 2021
    69
    Bills & Aches & Blues is a frequently impressive assemblage of extraordinary artists running amok through a trove of extraordinary songs, with occasionally uneven results.
  4. Clash Music
    Apr 27, 2021
    60
    Some good, many passable, a few questionable, to say the least. There's plenty here to pick out and enjoy, and that's all that will matter when the single songs are playing in your pocket, but after all the gems the label has given us over the years, 4AD deserved something better.

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