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Bird on Broken Wing
Down on her street, I've got someone I really want you to meet In good time, like all things A prayer for a plum Up all night waiting for the mail to... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Jun 19, 2014
    80
    It’s a cracked, smart and surprisingly powerful album, you just have to listen a bit closer than usual to hear what it’s trying to say.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 13, 2014
    80
    A compelling record, in which the moments of sudden tenderness stand strongest. [Jul 2014, p.105]
  3. 80
    This is challenging Americana that never takes its audience, or its influences, for granted.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 13, 2014
    70
    It's to The Felice Brothers' credit that Favorite Waitress never quite becomes oppressively earnest, though it's a near thing at a couple points. [Jul 2014, p.75]
  5. Jun 16, 2014
    70
    The overall effect is a band that's dug in their heels in the studio and is going to make the most of the way the individual voices bounce off one another, and if they're shooting for something less challenging on Favorite Waitress, the feel of the music clearly seems to suit them.
  6. Magnet
    Jun 13, 2014
    65
    Like many arch songwriters, the band tends to drop images and melodies from its favorite tunes into its work, phrases that add little sparks of frission to the Brothers' already strong melodic structure. [No. 110, p.54]
  7. 50
    As great as the album’s opening four songs might be, they hardly break new ground for the Felices.

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  1. Jun 26, 2014
    10
    This album is a must have. It has a varied collection of songs, yet maintains cohesion. Incredible lyrics! I loved it the first time IThis album is a must have. It has a varied collection of songs, yet maintains cohesion. Incredible lyrics! I loved it the first time I listened, but get more and more hooked with each play! Expand