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- Summary: Before reuniting The Pixies, Black recorded this mellow solo disc in four days in a Nashville studio, backed by veteran southern session musicians.
- Record Label: Back Porch / Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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I Burn Today | |
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I knew a girl with sad blue eyes But at the feast I lost my psychic prize I did forget what the tarot maid did say I burn today I burn today Our... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 27
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Mixed: 7 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Entertainment WeeklyBlack's take on Southern soul: spare, graceful, in the pocket, with Black himself sounding reborn and relaxed. [22 Jul 2005, p.78]
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One of his finest hours.
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UncutA quietly remarkable record. [Aug 2005, p.92]
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[Honeycomb has] some of Black’s most mature songwriting to date and a chilled-out sound that plays like the cure to a hangover after a night of Pixies-soundtracked debauchery.
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BlenderCompared with the Pixies, this is conservative and gentlemanly. [Aug 2005, p.109]
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It suffers both in comparison to Black’s other solo material and on its own decidedly alt-country terms.
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The set is just a curio, banking everything on Black's low register, which has the texture but not the stamina to pull off so many slow, velvet lullabies about sour romance.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 22
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Mixed: 0 out of 22
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Negative: 3 out of 22
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KathleenHJul 29, 2005
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YousuckNov 29, 2005What the? How could anyone give this great album a 3 or a 2?
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PaulADec 4, 2007
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TreGJul 22, 2005It warms the cockles of my Brummie heart.
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MatthewSMar 4, 2007Stands out like a shiny dime against the old money of a familiar genre. Positive and uplifting.
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Jan 5, 2012
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ChrisASep 27, 20051solid album (pistolero) out of five purchases?
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