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iTunes Session [EP]
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  • Summary: The eight-track EP includes covers of Leonard Cohen's Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye and the Fruit Bats' When U Love Somebody.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Aug 11, 2011
    91
    All the better to hear the magnificent storytelling on "Shankill Butchers," the gentlest hymn ever written about throat slashers. [9 Aug 2011, p.75]
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    Aug 11, 2011
    80
    iTunes Sessions does it again with a rewarding little surprise that none of us were really anticipating, but are plenty glad to add to the collection
  3. Rolling Stone
    Aug 11, 2011
    70
    They attack their back catalog with relish, jamming on jangly gems from this year's The King Is Dead, and breathing fresh life into older tunes.
  4. Pitchfork
    Aug 11, 2011
    61
    The EP's lackluster tracklist leaves iTunes Session seeming clunky and unrepresentative--like it's not a full set, but an excerpt from a larger show.
  5. AllMusic
    Jan 18, 2012
    60
    Eight cuts from the bookish indie rockers, including early favorites.
  6. PopMatters
    Aug 25, 2011
    50
    There seems to be a real paucity of creativity within the band right now, a flaw that the iTunes Session EP, with its almost exact recreation of album cuts, all but makes more real and palatable.

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