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- Summary: The side project of Robert Pollard release a double album of power pop, the ninth album in three years.
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- Record Label: Guided by Voices
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 12
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Mixed: 5 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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Aug 1, 2011If many of Pollard's post-GBV albums have suggested a man tossing out whatever tunes he came up with this week, Let It Beard is an ambitious, clearly focused attempt to create something out of the ordinary, and it succeeds well enough to feel like a game changer for Pollard and his partners.
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Jul 18, 2011Boston Spaceships is his most accomplished musical vehicle working right now, and Let it Beard is one of the finest releases in his endless discography. Period.
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Aug 9, 2011Let It Beard's 26 songs shoot a bleary-eyed glance at GBV's past with snatches of four-track caterwauling, even as they hurtle into previously unexplored territory like "Chevy Marigold," with its soulful backing vocals.
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Aug 4, 2011Let It Beard's structure, its scope, its knowing nods to an earlier era's excess.
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MojoSep 8, 2011Studded with occasional gems...it's also weighed down by a handful of jokey throwaways and partially realised pop numbers among its 24 tracks. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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Aug 22, 2011It's very long and the songs don't really relate to one another, despite the band's description as "a subconscious concept album about the sorry state of rock n' roll." But Let It Beard certainly seems like a strong statement about something.
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Aug 19, 2011It's just painfully mediocre.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Aug 2, 2011
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