Pickin' Up The Pieces - Fitz & the Tantrums
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74 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Los Angeles band led by Michael Fitzpatrick goes for 1960s soul on its debut album.
  • Record Label: Dangerbird Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Soul
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Alternative Press
    90
    Thanks to a vintage church organ, a sizzling saxophone and a little recording expertise, Pickin' Up The Pieces' deceptively analog sound has all the crackle and warmth of the music pouring out of an old AM radio. [[Sep 2010, p.109]
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  2. BBC Music
    Aug 26, 2011
    80
    For Fitz and Co, few if any post-60s developments in black dance music are acknowledged. Still, when it's good and exciting, as on the standout Don't Gotta Work It Out, with its simply thrilling keyboard coda, considerations of originality become irrelevant.
  3. Q Magazine
    Sep 22, 2011
    80
    Their debut...has all the right soul/pop/early Motown moves, plus enough retro fizz to get any party started. [Oct 2011, p.130]
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  4. The Guardian
    Aug 26, 2011
    60
    It's fun, but never more than fun.

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