- Record Label: Republic
- Release Date: Apr 6, 2018
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Apr 6, 2018This feels like an album designed more to move tickets for his farewell tour, even if the first 60 shows did sell out on day one. You do get some selections on Revamp where the guests assert their personalities in interesting enough ways.
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Apr 6, 2018When it’s good, Revamp is very good. When it’s bad, it’s awful. And in between there’s the requisite amount of anonymous competence.
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Apr 6, 2018The best moments on Revamp, featuring big names from pop, rock and R&B, are those least faithful to the originals. ... Less successful are efforts of John's glam-pop heirs, like Lady Gaga, who tries and fails to match the master's rococo ebullience.
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May 3, 2018Revamp is a mixed bag. Several of the artists here take chances with the tunes, and at times are wildly successful. ... When things are bad, however, they are bad.
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Apr 9, 2018Taken on its own terms, Revamp is dull, but its companion album Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin--a modern country tribute that takes chances--reveals what a missed opportunity this is.
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Positive: 6 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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Apr 10, 2018Listen to the covers by Alessia Cara, Ed Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, Lady Gaga, and Queens of the Stone Age. I wasn't a big fan of the rest.
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