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The Felice Brothers
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: The folk rock band from upstate New York formed by three brothers and their friend releases its first studio album in the US.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    It sounds timeless, yet tossed-off. Best of all, it's a real blast, just like messing around with your drinking buddies (rock legends or not) should be.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Rowdy, vivid, moving and playful, The Felice Brothers is just glorious.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    The songs on this album work together (sometimes roughly, sometimes smoothly) as sketches and vignettes to form an overall artistically thematic picture of the world in which we live. The brothers paint this picture so starkly with gritty hyper-realism that the songs will not and do not appeal to the greater audience of folk music that is still deriving its voice from the love songs of Simon and Garfunkel and Jackson Browne.
  4. AllMusic
    80
    One can't help but wish the 15-track set list included more numbers like 'Frankie's Gun,' which features some of Ian's wittiest lyrics and the brothers' spot-on imitation of the Band, but it's hard to find fault in this collection of earthy ballads and barroom jams.
  5. Spin
    70
    The Felice Brothers aspire to the weird, woozy vibe of the Band's "The Basement Tapes," and often approach it. [Apr 2008, p.96]
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  6. Under The Radar
    70
    When the band puts it all together, they've got a sound all their own--and it's a good one, too. [Spring 2008, p.85]
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  7. PopMatters
    50
    Overall, this is a solid disc which shows potential, but the Felice Brothers aren’t quite there yet.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. drunkenstepdaddad
    Oct 3, 2008
    10
    Holy ghost revialists. go to a show, get baptized again, you won't regret it. on oberst's label, i think and a good fit. bring a flask.
  2. markk
    May 24, 2008
    10
    This is flat out the best album released thus far this year. only boo! by was not was comes close. forget all the references to dylan and the This is flat out the best album released thus far this year. only boo! by was not was comes close. forget all the references to dylan and the band. they are true. these are minstrels first and musicians second. they make phenomenal music and are a refreshing treat to the ears. critics ....quit being so snarky!!… Expand
  4. stevens
    Jun 11, 2008
    9
    Comes off best in live environment, but these witty, literate, whiskey soaked, gritty brothers have, in spades, the real deal magic.
  5. titam
    May 25, 2008
    5
    Well, even the voice tries to be dylan... they managed to copy the sound, but not the magic. Sorry.

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