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65 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: This all-covers album includes Smith's takes on songs by Tears For Fears, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. Los Angeles Times
    100
    A bluesy, psychedelic witches' brew that feels like one long, complex incantation to keep us safe, to make us see there is indeed some kinda way out of here.
  2. Mojo
    60
    Although the album is marred by its over-consistent tone, almost any one of these songs taken in isolation--played of the closing credits of The Sopranos, say--would rightfully be hailed as a lost classic. [May 2007, p.118]
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  3. Slant Magazine
    30
    These songs are rendered so faithfully they may as well be karaoke.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. StevenS
    10
    Great CD
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  2. lesg
    10
    Awesome! Best thing I've heard in years...fresh arrangements and interpretations of classic rock.
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  3. ToddW
    0
    There's been maybe a handful of covers done better than their original through the history of rock-n-roll. So why would a Hall of Famer, and I use that term loosely, endeavor to pursue AN ENTIRE ALBUM of covers? Simpletons. She's washed up and needs the money. The sheep who drank the koolaid in wake of Horses will blindly follow Patti wherever she goes, even into the crapper. Which is where this album fits nicely. Patti was on to something working with R.E.M., then she had an unfortunate original thought that she could make a comeback. A lame cover's album is not a good place to start, darlin'.… Expand
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