What the Brothers Sang - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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  • Summary: Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie "Prince" Billy collaborated on this tribute release of songs by The Everly Brothers.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Feb 19, 2013
    90
    There's a warmth and life in these songs that goes beyond tribute or reenactment.
  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Feb 19, 2013
    80
    This is heartfelt, sweetly sincere and as good an album as BPB has made for some time.
  3. All Music Guide
    Feb 19, 2013
    80
    Not surprisingly, it's the less propulsive numbers that truly resonate on What the Brothers Sang, as Oldham and McCarthy sound less emotionally constricted at a more measured pace, and when they allow their muses to meet, as they do on highlights like "Breakdown," "What Am I Loving For," and the beautiful closer "Kentucky," the results are transcendent.
  4. Consequence of Sound
    Feb 27, 2013
    60
    The album is more a loving revival than a modernization of some of the Everly Brothers’ lesser-known songs. But when the duo’s influence can still be heard trickling into everything from Fleet Foxes to Animal Collective, it’s hard to claim that What the Brothers Sang does much more than reminisce.

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