Brown Submarine
by Boston Spaceships
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  1. BrianM
    Jan 3, 2009
    8
    This is the best Pollard-related album since From A Compound Eye. "Go for the Exit" is the best Pollard tune in ages. This is a must have for GBV fans.
  2. EdgarF.
    Jul 16, 2009
    9
    This and the more recent Boston Spaceships album (not reviewed on Metacritic for some reason) collectively are the best Pollard-related music since GBV's "Isolation Drills," Lots of great reworkings of old Suitcase demos and some new classics here. Even if you've felt burnt before with Pollard releases, these are great entryways back into the fold.

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    70
    Teaming up with some fresh collaborators seems to have done Pollard a world of good after recording the bulk of his post-GBV work with Todd Tobias handling all the instruments; Moen and Slusarenko don't bring a striking level of chops to Brown Submarine, Boston Spaceships' debut album, but their work has an organic feel and a natural energy that helps these sessions sound like the work of a real band.
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  2. Mojo
    80
    The project pushes him into new and different directions, with beat band ballast ('Ate It Twice'), horn-laded soul ('Ready To Pop'), orchestral gloom (the title tracks) and pleasingly weird mini-epics ('Still In Rome'). [Oct 2008]
  3. Pitchfork
    71
    The faster stuff is pretty much in line with the key tracks from "Mag Earwhig!," and the lesser of the slow jams could very well be on any of the records after "Do the Collapse."
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