- Record Label: Capitol
- Release Date: Jan 7, 2014
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Jan 7, 2014In the end, the artists generally do masterful jobs exposing the power of Gabriel’s songwriting--their interpretations are all thoughtful and respectful. Covers albums are rarely essential--and this one isn’t perfect--but And I’ll Scratch Yours was certainly worth the wait.
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Jan 7, 2014[Peter Gabriel's] chosen artists respond with excellent covers of Gabriel classics.
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Jan 6, 2014Even though its origins are a bit unique, And I’ll Scratch Yours is still your garden-variety tribute album, subject to all of the perks and limitations that such projects tend to contain.
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UncutOct 10, 2013Less ambitious than the album that spawned it, but a worthy companion piece nonetheless. [Nov 2013, p.71]
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Sep 25, 2013The result is a slightly odd, somewhat disjointed response, and one that serves to highlight just how daunting it is to tackle a cover from the former Genesis frontman’s catalogue.
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Oct 16, 2013While it’s a shame Radiohead and Bowie in the flesh couldn’t make it to the sessions, Gabriel’s concept fulfills its original intention: to show everyone a little appreciation and respect, even if the end result comes out a butcher shop’s tribute to a man whose melodic craftsmanship is beyond approximation.
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Jan 6, 2014With other contributions from folks like Bon Iver, Regina Spektor, Randy Newman, and Paul Simon, it’s an interesting, if uneven, experiment but Gabriel fans will likely find versions that scratch their itch.
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Jan 6, 2014This record completes the project, but feels less like a whole listening experience and more of a thought experiment into tribute, ownership, and what it means to love a song enough to recontextualize it on your own terms.
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Oct 17, 2013There are too many shifts in mood here from track to track--but it is without question a worthwhile record, as its best moments are strong, substantive reinterpretations that illustrate just how good a songwriter Peter Gabriel is.
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Q MagazineOct 16, 2013Radiohead refused to take part, but everyone else has embraced the idea, albeit with predictably mixed results. [Nov 2013, p.107]
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MojoOct 16, 2013Enjoyable, though less revelatory, Arcade Fire's Games Without Frontiers, Joseph Arthur's agonised Shock The Monkey and Lou Reed's Jokily grindscaping Solsbury Hill contrast with Paul Simon's restrained Biko. [Nov 2013, p.91]
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Sep 25, 2013Very few of them add anything much at all to the original versions, which may be out of reverence or it may be a testament to the fierce identities of the songs themselves.
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Oct 18, 2013And I’ll Scratch Yours is interesting in turns, but most of it is really just a disguised form of recycling.
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Sep 25, 2013As a double album, Scratch might have produced something like an elaborate mixtape with originals on one side of the Maxell and covers on the other. In execution, however, I’ll Scratch Yours plays like another artifact of the 90s, this one less fondly remembered.
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Sep 25, 2013All in all, it’s hard to see this appealing to anyone other Gabriel completists.