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- Record Label: Capitol
- Release Date: Jan 7, 2014
- Summary: The companion album to Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back features cover songs by artists he had covered on that 2010 release.
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- Record Label: Capitol
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 15
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Mixed: 9 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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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 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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Jan 7, 2014[Peter Gabriel's] chosen artists respond with excellent covers of Gabriel classics.
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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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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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Sep 25, 2013All in all, it’s hard to see this appealing to anyone other Gabriel completists.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Jan 25, 2014
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