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Picture of Bunny Rabbit
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The compilation features nine unreleased tracks from avant-garde/experimental cellist Arthur Russell, who passed away in 1992.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Mojo
    Jun 29, 2023
    100
    Even Russell's most intimate recordings could make him feel like a phantom; as details are filled in, the phantom expands. [Aug 2023, p.94]
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  2. Pitchfork
    Jun 29, 2023
    90
    Picture of Bunny Rabbit offers the chill of encountering more of a beloved artist’s classic work in the moment they made it. There’s something near-holy about overhearing Russell in this magic half-light again.
  3. Clash Music
    Jun 29, 2023
    90
    Hopefully we won’t have long to wait for the next instalment but before that let’s just bask in the beauty of this beautiful album.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 29, 2023
    90
    The more menacing "Fuzzbuster #09" could almost be an interlude on Sonic Youth's Confusion Is Sex. A few other discoveries are equally astonishing. [Jul 2023, p.48]
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  5. Resident Advisor
    Jul 24, 2023
    90
    Huge credit is due to Audika: while Picture Of Bunny Rabbit is an archival compilation built from disparate sources, it feels like the kind of asymmetrical, twisty little solo album Russell would have made himself, not just a bonus disc.
  6. AllMusic
    Jun 29, 2023
    90
    So much of Russell's work contained a playful curiosity, but that sweet character never felt so apparent as it did with the delicate intensity of World of Echo. Picture of Bunny Rabbit's continuance of that pure spirit is a gift to anyone with a special place in their heart for Russell, and even more evidence of just how peerless he was an artist.

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  1. sbtnsbtn
    Aug 1, 2023
    9
    A mix between ambient and some of Russell experimentation, the album is a beautiful constructed anthology about what makes Russell music so great
  2. jens76
    Aug 9, 2023
    8
    I feel it. I fu** the world. Great Album, everything fits. Ich bin neu hier, belassen wir es so.
  4. Lajaleaa
    Jul 19, 2023
    6
    This is one of those cases in which hearing an album is more about being supportive than actually making any statement. This is my first timeThis is one of those cases in which hearing an album is more about being supportive than actually making any statement. This is my first time listening to Arthur Russell and, honestly, I'm not sure how honored Russell would be about this, but I'm happy we can still find a use, a place and an opportunity for his sound to echo in our world and heart.… Expand

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