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- Record Label: Overcoat / Domino
- Release Date: Jan 24, 2006
- Summary: The first collaboration between singer-songwriter Will Oldham and Chicago instrumental post-rockers Tortoise features 10 covers, including takes on songs by Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.
- Record Label: Overcoat / Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 28
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Mixed: 14 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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At times they near the hybrid jazz of The Mars Volta or even the plentiful jam bands that can be found on the boulevards of certain Eastern European shores, but Tortoise's effortless ingenuity and Prince Billy's sensuous and aged voice raise it to a much higher plane.
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MojoMore than a curiosity. [Jan 2006, p.131]
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The Brave and the Bold is a melding of the minds, a comic-book collision of musical forces whose mutant powers turn mere simulation into disturbing mimetic magic.
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BillboardMore often than not, Oldham's signature vocalizing keeps Tortoise from falling back on old sonic tricks. [21 Jan 2006]
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The more adventurous picks on The Brave And The Bold sink more often than they soar.
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In short: We all really wish this was better-- less tiring, less dour, less sluggish-- than it actually is.
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Unbearably bland.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 2 out of 6
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EstanislaoBApr 11, 2006
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JamieSJan 27, 2006
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LeonardoFFeb 8, 2006
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FValeronApr 27, 2006Do not ignore Chris M. my friends. I'm a huge Oldham fan, but this record is nonsense. 'Tis a shame...
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madslJan 30, 2006
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ChrisM.Jan 24, 2006
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