The Felice Brothers
by The Felice Brothers
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    It sounds timeless, yet tossed-off. Best of all, it's a real blast, just like messing around with your drinking buddies (rock legends or not) should be.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    One can't help but wish the 15-track set list included more numbers like 'Frankie's Gun,' which features some of Ian's wittiest lyrics and the brothers' spot-on imitation of the Band, but it's hard to find fault in this collection of earthy ballads and barroom jams.
  3. Uncut
    80
    Rowdy, vivid, moving and playful, The Felice Brothers is just glorious.
  5. Q Magazine
    80
    They'll have to evolve quickly to avoid being tarred with the copyist brush, but for now it's just dandy. [May 2008, p.135]
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  6. Mojo
    80
    The Bros' songs mostly rollick on witrh the agreeably vaudevillian bonhomie of The Band, when not essaying gloom with swooningly lachrymose balladry. [June 2008, p.114]
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  7. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    The songs on this album work together (sometimes roughly, sometimes smoothly) as sketches and vignettes to form an overall artistically thematic picture of the world in which we live. The brothers paint this picture so starkly with gritty hyper-realism that the songs will not and do not appeal to the greater audience of folk music that is still deriving its voice from the love songs of Simon and Garfunkel and Jackson Browne.
  8. Under The Radar
    70
    When the band puts it all together, they've got a sound all their own--and it's a good one, too. [Spring 2008, p.85]
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  9. Spin
    70
    The Felice Brothers aspire to the weird, woozy vibe of the Band's "The Basement Tapes," and often approach it. [Apr 2008, p.96]
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#20 Most Shared Album of 2008

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. drunkenstepdaddad
    Oct 3, 2008
    10
    Holy ghost revialists. go to a show, get baptized again, you won't regret it. on oberst's label, i think and a good fit. bring a flask.
  2. stevens
    Jun 11, 2008
    9
    Comes off best in live environment, but these witty, literate, whiskey soaked, gritty brothers have, in spades, the real deal magic.
  3. titam
    May 25, 2008
    5
    Well, even the voice tries to be dylan... they managed to copy the sound, but not the magic. Sorry.
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