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- Summary: This all-covers album includes Smith's takes on songs by Tears For Fears, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 26
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Mixed: 12 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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A bluesy, psychedelic witches' brew that feels like one long, complex incantation to keep us safe, to make us see there is indeed some kinda way out of here.
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Q MagazineHer most purely enjoyable album since 1978's Easter. [May 2007, p.120]
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Full of slow burning passion and emotion, Twelve is magnificent.
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There is nothing radical or daring about the faithfully rendered tunes we find on Twelve.
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It may not be revolutionary—in fact, if anything, it’s too safe to feel any impulse to disagree with it—but Smith’s conviction is apparent, and her commitment is respectable.
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Entertainment WeeklyAlmost nothing here evokes Smith's old "Go, Rimbaud!" chutzpah. [27 Apr 2007, p.139]
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The problem with Twelve isn't the staid song selection so much as this dogged insistence on staying faithful to the originals.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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JohnPApr 23, 2007Beyond good, absolutely fascinating. Not just a covers record, but something so alive and wonderful it could be the best album of 2007.
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lesgMay 2, 2007Awesome! Best thing I've heard in years...fresh arrangements and interpretations of classic rock.
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StevenSMay 10, 2007Great CD
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snapdragonApr 30, 2007buy!
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JiriV.Oct 25, 2007
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andymMay 2, 2007
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ToddWApr 27, 2007
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