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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release from The Bodysnatchers' Rhoda Dakar features 12 reggae, rocksteady, and ska covers of songs made famous by Louis Armstrong, Patsy Cline, Morrissey, Lou Reed, The Pretenders, and The Rolling Stones.
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  1. May 25, 2023
    80
    The voice charms at every turn, brimming with personality on what might just be the party album of the year.
  2. The Wire
    May 25, 2023
    80
    Here Dakar covers country with “Walking After Midnight” and “Love Hurts”, but the outstanding cuts are her takes on The Kinks’ “Stop Your Sobbing”, as once claimed by The Pretenders, and a remarkably affecting reggae treatment of the old Louis Armstrong chestnut “What A Wonderful World”. [Jun 2023, p.64]
  3. Mojo
    May 25, 2023
    80
    Her lovers rock take of Patsy Cline's Walking After Midnight further strengthens reggae and country's fine romance, and who could have predicted that Morrissey's Everyday Is Like Sunday would sound like an out-take from the Special AKA's IN the Studio when reworked as rocksteady with woozy horns? [Jul 2023, p.82]
  4. Uncut
    May 25, 2023
    60
    She threads Lou Reed's vocal rhythm over the band's brisk skank on "Hangin' Round", while "Song To The Siren" and "The Man Who Sold The World" slip with similar ease into reggae mode. [Jul 2023, p.24]