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With a Little Help from My Fwends
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4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

  • Artist(s): Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Derek Brown
  • Summary: The Wayne Coyne-led band covers The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with guest appearances from such artists as Julianna Barwick, Black Pus, Miley Cyrus, Dr. Dog, Electric Würms, Foxygen, J Mascis, Moby, My Morning Jacket, Phantogram, and Tegan and Sara.
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 16, 2014
    80
    An inspired madman's tribute. [Dec 2014, p.105]
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  2. The 405
    Oct 27, 2014
    80
    This is a scribble to go up on the fridge alongside other much-loved items, even if those items are photographs which remind you what real life looks like. Stick a magnet on it. It's done.
  3. American Songwriter
    Oct 28, 2014
    70
    This is no halfhearted sideshow done on a drug prompted whim, but a serious if twisted and undeniably idiosyncratic re-make/re-model.
  4. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 27, 2014
    65
    It's not a perfect album by any means, but it is a worthy cover of a nigh-on perfect album, capturing the joie de vivre of the original and dousing it in some serious lunacy for good measure. And that's no mean feat.
  5. Uncut
    Nov 11, 2014
    60
    Not everything works as well, but its entertaining enough and a portion of proceeds go to charity. [Dec 2014, p.76]
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  6. Consequence
    Oct 27, 2014
    50
    We’re left with a decent covers album that will probably fare better than their Dark Side tribute.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Oct 27, 2014
    40
    Most of the covers on With a Little Help from My Fwends don't aim for creative rearrangement; they tend more toward pointless sabotage.

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  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. atmosphericrex
    Aug 14, 2015
    2
    What was the need for this? It's a bunch of half-baked attempts to modernize the music of a timeless album. It's like re-recording theWhat was the need for this? It's a bunch of half-baked attempts to modernize the music of a timeless album. It's like re-recording the entirety of "The Dark Side of the Moon" with the lead singer of Black Flag, Henry Rollins. Oh, wait, The Flaming Lips already did that? Damn.… Expand
  2. Jiano74
    Nov 10, 2016
    0
    A cover album of The Beatles is band enough but Sgt. Pepper you couldn't have picked a more iconic album to ruin. At first I listened to thisA cover album of The Beatles is band enough but Sgt. Pepper you couldn't have picked a more iconic album to ruin. At first I listened to this and thought this is bad a score of 2 would be right then I listened to the original and compared and a score of 2 is being generous this cover "album" is dreadful.… Expand

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