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9.0
51208
9.0 |
Blurt
There's a warmth and life in these songs that goes beyond tribute or reenactment
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8.3
51148
8.3 |
A.V. Club
A lively, lovely album — and diverse to boot
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8.0
51131
8.0 |
Mojo
Sung with respect and restraint. Print edition only
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8.0
51062
8.0 |
Clash
Old school country in the very best sense
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8.0
51078
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
This is heartfelt, sweetly sincere and as good an album as BPB has made for some time
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8.0
51100
8.0 |
The Scotsman
A joy from start to finish
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8.0
51230
8.0 |
All Music
It's the less propulsive numbers that truly resonate
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8.0
51405
8.0 |
Q
A revelation from start to finish. Print edition only
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7.6
51211
7.6 |
Bowlegs
To stand alone as a fine addition to BPB and McCarthy’s canon of work is one thing – to remind us, or indeed introduce us, to the genius that is The Everly Brother is another. This record achieves both
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7.0
51426
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Plays like a lovingly made mixtape taken to the extreme: material so beloved that Oldham and McCarthy share it with you by actually performing i
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7.0
51130
7.0 |
Uncut
Replete with country hues and wonderfully cosy harmonies. Print edition only
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7.0
51163
7.0 |
The 405
The way their voices entwine and breathe life into a legendary act often by-passed by today's music fans makes What the Brothers Sang very worthy of your attention
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7.0
51190
7.0 |
Pitchfork
A spirited album, yet somehow slight
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6.0
51061
6.0 |
The Independent
Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Faun Fables' Dawn McCarthy avoid the obvious hits in favour of more unfamiliar items
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6.0
51063
6.0 |
The Skinny
There are no radical reworkings here, but rather well-considered reflections of the brothers’ key hallmarks
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6.0
51508
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s hard to claim that What the Brothers Sang does much more than reminisce
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6.0
51242
6.0 |
PopMatters
Succeeds in creating fresh material from a source that has often served as inspiration in the past
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