The Brave and the Bold | |||||
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Studio album by Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | |||||
Released | January 24, 2006 | ||||
Recorded | 2003-2004 | ||||
Studio | Soma Studios | ||||
Length | 39:44 | ||||
Label | Overcoat Recordings | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | B+ |
The Guardian | |
Pitchfork | 5.4/10 |
PopMatters | |
Slant Magazine |
The Brave and the Bold is a 2006 studio album by Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It consists of 10 cover songs. It was released on Overcoat Recordings.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65% based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Amanda Petrusich of Pitchfork gave the album a 5.4 out of 10, stating that "The Brave and the Bold is a collection of not-particularly-compelling cover songs, rolled out by two of contemporary indie's most uncompromising and rewarding forces." Michael J. Kramer of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "a melding of the minds, a comic-book collision of musical forces whose mutant powers turn mere simulation into disturbing mimetic magic."