3 ...according to our Clinton on 27 November 2006.
Oh God. Although they've once or twice come up with some great
records I often think that Tortoise are taking the piss. Same with Bonnie
Prince Billy. It always seems as though he's laughing into his sleeve at the
gullibility of his loyal fans. Well now they've both got together to take
the piss out of the record buying public again with a covers album that has
about 4 decent tunes to 6 useless ones. Top of the 'good' pile comes 'Love is
Love' by Lungfish - a great tune made even better by Bonny Prince
Billy's heartfelt moan. They ruin Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road'
amid a river of twiddly guitar solo's and Yes like whiny keyboards....and
whatever 'Pancho' by David Hanner is supposed to be , I was ready to
march right round to Will Oldham's house and yank his beard off its
hinges with my bare hands. Still, nice versions of songs by Richard Thompson
and Quixotic end the album on a high note and you'll forget all about
the indecipherable child like sprawl of Devo's 'That's Pep' that
comes before. So a mixed bag then.........On Domino.
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What their label says...
Will Oldham teams up with Tortoise, the acclaimed Chicago post-rock/neo-Kraut rock collective and the result is this beautiful collection of 10 cover songs.
Side A A1. Cravo e Canela A2. Thunder Road A3. It's Expected I'm Gone A4. Daniel A5. Love Is Love Side B B1. Pancho B2. That's Pep! B3. Some Say (I Got Devil) B4. Cavalry Cross B5. On My Own
