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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: January 24, 2006
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Overcoat Recordings
  • ASIN: B000CQQHUY
  • Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,076 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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This first time collaboration between Tortoise and Will Oldham features covers of such artists as Bruce Springsteen ("Thunder Road"), The Minutemen ("It's Expected I'm Gone") Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Daniel"), Lungfish ("Love Is Love"), Richard Thompson ("Cavalry Cross"), and more. The songs are almost unrecognizable to their original versions, yet each was chosen with care and reverence with no sense of irony. The record is undeniably both a Tortoise and a Bonnie "Prince" Billy record, and yet altogether something completely new and exciting.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Cover Album, March 28, 2006
I have to say that what I expected and what I got from this album are two fairly different things. It sounds neither like a Tortoise album or any of Will Oldham's alter-egos. What it does sound like is a new band from where two bands met each other half way. Another words, proving that these musicians are still open to new avenues dispite the success they have already formulated for themselves.
Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy (W.Oldham) took a bunch of cover songs and totally made them their own. I am familiar with the original versions of about half of the songs and they definitely molded them into something new and exciting.
For instance Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road almost sounds like a 70's prog song (a la Genesis)- it's an excellent version. I also love Cravo é Canela, Calvery Cross and It's Expected I'm Gone. Really, there isn't a bad song on here and overall it doesn't feel like an album of cover songs.
I hope they do it again- maybe next time with some originals mixed in. Definitely check this out if you are a Tortoise fan or a Will Oldham fan.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fins to feet for both artists, February 14, 2006
By Stargrazer "the lost mixtape of my life" (deep in the heart of Michigan) - See all my reviews
When I first heard this was coming out, it seemed an unusual pairing. When I learned it would be all covers my interest was even more piqued.

Upon listening and taking some time to digest, I like it quite a bit, although it is a departure for both Tortoise and Will Oldham. Tortoise with vocals? By necessity, they adopt a more conventional approach to song structure. And Oldham outside of his alternative folk mantle, singing Springsteen, Elton John, and the Minutemen?

"Thunder Road" trounces the overwrought original, and "Cravo e Canela" could go on twice as long without any complaint from me. "Daniel" and some of the other songs are less successful, even bearing a whiff of kitsch for kitsch's sake -- but overall the performances are solid, the selections are diverse, and the delivery is superb.
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15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Quality stuff, February 1, 2006
I got this because it was cheap at my local used disc store (Second Spin, in Costa Mesa) and I've generally followed Will Oldham...pretty wacky nutjob he is, too, but he's produced a lot of great, moving and well-written songs. Tortoise, I've also enjoyed...but, I didn't have very high expectations for this. I thought it would be way too out there, too experimental, and that it would drain everything good out of some songs I really loved...Well, I needn't have worried. The songs are treated with reverence, even if, in some cases, they're pretty much unrecognizable...the heart and soul are still there...

Great cover, too.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too bad Amazon doesn't have the individual tracks for sale...
The three stars for this album of covers are solely due to the fantastically brooding version of "Thunder Road". Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kyle Housley

4.0 out of 5 stars Desert driving music
Ever hear a song in a record store(remember those relics?) and get a song stuck in your head. Well, that is what happened to me when I heard this cover of Springsteen's anthem,... Read more
Published on January 3, 2007 by Enrique Torres

1.0 out of 5 stars A Chore to Listen To
I guess, in the interest of full disclosure, I do have to declare that I'm not enamored of the whole Will Oldham esthetic, except that I did (and still do) love "I See a... Read more
Published on September 8, 2006 by rockettsredglare

3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly earth-shaking.
I like Tortoise (a lot) and I also like Bonnie Prince Palace Will Oldham Music Brothers (a lot). But the combination of the two here doesn't yield anything remarkable. Read more
Published on March 14, 2006 by Sensitive Male Indie-Rock Fan

3.0 out of 5 stars I wish I liked it more
Disclaimer: This review is not intended for Tortoise fans, I couldn't tell you anything about this in the context of their output. Read more
Published on February 8, 2006 by Arise Therefore

4.0 out of 5 stars Why do I have to give these stupid things a title?
For me, Tortoise is one of those bands that can practically do no wrong. I say practically because I wasn't such a big fan of Standards, but that's neither here nor there. Read more
Published on February 7, 2006 by D. Alvarez

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
The problem with reviewing cover albums is relying on comparing the new song with the actual classic. Read more
Published on January 29, 2006 by Alexander Weaver

4.0 out of 5 stars Strange
... and good! I bought this today, a day after it was released, and I am very pleased. Purchase, especially if you are a Tortoise fan, as I am.
Published on January 25, 2006 by Trent England

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