The Brave and the Bold
Studio album by
Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)
Recorded2003-2004
StudioSoma Studios
Length39:44
LabelOvercoat Recordings
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Superwolf
(2005)		 The Brave and the Bold
(2006)		 The Letting Go
(2006)
Tortoise chronology
It's All Around You
(2004)		 The Brave and the Bold
(2006)		 A Lazarus Taxon
(2006)

The Brave and the Bold is a 2006 collaborative studio album by Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It was released on Overcoat Recordings. It consists of interpretations of ten songs originally by a wide range of musicians.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
The Guardian[4]
Pitchfork5.4/10[5]
PopMatters[6]
Slant Magazine[7]

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".[1]

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."[5] 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."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artist(s)Length
1."Cravo E Canela"Milton Nascimento3:09
2."Thunder Road"Bruce Springsteen6:28
3."It's Expected I'm Gone"Minutemen3:21
4."Daniel"Elton John4:59
5."Love Is Love"Lungfish3:31
6."Pancho"Don Williams3:13
7."That's Pep!"Devo2:41
8."Some Say (I Got Devil)"Melanie Safka3:33
9."The Calvary Cross"Richard Thompson5:08
10."On My Own"Quix*o*tic3:41

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 77
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 23
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 31

References

  1. 1 2 "The Brave And The Bold by Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Westergaard, Sean. "The Brave and the Bold - Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Murray, Noel (February 1, 2006). "Tortoise And Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave And The Bold". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Simmons, Sylvie (January 12, 2006). "Tortoise / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Brave and the Bold". The Guardian. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Petrusich, Amanda (January 25, 2006). "TortoiseBonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave and the Bold". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Kramer, Michael J. (March 29, 2006). "Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy: The Brave and the Bold". PopMatters. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ Newlin, Jimmy (February 14, 2006). "Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave and the Bold". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tortoise %26 Bonnie %22Prince%22 Billy – The Brave And The Bold" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Heatseekers Albums - February 11, 2006". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Independent Albums - February 11, 2006". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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