Rave on Buddy Holly
by Various Artists
Entertainment Weekly: "Nineteen acts interpret proto-rocker Holly's canon with vigorous invention....Holly's beautiful songs retain their gleam..." -- Grade: A-
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CD Details
- Released: June 28, 2011
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Fantasy
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.101
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Patti Smith's slow, haunted redesign of 'Words of Love' is this album's most faithful salute. She delivers the song like a precious wish -- just the way Holly wrote it."Spin - p.78
"Rock'n'roll pioneer Buddy Holly was no stodgy purist, an idea the best of this all-star tribute adopts gracefully..."Entertainment Weekly - p.73
"Nineteen acts interpret proto-rocker Holly's canon with vigorous invention....Holly's beautiful songs retain their gleam..." -- Grade: A-Uncut - p.100
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] mixed bag, ranging from imaginative reinventions to faithful recreations..."Q (Magazine) - p.114
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's The Black Keys, Florence Welch and Julian Casablancas who walk the line between homage and reinvention most deftly."Mojo (Publisher) - p.99
4 stars out of 5 -- "[F]ormer Hollies harmonizer Graham Nash concludes everything with a beautiful 'Raining In My Heart'..."Paste (magazine) - "The album opens with The Black Keys performing an emotionally taught and beautifully minimalist rendition of 'Dearest'..."
Record Collector (magazine) - p.105
4 stars out of 5 -- "[F]or sheer sonic beauty it's hard to beat My Morning Jacket's elegant 'True Love Ways'."Tracks:
- 1.Dearest The Black Keys
- 2.Every Day Fiona Apple & Jon Brion
- 3.It's So Easy Paul McCartney
- 4.Not Fade Away Florence + The Machine
- 5.(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care Cee Lo Green
- 6.Crying, Waiting, Hoping Karen Elson
- 7.Rave On Julian Casablancas
- 8.I'm Gonna Love You Too Jenny O.
- 9.Maybe Baby Justin Townes Earle
- 10.Oh Boy She & Him
- 11.Changing All Those Changes Nick Lowe
- 12.Words of Love Patti Smith
- 13.True Love Ways My Morning Jacket
- 14.That'll Be The Day Modest Mouse
- 15.Well All Right Kid Rock
- 16.Heartbeat The Detroit Cobras
- 17.Peggy Sue Lou Reed
- 18.Peggy Sue Got Married John Doe
- 19.Raining In My Heart Graham Nash
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