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2006 studio album by Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

The Brave and the Bold
Studio album by Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Released January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)
Recorded 2003–2004
Studio Soma Studios
Length 39:44
Label Overcoat 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.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 65/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
The A.V. Club B+[3]
The Guardian [4]
Pitchfork 5.4/10[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]

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  2. ^ Westergaard, Sean. "The Brave and the Bold - Tortoise". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Murray, Noel (February 1, 2006). "Tortoise And Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave And The Bold". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. 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. ^ a b Petrusich, Amanda (January 25, 2006). "TortoiseBonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave and the Bold". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Kramer, Michael J. (March 29, 2006). "Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy: The Brave and the Bold". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Newlin, Jimmy (February 14, 2006). "Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Brave and the Bold". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. 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. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "Independent Albums - February 11, 2006". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.