| Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminescent Orchestrii | |
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| EP by Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii | |
| Released | January 25, 2011 |
| Genre | Bluegrass |
| Length | 18:24 |
| Label | Nonesuch Records |
Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminescent Orchestrii is a collaborative EP by Durham, North Carolina-based string band Carolina Chocolate Drops and experimental music band Luminescent Orchestrii. It was released on January 25, 2011 on Nonesuch Records.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| No Depression | (very favorable) [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
| Robert Christgau | A [4] |
Robert Christgau gave the EP an A grade and wrote that "All four songs are quick, sexy, and a trifle nasty." [4] AllMusic's Steve Leggett gave the EP 3.5 out of 5 stars, and described it as "hardly some Frankenstein creation, but instead a fluid, energetic, and yes, even traditional-sounding set of gems that proves one can pull two different directions together into one without losing the strengths and passion of either." [1]
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