Covered | ||||
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Released | March 26, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 44:29 52:58 (iTunes Deluxe Edition) | |||
Label | 429 | |||
Producer | Macy Gray, Zoux | |||
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Covered is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Macy Gray, released on March 26, 2012, by 429 Records. As the title suggests, the album features covers of previously released tracks by well known rock, pop, rap, and indie artists. Because of the profanities in some covers, such as "Creep", "Teenagers" and the skit "Really", this is Gray's first album to officially bear a Parental Advisory warning, though a clean version was also issued. Gray appeared on Conan to promote the album. [1]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.1/10 [2] |
Metacritic | 68/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Metro | [5] |
musicOMH | [6] |
PopMatters | 7/10 [7] |
Robert Christgau | B+ [8] |
Covered received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [9] At AnyDecentMusic?, that collates critical reviews from more than 50 media sources, the album scored 6.1 points out of 10.
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Croatian Albums Charts [10] | 29 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 44 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] | 92 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [13] | 26 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [14] | 35 |
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