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| Released | January 24, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2003–2004 | |||
| Studio | Soma Studios | |||
| Length | 39:44 | |||
| Label | Overcoat Recordings | |||
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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.
| 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]
| No. | Title | Original artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cravo E Canela" | Milton Nascimento | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Thunder Road" | Bruce Springsteen | 6:28 |
| 3. | "It's Expected I'm Gone" | Minutemen | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Daniel" | Elton John | 4:59 |
| 5. | "Love Is Love" | Lungfish | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Pancho" | Don Williams | 3:13 |
| 7. | "That's Pep!" | Devo | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Some Say (I Got Devil)" | Melanie Safka | 3:33 |
| 9. | "The Calvary Cross" | Richard Thompson | 5:08 |
| 10. | "On My Own" | Quix*o*tic | 3:41 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] | 77 |
| US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [9] | 23 |
| US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [10] | 31 |
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