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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass | |||
| Length | 61:42 | |||
| Label | Snakeye Muzak | |||
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Rebuild the Wall is a 2001 album by Canadian alternative country band Luther Wright and the Wrongs. The album is a cover of Pink Floyd's progressive rock classic The Wall , reimagining each track as a bluegrass country song. [1] Guests include Sarah Harmer and Carolyn Mark.
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Music critic Robert Kaups, writing for Allmusic, suggested "music fans with more open (and less cynical) minds may well find that this prog-bluegrass fusion works better than it should." [2]
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