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UncutDec 12, 2011The results are impressive. [Jan 2012, p.81]
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Nov 30, 2011It's hard not to declare the record an admittedly limited success.
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Nov 30, 2011The whole idea of Birdy sounds like a transparent attempt to court a more credible audience, but thanks to her haunting tones and a tasteful yet compelling production, it impressively avoids being the try-hard affair you'd expect.
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Nov 30, 2011[A] pleasant but pointless exercise.
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Nov 30, 2011[Her cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love] is easily the high point of her debut album.
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Nov 30, 2011For now Birdy remains a novelty. Her rich, malleable vocals suggest, however, that she won't be caged for long.
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Nov 30, 2011The album itself--whilst impressive in its seamless cohesion--does become rather formulaic in Birdy's treatment of the covers, and therefore suffers from a distinct lack of variety.
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Jun 15, 2012What's more of a problem for this album is the lack of variety between the songs. There are only so many covers of indie-rock piano ballads or rearrangements of indie-rock songs turned into piano ballads that a listener can take.
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Nov 30, 2011A tasteful set of sorrow-wallowing wet-indie covers produced by James Ford.
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Apr 17, 2012The result is the most boring music ever recorded by a teenager.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 62
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Mixed: 2 out of 62
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Negative: 2 out of 62
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Sep 9, 2012
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May 8, 2012
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Jan 26, 2021Su voz, sus letras y sus melodías me recuerdan al otoño. Transmite sentimientos muy profundos con una voz muy dulce.