Micodin
02-13-2009, 06:05 AM
They gave it a 10! (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/149096-beastie-boys-pauls-boutique)
They have known in the past years to shit on the Beasties and whatnot.
I guess most of the Pitchfork staff has deemed them non-relevant and hip. The Mix-Up got a 4.6 for example.
Here is a nice little footnote in the review for the Paul's Boutique Remaster Haters.
As reissues go, the 20th Anniversary re-release of Paul's Boutique is relatively bare-bones. There's a richer, cleaner audio mix remastered by the band, a tracklisting that splits "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" into its separate parts, and a sharp mini-gatefold package highlighting the iconic cover photo. That so little has been changed is more of a relief than a problem; between the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd samples, you'd think the clearance issues would be prohibitive. Just the fact that this album's being reissued with all this care and attention should be enough. After Paul's Boutique failed to move units, it wasn't entirely out of the realm of possibility that the Beasties would wind up like the protagonist of "Johnny Ryall"-- with "a platinum voice/ But only gold records," reduced to obscurity while their most ambitious work faded into cutout-bin purgatory. As it turned out, they created an album we'll probably never hear the likes of again-- good thing it's deep enough to live in forever. - Nate Patrin, February 13, 2009
They have known in the past years to shit on the Beasties and whatnot.
I guess most of the Pitchfork staff has deemed them non-relevant and hip. The Mix-Up got a 4.6 for example.
Here is a nice little footnote in the review for the Paul's Boutique Remaster Haters.
As reissues go, the 20th Anniversary re-release of Paul's Boutique is relatively bare-bones. There's a richer, cleaner audio mix remastered by the band, a tracklisting that splits "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" into its separate parts, and a sharp mini-gatefold package highlighting the iconic cover photo. That so little has been changed is more of a relief than a problem; between the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd samples, you'd think the clearance issues would be prohibitive. Just the fact that this album's being reissued with all this care and attention should be enough. After Paul's Boutique failed to move units, it wasn't entirely out of the realm of possibility that the Beasties would wind up like the protagonist of "Johnny Ryall"-- with "a platinum voice/ But only gold records," reduced to obscurity while their most ambitious work faded into cutout-bin purgatory. As it turned out, they created an album we'll probably never hear the likes of again-- good thing it's deep enough to live in forever. - Nate Patrin, February 13, 2009