• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Dec 18, 2015
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Mojo
    Jan 12, 2016
    60
    Sessions and collaborations abound, finally collected here. [Feb 2016, p. 104]
  2. 60
    It’s nowhere near his best work--it’s clear why tracks like ‘Oatmeal’ and 'Catacombs Cow Cow Boogie’ didn’t make his albums--but Cass McCombs' cutting room floor is grimier than most, and this record is a consistently intriguing portrait of the odds and sods of a fascinating career. Listen to it, then buy his entire back catalogue.
  3. Dec 14, 2015
    60
    You might argue that McCombs’s albums are idiosyncratic and varied affairs, and so it is here. But not so you’d complain.
  4. 45
    Yes, B-sides and rarities are sort of supposed to feel rough or incomplete, but A Folk Set Apart seems to be characterised far more by its misguided decisions than by its lack of polish or perfection.

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