The Pearl Sessions
by Janis Joplin
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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
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84

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    May 15, 2012
    90
    The Pearl Sessions with newly found studio outtakes, live performances and chatter rarities, the tumult of its original 1971 (three months after her passing) comes through loud and clear.
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  2. AllMusic
    May 15, 2012
    90
    Hardcore Joplin fans and historians have an excellent retrospective package which, while illuminating the process of the creation of Pearl, doesn't replace it in the canon.
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  3. American Songwriter
    May 15, 2012
    70
    Suffice it to say that unless you simply need to own everything Janis touched, this package is of negligible value. Newcomers will be better served by the 2005 edition with its powerful concert material showing how Joplin and the scrappy Full Tilt reinterpreted her earlier work.
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