Released October 25, 2005 Producer Jim Sampas Label Razor & Tie | Length 43:42 Release date 25 October 2005 Genre Independent music | |
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Similar Rubber Soul, Beatles for Sale, Remember, Rock 'n' Roll Music, With the Beatles | ||
This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul is a tribute album by a variety of artists that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was released on October 25, 2005 by Razor & Tie. It follows the track listing of the UK version of the album, although the two songs added to the American release are available as bonus tracks on iTunes Music Store.
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Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Sufjan Stevens' cover of "What Goes On" the "only severe misstep" of the album and call the tribute "an album filled with good, generally pleasant covers that in no way replace the original Beatles versions but do offer as a nice reminder of what great songwriters Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were." Conversely, Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork Media called Stevens' performance "a surprisingly gritty jam" and of the album itself "if it gets anything right about the original Rubber Soul, it's in the sense of perfectly replicating the progenitor's unevenness."
Track listing
All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Songs
1Drive My CarThe Donnas2:36
2Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)The Fiery Furnaces2:56
3You Won't See MeDar Williams3:32