SPIN
June 2011
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8/10
They don't sound much like him and that's okay
Rock'n'roll pioneer Buddy Holly was no stodgy purist, an idea the best of this all-star tribute adopts gracefully. Florence and the Machine's slinky, horn-spiced "Not Fade Away" seduces, Kid Rock's retro-soul "Well All Right" grooves brawnily, Justin Townes Earle's blue-collar "Maybe Baby" rollicks, and Lou Reed's psyched-out "Peggy Sue" floats downstream through orchestral fuzz. Modest Mouse's "That'll Be the Day" goes a twitch too far, but then there's Cee Lo Green ebulliently belting out "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care," which is so good it'll give you hiccups.
