Ballads

Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
Based on 34 ratings
2002 Ratings: #601
April 2002 / Release Date
LP / Format
Tzadik / Label
Derek BaileyProducer
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Critic Reviews

81
Pitchfork

Bailey's ability to let the song go where the improvisation takes it-- while resisting the temptation to veer completely off course-- is the mark of a true artist, and Ballads is a fine entryway to the appreciation of Bailey's art.

gleech
79

he actually makes other Avant people look worse - why aren't they this loveable? why does their oeuvre have no room for anything positive besides relief and ataraxia?

50

I don't know how high you need to be to think that this is good guitar playing. And no, there aren't any other instruments or elements to this.

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