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Album Review: Iron & Wine - Around the Well

Jun 5, 2009, 9:05am

B-side collections are a musical oddity, primarily designed for true fans not looking for hit singles. The thing is, most (if not all) fans already have a good majority of the "unreleased" material, thanks to the fruitful-yet-handy internet. The others? They opt for retail. That brings us to Iron & Wine 's latest release, Around the Well. The 23-track, two disc collection gathers a whole range of goodies, yet in the end, it tends to play out like a career spanning, greatest hits assembly, built for the less-than-savvy internet fan, and even the casual fan who may [...]

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