Architecture of Language: 1979-1982 [Box Set]
by Pere Ubu
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Mar 16, 2016
    90
    With a disc including live outtakes and priceless B-sides, this is an essential collection.
  2. Magnet
    Apr 21, 2016
    80
    Pere Ubu was changing rapidly, but this is shrewd stuff on which the band built its legend. [No. 130, p.61]
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  3. The Quietus
    Apr 8, 2016
    80
    Even if fans of Pere Ubu take Pere Ubu seriously, it is clear that Pere Ubu aren't entirely serious about Pere Ubu. The quartet of LPs contained on Architecture Of Language highlight this more so than perhaps The Modern Dance and for this reason should not be left aside.
  5. PopMatters
    Mar 17, 2016
    80
    Pere Ubu were, on the three albums collected here, as evocative as they were provocative.
  6. Uncut
    Mar 16, 2016
    80
    Not a decline, but a deliberate descent. [Apr 2016, p.92]
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  7. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 16, 2016
    70
    Pere Ubu are somewhere in-between that--impenetrable musique concrete sound collages mixed with upbeat, breezy pop. A strange, strange world to inhabit, but one that’s ultimately as rewarding as it is frustrating.

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