Before Today - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
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85 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

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  • Summary: Los Angeles-based Ariel Pink releases his first album on the 4AD label.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    100
    He’s no slouch in his endless catalogue of exhumed pop tropes, and here he treats radio pop’s past with the all-encompassing vagueness of its title.
  2. Under The Radar
    80
    Before Today, while easily his best album to date, still feels like it's just the tip of the iceberg for this staggeringly talented songwriter.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The clarity is chill-wave level rather than that of a tape that had been dropped in a bath, then dried with a hairdryer. And, more importantly, the songs sound better than ever.
  4. musicOMH.com
    50
    No longer the challenging, lo-fi music of yore, what has arrived in its place doesn't have the individuality or character to sustain longer lasting interest.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Tubie
    10
    In my opinion the best album of 2010, not that this was a good year in music anyways, but still a great album with every song being unique and still related. Arial perfects the lo-fi formula with this album improving on his previous work and finally reaching his peak to this day.… Expand
  2. SilverMan
    9
    What a outrageous album! It's elegant, cool, psychedelic and at the same time, different, from anything I've ever seen (even if the album contains influences from the '80s and '90s. Love it, and you must love it too.… Expand
  3. organum
    9
    One of the best album of 2010 in my opinion and one of my favourite lo-fi albums of all time. It sounds a lot like music from the eighties, but there isn't a band from the era that sounds like them.… Expand
  4. Ricko
    7
    What a diverse album this is. Imagine a hybrid band of Joy Division and the Pixies with a synth player playing at a Halloween Disco party. Itâ

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