Demolished Thoughts
by Thurston Moore
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: May 24, 2011
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
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  1. NOW Magazine
    Jun 14, 2011
    60
    The result is dreamy to a fault, with song fragments submerged in extended instrumental intros and outros.
  2. Slant Magazine
    May 27, 2011
    60
    After a decade of pensive chamber-pop lullabies from a number of artists, it feels like there's no new ground to break in this particular subgenre.
  3. Paste Magazine
    May 24, 2011
    60
    Whereas that album [Several Shades of Why] revealed the Dinosaur Jr frontman's surprising musical and lyrical range, Demolished Thoughts only reveals Moore's particular limitations.
  5. The Independent (UK)
    May 19, 2011
    60
    Gently wrought from strands of acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin and harp, encountering the genteel Demolished Thoughts after Thurston Moore's more abrasive work with Sonic Youth is akin to hearing Paris 1919 after John Cale's rampaging Velvet Underground period.
  6. PopMatters
    May 26, 2011
    50
    Demolished Thoughts is stripped down, acoustic, almost drumless, but full of strings, evocative, but emotionally distant.

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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    Jul 20, 2013
    10
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