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64 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The legendary band's first studio album since 1982 includes a full version of their mini-opera "Wire & Glass," which was recently released (appropriately enough) as a mini-album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    So they've got sprawl and focus issues. But this underproduced mess of an album also has an abundance of magnificent, quirkily anthemic songwriting.
  2. Mojo
    80
    No one could have predicted Endless Wire would be quite this good. [Nov 2006, p.98]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    'Endless Wire' isn't quite as awful as it should be. [28 Oct 2006, p.33]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
  1. BrandonC.
    10
    Got to be a true fan to enjoy it so i guess i am go to see the who it's great!!
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  2. ChazS.
    10
    Every song is so good it could be from a greatest hits compilation.
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  3. MichaelC
    3
    I am stunned by the accolades. I, too, am a (more than) 30 year Who fanatic. I was jazzed to get the new CD. But after listening through, I thought it was a practical joke. Then, to be fair, I listened two more times. Sorry, folks. It is downright awful. The melodies are boring and tiresome; Daltry's singing forced and shallow and the instrument playing and sounds truly uninspired. This is the first time that I will not download every Who song from a CD to my IPOD. If this is the best that the greatest rock band of all time can do at this point, they are done.… Expand
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