• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Oct 31, 2006
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. 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. Daltrey and Townshend have made a record as brazen in its way and right for its day as The Who Sell Out and Tommy were in theirs.
  3. Mojo
    80
    No one could have predicted Endless Wire would be quite this good. [Nov 2006, p.98]
  4. No, it does not rank with the band's best work. But yes, as long as Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey walk the earth in tandem, the Who live on.
  5. Endless Wire turns out to be more effective and more coherent than it has any right to be.
  6. Billboard
    70
    While the Who's acoustic side has always been underappreciated, Townshend revels in it here. [4 Nov 2006]
  7. Uncut
    70
    Madly ambitious and deeply heartfelt, it's a grand folly in the great tradition of British rock. [Nov 2006, p.96]
  8. The current Who takes what seemed, conceptually speaking, like a really bad idea - that is, recording without Entwistle - and turns it into a triumphant re-emergence after nearly a quarter-century of creative inactivity.
  9. No, Endless Wire is not perfect -- its parts don't quite fit together, and not all of the parts work on their own -- but it is an endearingly human, impassioned work that more than justifies Townshend's and Daltrey's decision to continue working as the Who.
  10. Spin
    70
    The highlight "It's Not Enough"... proves [Townshend] hasn't lost his knack for pop precision. [Dec 2006, p.104]
  11. Endless Wire is a not-quite-there return to late-period Who bombast, but the stadium-ready "It's Not Enough" makes an impression, and the second-half mini-opera—a quasi-sequel to Lifehouse and Psychoderelict—gets extra points for ambition.
  12. The album is inconsistent -- sometimes impenetrable, sometimes enlightening -- but always engaged.
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 54
  2. Negative: 7 out of 54
  1. Jun 15, 2015
    0
    The Who have sucked since the death of Keith Moon in 1978. The surviving members should have shut the band down in 1978 and lived off theirThe Who have sucked since the death of Keith Moon in 1978. The surviving members should have shut the band down in 1978 and lived off their greatness. Instead, Pete Townshend decided to grab as much money as he could before he dies. Full Review »
  2. BrandonC.
    Aug 2, 2007
    10
    Got to be a true fan to enjoy it so i guess i am go to see the who it's great!!
  3. ChazS.
    Jun 3, 2007
    10
    Every song is so good it could be from a greatest hits compilation.