Hymn To The Immortal Wind - Mono
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75 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: The fifth album for the Japanese experimental rock band was produced by Steve Albini.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Sputnikmusic
    90
    If Hymn to the Immortal Wind does anything, it establishes Mono’s place among post rock’s top dogs, and for this reviewer, easily gives them the title. Everyone else is just generic or something.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Hymn feels like the imaginary soundtrack to the film inside your head and is an outstanding work of epic beauty.
  3. Spin
    50
    Opener 'Ashes in the Snow' and 'The Battle to Heaven' invoke the CinemaScope bombast of Ennio Morricone, but even their added orchestral heft barely nudges Mono out of a windy, instrumental morass.
  4. Under The Radar
    20
    Bloated with too much self-absorption, Japan's Mono have lost sight of their original intent. [Spring 2009, p.77]
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  1. MarinaM
    10
    So awesome, magical and inspiring that brings tears to my eyes!
  2. ManuelAS
    10
    It's a masterpiece.

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