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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: San Francisco Bay Area DJ/producer David P. Madson's latest album.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. A fascinating musical ride that defies any attempt at categorization.
  2. 84
    Level Live Wires, like "Waking Life," is not simply art for art’s sake, but rather an invitation to drift off into bliss within your own head, guided and fueled by the creative juices of another.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    Wires is the type of disc that takes you on a journey--an example of how brilliant instrumental music can be when done right. [Oct 2007, p.172]
  4. Despite all the different guest appearances, Level Live Wires never feels hodge-podge or unsteady.
  5. That vocal in 'The Kill Tone Two' is unfortunate, because the rest of the album approaches some spectacular peaks.
  6. Madson finally strikes an equitable balance with Level Live Wires, a tightly constructed soundscape that hangs together more cogently than anything he's conceived to date.
  7. 60
    Although the majority of the album is not that memorable, it is pretty damn warm and infectious.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. [Anonymous]
    Sep 16, 2007
    9
    A real lovely album.
  2. JhonG.
    Sep 11, 2007
    0
    This was really crap.

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