Pain Is Beauty - Chelsea Wolfe
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  • Summary: The fourth full-length studio release for the experimental California singer-songwriter was produced with Ben Chisholm.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Prefix Magazine
    Sep 9, 2013
    90
    Bleak, distant, polarizing, and beautiful, Wolfe’s fourth album makes a gargantuan impact.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Aug 28, 2013
    80
    This is clearly the album that removes any lingering doubt that Chelsea Wolfe is a very special artist; one who is capable of the visceral and the surprisingly soothing in the same stroke.
  3. The New York Times
    Sep 3, 2013
    80
    Her fourth album in three years, confirms her steadiness as a singer-songwriter of gothic intention, drawn to romantic fatalism and beautiful ruin.
  4. No Ripcord
    Sep 6, 2013
    80
    Chelsea Wolfe captured the essence of the album title eloquently, succeeding in making an album that is frighteningly honest, poignant, and graceful.
  5. PopMatters
    Sep 13, 2013
    80
    Throw yourself willingly onto these tracks. Pain Is Beauty is ECT for the heart.
  6. This Is Fake DIY
    Aug 30, 2013
    70
    This record could well have been made 20 years ago, such is its timeless quality.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 3, 2013
    60
    If Christopher Nolan ever does one of his gritty makeovers on Twilight, the soundtrack’s as good as sewn up.

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  1. DannyDL
    Sep 5, 2013
    8
    Inevitably I look back on the good times with Siouxsie and the Banshees. Of course this is not the same, but it's so good if someone makes you think of other great artists.… Expand

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