• Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jul 15, 2003
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Pole is the sound of a restless musical talent and intellect seeking out like-minded collaborators, expanding their horizons, and producing an otherwise impossible synthesis.
  2. These tracks are still filled with weird sounds, it's just not the same sounds you might be expecting.
  3. Ultimately, and refreshingly, this is not commercial, but hauntingly lush electronic music for all to enjoy.
  4. 'Pole' is so minimal it's almost naked. But, by only including the things that matter, it's deceptively atmospheric.
  5. Magnet
    80
    Think a minimalist A Tribe Called Quest. [#60, p.110]
  6. Urb
    80
    This is not just academic and abstract music for the headphone philosopher, but proper soulful stuff that will rock more adventurous dance floors. [Aug 2003, p.90]
  7. The Wire
    80
    This is Pole at his most expansive and communicative. [#233, p.69]
  8. Alternative Press
    80
    Pole's organic, vibrant music suggests he's busted out of his creative doldrums with gusto. [Aug 2003, p.110]
User Score
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No user score yet- Awaiting 2 more ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. TimeCode
    Oct 28, 2003
    10
    I was blown away by Fat John's flow and lyrics in this album. In the track Slow Motion Fat John exemplifies the realness of the beats I was blown away by Fat John's flow and lyrics in this album. In the track Slow Motion Fat John exemplifies the realness of the beats and thus proves the reality of the lyrical thesis. His time-code theory coupled to the glitchy beats is so cool that it sends chills down your spine. Everything we do in this life has a time code attached to it; and so as the time-code serializes, Fat John's stylistic signature represents!....the future. So we wait to see the future and vibe more with this master of time. Full Review »