Summer In Abaddon - Pinback
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73 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the third album for the indie rock outfit led by Armistead Burwell Smith IV (formerly of 3 Mile Pilot) and Rob Crow.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Junkmedia
    100
    Summer in Abaddon delivers an all-inclusive perfection that sets it apart from any other record this year.
  2. Alternative Press
    80
    Sounds like the updated fourth side of Built To Spill's Perfect From Now On. [Nov 2004, p.142]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The stuff of jagged, ornate artistes living in a weird pop monsterland with defiantly anti-wacky lyrics. [13 Nov 2004, p.57]
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  4. Under The Radar
    60
    There is some pabulum filler... But Abaddon's best moments are as good as Pinback's ever been. [#8, p.111]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. eugene_skala
    10
    Nevermind the mainstream, this music is too good to get ruined by overexposure. Pinback seemed to have achieved the impossible: a truly indie record with masterful studio production; terrific musicianship that keep it loose; lyrics are obscured and seldom rhyme; cryptic yet memorable songs that are impossible to get out of your head; crisp and immediate playing; and enigmatic atmospheres. This is long-term listening, each song growing on you over time. Quite simply this or recent LCD SoundSystem will remind you or let you experience how engaging early albums by REM or U2 were, back when alternative was really, truly alternative.… Expand
  2. SamD
    10
    Simply beautiful
  3. KellyP
    8
    Not the best of Pinback I must admit, but a solid album nonetheless. it's pleasing...a bit conservative, but solid- sweet, and simple.
  4. [Anonymous]
    1
    hmm it's not the best i have heard. It's not even close. It actually is very terrible.

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