The Cross Of My Calling
by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2008
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Blender
    60
    Generally, they’re smart and musical enough to turn rhetorical gestures into convincing rock & roll. But when they subtitle the whole schmear “A Love Vision!” you wonder who they’re trying to kid.
  2. Under The Radar
    40
    Always better live than on record, there are few highlights here, and the bulk of the songs presented are lukewarm at best and often borrow topics and musical ideas. [Year End 2008]
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  3. Paste Magazine
    40
    Mall-punk aesthetes might be convinced, but even before Cross of My Calling’s ponderous title-track closer comes around (with its near nine-minutes of lead-footed epilogue), most listeners owning a copy of Sandinista! will have put it on instead.

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. BryanP
    Feb 14, 2009
    6
    Good story, Was taken out of the movie by some of the acting like when Naomi Watts slammed her HURT hand on the table to show indignation. Good story, Was taken out of the movie by some of the acting like when Naomi Watts slammed her HURT hand on the table to show indignation. The ending left a lot to be desired but I don't know how it could have been different.… Full Review »
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