The Magic Position
by Patrick Wolf
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. No Ripcord
    60
    Wolf sometimes succeeds in emulating Kate Bush’s knack for combining the utterly bizarre with godlike musicianship, but sometimes he falls short.
  2. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    Detractors will complain that there's nothing to rival the brutal impact of his earlier recordings, but only towards the end does the new-found positivism grate.
  3. The Guardian
    60
    The Magic Position sounds laboured by the end. However, it's difficult not to respond to such delirious joie de vivre.
  5. Spin
    60
    The songs are about love and sex, but a hint of nihilism still lingers in Wolf's melodramatic vibrato. [May 2007, p.91]
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  6. Prefix Magazine
    60
    The Magic Position feel[s] more like a missed opportunity than a legitimate breakthrough album.

Awards & Rankings

39
#39 Best Album of 2007

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 59
  3. Negative: 5 out of 59
  1. seand
    Jul 29, 2007
    7
    starts off with some of the best songs of the year and energy to match then just kind of peters off around the middle and picks up slightly starts off with some of the best songs of the year and energy to match then just kind of peters off around the middle and picks up slightly at the end… Full Review »
  2. PWolf
    Jul 25, 2007
    0
    I'm sorry I made such a shit record
  3. NikkiG
    Jul 11, 2007
    10
    Fun when it wants to be... yet convincingly serious when it wants to be as well. Very enjoyable to listen to!
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