The Red Thread
by Arab Strap
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2001
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  1. PoPeR
    Sep 3, 2001
    10
    Incredible musical landscapes, great!

Awards & Rankings

100
#100 Best Album of 2001

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Billboard
    80
    Easily its most lushly orchestrated and diverse output yet.
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    'The Red Thread' is a frequently beautiful record, as dark and twisted and funny as anything the band have ever produced.
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  3. Alternative Press
    40
    Five years later, it's easy to be blasé about [Aidan] Moffat's disgruntled first-person narratives. [#154, p.68]
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