Ultravisitor - Squarepusher
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Metascore
74 out of 100

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9.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: Tom Jenkinson's latest full-length attempts to incorporate more of his live sound into the overall feel.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    100
    The middle of the album is as hard-edged and relentless as anything of Squarepusher's, if not more.
  2. Uncut
    80
    As wilfully indulgent as it is breathtakingly advanced. [Apr 2004, p.101]
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    80
    Ultravisitor appears to be the first album when jazz can completely mesh with Squarepusher’s canonized style.
  4. Blender
    60
    Since 1995, Jenkinson's been treating his laptop the way death-metal bands treat their guitars, and it's no longer radical, just annoying. [Apr 2004, p.136]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. RM
    10
    Probably his best album - but you have to be 'trained' or at least prepared for a challenge (at certain points) to understand this stuff. I actually think this album is too advanced even for a few professional music critics who tend only to be given a week to review an album. Some of the tracks here such as 'Steinbolt' did not appeal to me until about a month after I bought the album. The more accessible parts of the album are also superb and the album features 'Iambic 9 Poetry', which, as well as being my favourite Sqarepusher song, is one of the best tracks I have ever heard by anyone, and without trying to sound boastful I have heard a lot. A very emotional, mature and complex album and this is the only 10 I've ever given on metacritic.… Expand
  2. JoshuaS
    10
    Most important album of my life besides Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag...
  3. StephenE
    10
    His most complete work to date. It will take you places you wish to never leave and places you never want to be. An album worthy of multiple listens.
  4. BrandonS.
    5
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