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Wind In The Wires - Patrick Wolf
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80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

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  • Summary: The 21-year-old British singer-songwriter's second solo recording again sets his instrumentation against a moody electronic backdrop.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Stylus Magazine
    91
    As an album, WIW seems to have sprung fully-formed from a single night's restlessness; often more organic than much of his debut, but still with a steady electro-backed pulse, its pacing and sequencing flow like water beneath a frozen creek, barely seen and mostly imagined.
  2. Dot Music
    90
    Prepare to be beguiled.
  3. Mojo
    60
    Brings a little focus--and some memorable tunes--to the proceedings, though Wolf's muse remains doggedly eclectic. [May 2005, p.108]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. cf
    10
    Awesome
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  2. MarieS
    10
    Incredibly beautiful
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  3. KeviinT
    1
    I am appalled of other reviewers comparing mr wolf with great singers. Sorry guys, but patrick has nothing to do with Jeff Buckley at all. He sounds like a proto-Dave Gahan, or a very proto-Marc Almond, the music is a mixture of folky instrumentation and cheap homemade electronica on the lines of the worst by Bjork. The lyrics are exaggerated and childish, if anything, this guy can make you blush, shame.… Expand
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