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Apr 17, 2013Tyler rages at his absent father, scowls through uncomfortable fan encounters and--true to form--spews tons of supposedly ironic sexism and homophobia. If you can get past that tic, there's plenty to admire on Wolf.
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Apr 1, 2013While Wolf definitely feels like progress on some fronts, it's also a resolutely conservative effort, marred by a neurotic sense of self-involvement that recalls Eminem at his worst.
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Apr 9, 2013After three albums of unfiltered angst, the one-time wildcard now seems like a stubbornly static figure, an impression that’s supported by his monochromatic self-production on all of Wolf’s 18 tracks, which rarely build on the synthesized strings and tranquilized pianos of his other releases.
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Apr 4, 2013Unfortunately, Wolf fails in the very same manner as Goblin, albeit with slightly more class.
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Apr 5, 2013So much of Wolf is about distancing Tyler from the listener, whereas the vulnerability and melodic mirroring of "Answer," awash in sad organ glissando and two decades of unmet emotional need, is the album's truly shocking moment, in large part because it's so much better than everything else. From there it's another eight problematic songs until a pulse returns during Earl Sweatshirt's guest verse on "Rusty."
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Entertainment WeeklyApr 5, 2013Wolf's disengaged haunted-house funk plods joylessly through empty rage and squirmy homophobia. [12 Apr 2013, p.72]
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Apr 4, 2013He seems bent on making a career out of his adolescent emotional turmoil, resulting in a thematically stagnant, myopic and ultimately immature record.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 301 out of 337
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Mixed: 27 out of 337
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Negative: 9 out of 337
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