The Wire's Scores

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For 2,617 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Spiderland [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Amazing Grace
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,167 out of 2617
  2. Mixed: 430 out of 2617
  3. Negative: 20 out of 2617
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Enclosure
    A sense of cluelessness pervades these songs, as though constructed without considering why or for whom they were intended. [Jun 2014, p.51]
    • The Wire
      • Posted Jul 14, 2014
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Slow Focus
    Songs like "Brainfreeze" and "The Red Wing" plod more than march, piling on so many competing keyboard layers that the melody blots itself out. Others seem oddly unfinished. Only the two closing ten minute tracks evoke the classic Fuck Buttons widescreen neon pomp. [Jul 2013, p.56]
    • The Wire
      • Posted Jul 24, 2013
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A Better Tomorrow
    A Better Tomorrow feels trapped by history, an impotent reflection versus a proposed resurrection. [Jan 2015, p.65]
    • The Wire
      • Posted Dec 16, 2014
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mi Sei Apparso Come un Fantasma
    Still sounds like the work of someone desperate to gain the approval of the Drag City clique. [#215, p.69]
    • The Wire
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Revival
    Chosen topics prove less crucial than his relentlessly tedious delivery. [Feb 2018, p.51]
    • The Wire
      • Posted Feb 23, 2018
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5
    The next person who decides to write a book on Miles Davis, or agrees to play him in a movie, will find this set invaluable. But for the casual Davis fan, it’s bound to be a bore and a chore. [Nov 2016, p.76]
    • The Wire
      • Posted Dec 21, 2016
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