The Wire's Scores
- Music
For 2,618 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: | Spiderland [Box Set] | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest review score: | Amazing Grace |
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 2,168 out of 2618
-
Mixed: 430 out of 2618
-
Negative: 20 out of 2618
2618
music
reviews
-
- Critic Score
It pains me to think they’d record something so vacant and unneeded. Maybe 30 years ago this would have been a different album. But here and now, Two To One is a case of too little, too late. [Jan 21, p.82]- The Wire
Posted Dec 9, 2020 -
- The Wire
Posted Apr 18, 2012 -
- Critic Score
There is a resounding thinness to Purple Naked Ladies and its finest moments sound like a collection of scratch tracks from a lost Erykah Badu/Neptunes session circa 1998. [Mar 2012, p.54]- The Wire
Posted Feb 17, 2012 -
- Critic Score
There is aimlessness on occasion--the mainly instrumental "OVNI" frankly just sounds like messing around--but for the most part the sense of glee in vigorous sound making for cranky and rebellious ends is infectious. [Aug 2010, p.86]- The Wire
-
- Critic Score
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 -
- Critic Score
What might have been an interesting exploration of Industrial Lite Pop gets spoiled time and again by badly rewired breakbeats and fussy electronic background chatter. [#201, p.66]- The Wire
-
- Critic Score
Prophets Of Rage can’t help sounding a little male-menopausal even if lyrically the targets remain crucial and the trajectory remains ferocious thanks to the sheer undimmed timbre of Chuck’s meshrattling voice. [Sep 2017, p.55]- The Wire
Posted Oct 11, 2017 -
- The Wire
-
- Critic Score
He’s hung up on Jesus rather than pneumatic women. It’s hard to tell if that’s an improvement, but it doesn’t seem like a regression either. ... An album with zero fat, dense in at least three senses, two of them positive. [Dec 2019, p.60]- The Wire
Posted Nov 20, 2019 -
- Critic Score
Phase One impresses more on first listen [than Phase Two].... But it wears thin quickly. [Feb 2016, p.54]- The Wire
Posted Feb 18, 2016 -
- Critic Score
There is no shortage of bad ideas on the second installment.... But this ugliness is anchored by a series of largely curatorial successes. [May 2013, p.68]- The Wire
Posted Apr 24, 2013 -
- The Wire
-
- Critic Score
It takes a while to get on Friedberger's wavelength.... But his sheer love of a good tune is seductive. [Dec 2012, p.63]- The Wire
Posted Dec 7, 2012 -
- Critic Score
Chosen topics prove less crucial than his relentlessly tedious delivery. [Feb 2018, p.51]- The Wire
Posted Feb 23, 2018 -
- The Wire
Posted May 9, 2016 -
- Critic Score
Metallica's unrelenting sledgehammer style works as the perfect complement to Reed's vision of compassionless love, with monolithic chords deployed with almost surgical precision wile he dissects relationships w of masochism and power. [Dec 2011, p.63]- The Wire
Posted Dec 8, 2011 -
- Critic Score
Lil B's slower, more ruminative delivery here feels far braver for being more exposed and vulnerable. [Dec 2010, p.50]- The Wire
Posted Dec 22, 2010