The Wire's Scores
- Music
For 2,617 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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7% same as the average critic
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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] | |
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| Lowest review score: | Amazing Grace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,167 out of 2617
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Mixed: 430 out of 2617
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Negative: 20 out of 2617
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Grave Of A Dog presents a challenges to the listener because although it succeeds as a well-executed project, there is a disjunction between form and content. Hayter in particular seems to gesture at a narrative, but its precise nature is left unclear. [Apr 2020, p.60]- The Wire
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These are worn vintage sounds, but the songs here lack the choruses and hooks to invest them with fresh life, and Buttery's voice is forgettable. [Dec 2010, p.46]- The Wire
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Byrne has done a tidy, if not terribly exciting job on the soundtrack. [#235, p.57]- The Wire
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The nine songs her give a reason for detractors to raise their voices and for devotees to hope for something a little more evolved. [Sep. 2007, p.49]- The Wire
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Lacking the eldritch weirdness of Actress's music, their faded grandeur somehow feels strangely mundane, despite their inherent beauty. [Oct 2012, p.62]- The Wire
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As it is, Have Fun With God is never less than listenable but seldom more than vaguely pleasant. [Feb 2014, p.44]- The Wire
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The emphasis this time around is on poppier melodies, but for all its attention to song form, Sonic Nurse feels more like a collection of exercises than a cohesive album. [#244, p.63]- The Wire
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The five tracks penned and played on by PJ Harvey... reverberate with all the dark, elastic abrasion of PJ's best work. [#248, p.66]- The Wire
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Drumming that starts off in a motoric groove warps into something way more minimal and amateurish, something undanceable, yet difficult to resist at least shrugging along to. [Aug 2016, p.59]- The Wire
Posted Aug 19, 2016 -
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I'd like this to be much more depraved, or just for El-P to fully embrace his Eno role for another solo album of weirdness. [Aug 2016, p.59]- The Wire
Posted Aug 19, 2016 -
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Ultimately, though, it’s a portrait of the artist on permanent vacation. [Jun 2018, p.72]- The Wire
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In its favour, the album is immaculately realised, with a chromium production sheen that Lustmord imitators can only dream of. On the minus side: the fact that the album's polish makes it sound safe and predictable. [Jul 2013, p.69]- The Wire
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On some of the songs Langford’s slightly rough and ready approach is the grit that helps produce the pearl; on others it’s made to sound out of place by the very musicians who play his songs so well.- The Wire
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Unfortunately, for all the insight, this willingness to play victim often overshadows the incisiveness of the MC's observations when it come to the beats he has chosen to rail over. [Sep 2008, p.66]- The Wire
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There's a mismatch between sound and vision here that forestalls true wonder or joy. ... A little more concision and concentration throughout could have made Guild of the Asbestos Weaver more effective. [Sep 2019, p.62]- The Wire
Posted Aug 22, 2019 -
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It all slides down very easily--but there's isn't much of an aftertaste. [Aug 2010, p.66]- The Wire
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Overall, as a listening experience in itself, The Master feels like a retreat. [Nov 2012, p.59]- The Wire
Posted Dec 5, 2012 -
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More than half of Pretty Ugly combines vocals prominently into the mix after a style that sometimes flounders in its own ambition. [Mar 2012, p.52]- The Wire
Posted Apr 18, 2012 -
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Over melodic, it sounds like it was made by a TV composer working to a brief for a rave episode. [Apr 2015, p.65]- The Wire
Posted May 15, 2015 -
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Patton’s signature style is overpowering, transforming an opportunity to create something unique into another of his side-projects.- The Wire
Posted Aug 9, 2017 -
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The moments of beauty caught fleetingly in the gaps between over-arranged blocks make for frustrated listening. [#218, p.64]- The Wire
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It's impressive on the first few listens, it grows irritating with repeat play. [Apr 2011, p.57]- The Wire
Posted May 3, 2011 -
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However hit and miss, though, all of these voices and genre grabs are made to sound stylistically coherent. [#236, p.71]- The Wire
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The best stuff views the world through the sunkissed psychedelic lens of Brazilian psych-troupe Os Mutantes; the lesser material just sounds like lite Brian Wilson. [#243, p.59]- The Wire
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It’s definitely a mixed bag, but pays off with “The Dawn” in which Lipstate’s guitar exhales in tandem with a spoken admission of small hours frailty. [Dec 2019, p.53]- The Wire
Posted Nov 20, 2019 -
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Their focused, cleverly crafted pop fiffs are impressive, for a time.... But by the fifth track, things start to go wrong. [Mar 2008, p.48]- The Wire
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At their worst, Ui thrash like run of the mill math-rockers, basses turned to 11 and meandering loudly.... What rescues them is a burgeoning melodic sensibility. [#233, p.71]- The Wire