• Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2016
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Sep 23, 2016
    85
    It makes for an exhausting and engrossing listen, and ultimately can’t be anything but a life-affirming statement.
  2. Sep 21, 2016
    83
    For those who have paid close attention to the band’s evolution, it seemed inevitable that he would get to this point. Accordingly, A Corpse Wired for Sound feels like a culmination.
  3. Sep 30, 2016
    80
    It’s a beautiful album, and it’s the sound of a band realising they can finally do anything they want with sound.
  4. Sep 30, 2016
    80
    A Corpse Wired For Sound meanders a little too much at times, with every track stretching beyond the four minute mark, but overall it feels a successful rebirth which won't fail to engage live audiences.
  5. Sep 23, 2016
    80
    A surgical dissection of a full decade of influence, Merchandise pay homage to their upbringing without ever breaking eye contact with the sprawling future set ahead of them.
  6. Sep 22, 2016
    80
    It's a tough act to consistently maintain, but they've delivered another artful, well-crafted release.
  7. 80
    If it sounds close to daft on paper, Merchandise have the ingenuity to make it work, and so it is with this fine album.
  8. 80
    A Corpse Wired for Sound is still distinctively a Merchandise album, even though it’s a relative departure from their previous work. It definitely sounds a lot lonelier than its predecessors, though, as if Merchandise have become isolated by their own intelligence.
  9. Dec 6, 2016
    75
    This album is not great as background music, because its dark emotion can be oppressive. However, it's a record full of detail.
  10. Sep 26, 2016
    74
    Corpse overcomes its moments, due in part to concision and earnest songwriting.

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