An Obelisk
by Titus Andronicus
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Jun 21, 2019
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. meanjoelgreen
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    Mission accomplished! Born to bruise. Everyone's a critic but most people love guitar solos
  2. Haksawjimthugin
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    This is the most raucous and driven album yet from one of the most inconsistent bands in the scene. The poignant exposition of our complicit guilt in modern America on (I Blame)Society still rocks like a ****

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Under The Radar
    Jul 30, 2019
    85
    An Obelisk is fast, rugged fun. Blues dirge for your rocking chair ("My Body and Me"), vocal harmonies ("The Lion Inside"), and almost funk ("Within the Gravitation").
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  2. The 405
    Jul 3, 2019
    75
    An Obelisk is not quite as statuesque as it wants to be, though it does demonstrate the band’s ethos in a tightly-wound package, and is a solid addition to a repertoire that continues to make a Titus Andronicus release unmissable.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2019
    60
    There are curveballs along the way--an unexpected bagpipe riff on Hey Ma, for instance--but largely this is a fast, furious record that sounds startlingly vital in these worrisome times. [Aug 2019, p.116]
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