Anything but Words
by Banks & Steelz
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
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  1. AlexDionisio1
    Sep 4, 2016
    8
    Two superpower-summoning megastars in their fields for a joint LP? Yes, please! Visionary Wu guardian RZA and multitalented Interpol'er Paul Banks have made the perfect combo album of alternative rock and hardcore hip-hop in Anything But Words. It could stand to be more counter to the status quo, but as it is, it's powerful, provoking, risky and rebellious when it didn't have to be.
  2. hipnose1
    Oct 23, 2016
    10
    Um album interessante e diferente, o ponto alto é a participação de Florence Welch, a musica é muito forte e diferente. A produção eletronic/Hip-Hop/soul/Indie-rock também merece atenção, é muito bem trabalhado e desenvolvido, acho que queriam chamar atenção das pessoas que estavam procurando algo novo para ouvir.

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. RapReviews.com
    Mar 22, 2017
    55
    Your patience will be especially tested during the closing trio of songs that could have been better had they been a couple minutes shorter and/or delivered with more zest musically.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Sep 30, 2016
    78
    Hard rhymes and bouncy hooks, stacked atop big drums and supple synths, hold steady through a barrage of guest spots.
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  3. Magnet
    Sep 20, 2016
    70
    While RZA has never sounded so alive, Banks has never sounded so, well, dead. This hot/cold, menace-and-moody pattern--it's what most of Anything But Words' song structures are all about. [No. 135, p.51]
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