By The Time I Get To Phoenix
by Injury Reserve
  • Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Sep 15, 2021
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 35
  3. Negative: 4 out of 35
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  1. leumassregor
    Dec 19, 2021
    6
    Injury Reserve's latest album is unique, experimental, and definitely something they've never done before. The experimental production shines on tracks like 'SS San Francisco' and 'Smoke Don't Clear'. However, the experimental production negatively shines on tracks like 'Superman That' sounding like it was produced by pressing random instruments in GarageBand mobile. The songs after 'WildInjury Reserve's latest album is unique, experimental, and definitely something they've never done before. The experimental production shines on tracks like 'SS San Francisco' and 'Smoke Don't Clear'. However, the experimental production negatively shines on tracks like 'Superman That' sounding like it was produced by pressing random instruments in GarageBand mobile. The songs after 'Wild Wild West' weren't anything special sounding, either. This album, although it has some good moments, is just inconsistent and messy.… Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The Wire
    Dec 20, 2021
    70
    Much like Mantronix, Injury Reserve’s strengths lie in their overall freshness, and the way they play with and reinforce hiphop’s borders. Phoenix is full of post-genre dynamics. ... Phoenix is a punch-drunk affair that finds Injury Reserve hurtling forward with a determined anguish. [Oct 2021, p.49]
  2. HipHopDX
    Nov 3, 2021
    80
    By the Time I Get to Phoenix has arrived, an album loaded with deep emotion and detailed texture that makes every track feel revelatory.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 23, 2021
    77
    On By the Time I Get to Phoenix, they reintroduce themselves as wide-eyed explorers, a rep that suits their fascination with rap’s mechanics, its margins, and its future.
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