Let It Come Down
by Spiritualized
  • Record Label: Arista
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2001
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. The A.V. Club
    60
    The chasm between his musical and lyrical ambitions is as amusing as it is frustrating.
  2. Alternative Press
    60
    An ambitious record that pays skillful tribute to teachers like Pink Floyd, but shows off its ambition too much. [Nov 2001, p.94]
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  3. Billboard
    60
    Even visionaries lose sight at times, as Pierce does on "Let It Come Down," an album that can only be deemed a fractured opus.
  5. Spin
    40
    Pierce's flimsy voice and material buckle under the weight of the Technicolor bombast on Let It Come Down. [Oct 2001, p.127]
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  6. Mojo
    40
    It is an unconvincing record as a whole, and parts of it are profoundly dull. [Oct 2001, p.124]
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  7. Austin Chronicle
    40
    Pierce shows neither the vocal presence nor the songwriting chops to justify Let It Come Down's bloated orchestral excess.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Most Discussed Album of 2001
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#43 Most Shared Album of 2001

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 5 out of 25
  1. JonL
    Aug 21, 2006
    10
    The best Spiritualized album, period. Bombastic, yes, but rather than crushing the confessional songwriting of Pierce, it transcends it, and The best Spiritualized album, period. Bombastic, yes, but rather than crushing the confessional songwriting of Pierce, it transcends it, and the emotional impact is stunning. Too bad Amazing Grace couldn't live up to it...… Full Review »
  2. NorthFreedomFighter
    Apr 6, 2005
    9
    Overwhelming, ambitious and absolutely empowering. This albums is the great work of a man who is not afraid to dive into his pretention to Overwhelming, ambitious and absolutely empowering. This albums is the great work of a man who is not afraid to dive into his pretention to deliver what he feels the world needs to hear. Utterly brilliant… Full Review »
  3. Travis
    Jul 7, 2004
    3
    i really just don't understand how it could have gone so damn wrong. there seem to be only two songs on this album - the rehashed i really just don't understand how it could have gone so damn wrong. there seem to be only two songs on this album - the rehashed versions of 'electricity', and downright boring dirges, cleaved in the middle by a merely passable exercise in free-jazz. it's horrible. the absolute worst spiritualized album.… Full Review »
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