On A Wire
by The Get Up Kids
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: May 14, 2002
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    On a Wire quivers with the anxieties that must have arisen as the Get Up Kids left behind what originally made them.
  2. Neumu.net
    40
    Their new pop direction finds them drifting about, directionless as opposed to eclectic.

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. daven
    Sep 22, 2006
    7
    Get Up Kids have gone soft on our asses, with mixed results.
  2. Ian
    Apr 16, 2006
    0
    go buy one of their other albums, even their last rocks harder than this.
  3. JonathanH
    Jan 24, 2006
    8
    an amazing album from amazing bands. nothing they've done before or since stands up to this album. great song writing, great an amazing album from amazing bands. nothing they've done before or since stands up to this album. great song writing, great proformance, and great choosing of a producer (scott litt). it sounds new, elcectic, and thoughful while not loosing the whisicle and fun bounciness that the get up kids are known for... now if only the guilt was half this good. darn you bad reviews!!!… Full Review »
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