Pyramid Electric Co.
by Jason Molina
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Stylus Magazine
    90
    Pyramid is not Songs: Ohia but the musical equivalent of A Season In Hell, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all.
  2. Neumu.net
    80
    Pyramid Electric Co. is a vast step forward for Molina. It provides ample evidence of his spiritual growth and shows him once again evolving as an artist.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary -- it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently.
  5. Mojo
    80
    Molina's darkest, most achingly desolate work so far. [Apr 2004, p.102]
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  6. Filter
    80
    Unhurried, deliberate and raw.
  7. Delusions of Adequacy
    70
    Pyramid, while not being a step back, isn’t a step forward.
  8. Pitchfork
    69
    Just as Elliott Smith's "Needle in the Hay" was perfect for the suicide-attempt scene in The Royal Tenenbaums, any song on this album would complement a still-photo montage of a prolonged labor ending in a miscarriage.

Awards & Rankings

47
#47 Best Album of 2004

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. KarelV
    Aug 13, 2005
    9
    The darkest, most melancholic album in my collection, that's what makes it so ubelievebly intence and tender
  2. ildi
    Jul 7, 2004
    10
    awesome!!!!!
  3. shelbyb
    Apr 17, 2004
    10
    ya wadud!
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