• Record Label: Elektra
  • Release Date: Apr 28, 2015
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 141 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 3 out of 141
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  1. Jun 13, 2015
    4
    I found quite a lot of this album very dull and lazy. The style-less strumming and wailing "la la la" vocals on "Ong Ong" is a pretty good indication of what I thought about a lot of this album. There are some neat melodies and harmonies to be found, but they're hidden amidst a lot of average music. But hey, "Pyongyang" is one of the best tracks I've heard in a long, long time, so at leastI found quite a lot of this album very dull and lazy. The style-less strumming and wailing "la la la" vocals on "Ong Ong" is a pretty good indication of what I thought about a lot of this album. There are some neat melodies and harmonies to be found, but they're hidden amidst a lot of average music. But hey, "Pyongyang" is one of the best tracks I've heard in a long, long time, so at least I'm glad I listened to The Magic Whip. Expand
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81

Universal acclaim - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 35
  2. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Jul 30, 2015
    67
    As with 13 and Think Tank, noodling ensues ("Thought I Was a Spaceman") and melodies never dry fully ("My Terracotta Heart"), but that works both ways when "There Are Too Many of Us" marches into deep-cut territory through space and strings.
  2. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    85
    It can proudly stand alongside anything else the band has done. [No. 120, p.52]
  3. May 11, 2015
    70
    Even with its faults, The Magic Whip is remarkably cohesive; not a single track is superfluous, flippant, or jarring.