Virgins
by Tim Hecker
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Oct 15, 2013
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 63
  3. Negative: 4 out of 63
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  1. clem666
    Oct 9, 2022
    6
    The kind of album that makes you have deeper reflections on what should actually be and represent any other music album.
    I had the impression that Tim Hecker chose certain sound movements for this project and then diffracted them again and again in various ways. Of course there are numerous floating and transitional moments but it is only to come back harder and with more originality.    The kind of album that makes you have deeper reflections on what should actually be and represent any other music album.
    I had the impression that Tim Hecker chose certain sound movements for this project and then diffracted them again and again in various ways. Of course there are numerous floating and transitional moments but it is only to come back harder and with more originality. Unfortunately there were just too many of it for myself. Time is way too often suspended in my opinion. But I can't take out those pure transitions though, as the beginning of 'Black Reflection' appear to be.
    Indeed this LP manages to invoke powerful and varied emotions in us during the listens. It sometimes feels poetic, rushed, dark, contemplative and derivative at the same time. And surely words would not have been enough to describe it all better than 'Virgins' did.
    It is a questioning effort. But the several listens I had of it just made me realize the major highlight of what I could call shallowness and repetitiveness.    … Expand

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. The Wire
    Dec 10, 2013
    80
    Another nuance of Virgins is the pacing. With the exception of a few slightly predictable orchestral driftscapes, Hecker's editing instincts have rarely sounded this restless and razor-sharp. [Oct 2013, p.45]
  2. Q Magazine
    Nov 22, 2013
    80
    A record tremblingly alert to the darkness, it flickers like a candle in the gloom, a victory for the forces of good against all odds. [Dec 2013, p.107]
  3. Under The Radar
    Nov 15, 2013
    70
    It marks a natural progression--a little more defined, a little less of a homogeneous whole, but still a sound world that's unmistakably Hecker's own.
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