We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Exclaim
    Jul 29, 2019
    80
    Following ECM's 21-disc retrospective Art Ensemble Of Chicago and Associated Ensembles, this new collection serves as a forward-looking, optimistic companion.
  2. The Wire
    Jul 23, 2019
    80
    Delivers on the forward-looking promise of The Art Ensemble’s motto: great black music – ancient to the future. [May 2019, p.61]
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  3. AllMusic
    Jun 25, 2019
    80
    The sheer breadth of the ensemble's expression on We Are on the Edge is staggering, a strident declaration that Mitchell and Moye will carry the AEC's powerful, boundary-less creative ethos full force into its sixth decade.
  5. Mojo
    Jun 25, 2019
    80
    Featuring chamber music, operatic art singing, spoken word, drum circles and horns and woodwinds ecstatically blowing--all outside-time examples of the group's motto: "Great Black Music, Ancient too the Future." [Aug 2019, p.95]
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  6. The Quietus
    Jun 25, 2019
    80
    Both a graceful tribute and a testament to these musicians’ questing vision.
  7. Uncut
    Jun 25, 2019
    80
    A 4LP limited box adds a typically transcendent live set from Ann Arbor, mixing new tracks with retooled classics: a 19-minute take on "Tutankhamun" still feels far out. [Aug 2019, p.26]
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