Wilderness
by Wilderness
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Pitchfork
    85
    What Wilderness really seem to signify-- and what makes them important-- is a shift back towards the more cerebral end of the rock spectrum.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    A complex yet intriguing soundscape.
  3. PopMatters
    80
    Their songs are sublime and obnoxious and sure to inspire revulsion as much as admiration.
  5. Uncut
    80
    Wilderness take the clang of post-punk and invest it with an elatory fervour. [Sep 2005, p.111]
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  6. Prefix Magazine
    80
    Wilderness is one of those albums where if you like one song, you like the whole lot, and vice versa.
  7. Stylus Magazine
    75
    Though The Wilderness is filled with stunning songs, by album’s end, they tend to meld together. Their uniformity is their greatest fault, though admittedly one that can be overlooked during its best moments.
  8. Magnet
    70
    Overwhelmingly desolate. [#69, p.112]
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  9. cokemachineglow
    64
    Someone needs to tell them that just sounding important doesn’t mean they actually are important.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best Album of 2005

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. TimH.
    Aug 24, 2009
    9
    These guys define originality and do it well. It took me a couple of times through to really appreciate how well the music and vocals These guys define originality and do it well. It took me a couple of times through to really appreciate how well the music and vocals harmonize and blend together. Great stuff.… Full Review »
  2. Bartak
    May 16, 2006
    9
    The voice is powerful, the idiots don't know music if it bit them on their asses.
  3. MatthewS
    Jan 9, 2006
    10
    Overlooked and savagely underrated, Wilderness makes Joy Division's Closer look like it should have been sung by David Byrne
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