The Wire's Scores
- Music
For 2,628 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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7% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | SMiLE | |
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Lowest review score: | Amazing Grace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,177 out of 2628
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Mixed: 431 out of 2628
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Negative: 20 out of 2628
2628
music
reviews
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- By Critic Score
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- Critic Score
There's being reflective and then there's navel-gazing, and unfortunately Alopecia is too frequently guilty of the latter to really engage either the mind or heart. [Apr 2008, p.66]- The Wire
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A sense of cluelessness pervades these songs, as though constructed without considering why or for whom they were intended. [Jun 2014, p.51]- The Wire
Posted Jul 14, 2014 -
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Songs like "Brainfreeze" and "The Red Wing" plod more than march, piling on so many competing keyboard layers that the melody blots itself out. Others seem oddly unfinished. Only the two closing ten minute tracks evoke the classic Fuck Buttons widescreen neon pomp. [Jul 2013, p.56]- The Wire
Posted Jul 24, 2013 -
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A Better Tomorrow feels trapped by history, an impotent reflection versus a proposed resurrection. [Jan 2015, p.65]- The Wire
Posted Dec 16, 2014 -
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Still sounds like the work of someone desperate to gain the approval of the Drag City clique. [#215, p.69]- The Wire
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Chosen topics prove less crucial than his relentlessly tedious delivery. [Feb 2018, p.51]- The Wire
Posted Feb 23, 2018 -
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The next person who decides to write a book on Miles Davis, or agrees to play him in a movie, will find this set invaluable. But for the casual Davis fan, it’s bound to be a bore and a chore. [Nov 2016, p.76]- The Wire
Posted Dec 21, 2016