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9.0
20853
9.0 |
The Quietus
Sounding wholly refreshed and with big mouths intact, the trio have pulled together a freestanding, populist record with such winning flair it's hard to imagine a young British guitar band performing with as much class, purpose, or presence
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9.0
21321
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
It reveals the veterans sounding astonishingly youthful and adventurous
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8.5
20232
8.5 |
BBC
If you love alternative guitar music, you will love this, because Wire play alternative guitar music better than any young British band you can name
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8.3
20426
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Aloof, brittle, stiff: This is Wire as it ought to be
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8.0
20438
8.0 |
DIY
This is music that still has the attitude, but releases it in a less ramshackle way than we’re used to
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8.0
20461
8.0 |
Pitchfork
Wire have successfully reinvented themselves once again, this time as wise elder statesmen
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8.0
20472
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Gleeful act of sabotage or pop folly, Red Barked Tree is a worthy addition to the Wire legend
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8.0
20554
8.0 |
Blurt
There is no nostalgia for the old and there is no fever pitch toward the future. It's just Wire - out to ruin rock and roll
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8.0
20581
8.0 |
NME
11 clever tracks of unrelenting and witty pop
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8.0
20619
8.0 |
The Scotsman
These hoary old art rockers are required listening in 2011
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8.0
20644
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Dystopic lyrics and shoegaze guitar washes
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8.0
20755
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
While it negotiates a generically complex path from druggy Britpop to a muscular power-pop via post-punk imbued with a decidedly noughties sense of irony, it does it so amazingly cleanly
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8.0
20234
8.0 |
Eye Weekly
Wire prove that the originators can whip the imitators
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8.0
20285
8.0 |
The Independent
On this showing, the feral rage of their punk youth has matured into a pleasingly poised disaffection, with no loss of acuity
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8.0
20306
8.0 |
Uncut
It's familiar, but different. It's Wire: Ancient And Modern
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8.0
20118
8.0 |
The Skinny
Even at cruising speed, Wire are more compelling than most of their followers
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8.0
20180
8.0 |
Mojo
Compares favourably with the very best of Wire. Print edition only
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8.0
20213
8.0 |
The 405
Can stake a good claim to being the first great album of 2011
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8.0
21093
8.0 |
A.V. Club
Timeless and vital, men half this age frequently struggle to make music half as good
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8.0
20330
8.0 |
Evening Standard
They don't do arty post-punk these days, just pithy masterpieces of droll pop music
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8.0
20342
8.0 |
The Observer
They've remembered what it is they do best: look askance at the modern world while making a clever racket
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8.0
20393
8.0 |
musicOMH
It's the sound of a band still having a lot of fun. And there's not an ounce of nostalgia
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8.0
20396
8.0 |
Clash
More relevant today than ever before
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8.0
20401
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The work of a still-functioning band that continues to move ahead, their progeny hanging on to every riff in an effort to mean something as well
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8.0
20405
8.0 |
PopMatters
Wire sound perfectly comfortable in their own skin and sense of history on Red Barked Tree
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7.5
20861
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
[They] sound determined and daring on this new batch of songs, but only after a decidedly shaky start
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7.0
20384
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Red Barked Tree can stand on its own in the enduring continuum of the band's progress and not just as a pale imitation of older material
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7.0
20141
7.0 |
Under The Radar
It proves that brevity is indeed the soul of wit, and also the soul of this seminal band who continue to astound well into their fourth decade
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7.0
20328
7.0 |
The Fly
In these winter months, this is a record to keep the blood flowing
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6.0
20239
6.0 |
Q
Sounds less like Wire than any Wire album. Print edition only
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5.0
20349
5.0 |
Independent on Sunday
This is just another competent rock record in hock to the band Wire used to be
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