Phantom Brickworks
by Bibio
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Nov 3, 2017
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 22, 2017
    60
    Opener 9:13 is too close perhaps to Brian Eno to make much of an impact. But when a chorus of ghostly voices rise above the fractured piano of Phantom Brickworks III, the theme really works, offering a genuinely unsettling air of spookiness. [Jan 2018, p.106]
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  2. Exclaim
    Nov 2, 2017
    60
    Wilkinson's eighth full-length shows the musician's adeptness at thoughtful, patient compositions, but he seems to have forgotten the value of self-editing.

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. jinkiesscoob
    Nov 6, 2017
    9
    This album is one of the most emotionally evocative pieces of ambient music I've heard in a long time. I've been listening to it for days now,This album is one of the most emotionally evocative pieces of ambient music I've heard in a long time. I've been listening to it for days now, and it keeps bringing me more and more feelings each time I hear it. I walk around the neighbourhood and I can almost feel it changing my heart rate over time. It's so thoughtful and possibly the most beautiful piece of music I've heard all year.… Full Review »
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