The Solitude of Prime Numbers
by Mike Patton
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Wire
    Dec 8, 2011
    80
    Transcending its function as a score, this music works as a collection of instrumental vignettes, individual yet circular in structure. [Nov 2011, p.64]
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    Feb 24, 2012
    70
    For the uninvested outsider (neither lover nor hater), it's distinctively spooky background music with a few satisfyingly jarring surprises, nothing to get terribly worked up about. For Patton's large army of obsessive pupils, it's an essential document of the Master at his most conceptually obsessive.
  3. AllMusic
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    The Solitude of Prime Numbers is not only unique to his catalog, it is a singular work that testifies to his growth not only as a composer and recording artist but as a conceptual one, whose expansive vision has evolved to include discipline and refinement as well as ambition.
  5. Consequence
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    It is at once as haunting and dreamy as it is harsh and calculating.
  6. PopMatters
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    The Solitude of Prime Numbers is one of the most unique conceptual soundtracks to come around in awhile, and in its short running time manages to span a wide range of musical emotion.

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