Vinyl

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 14, 2016
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 155 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 104 out of 155
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 155
  3. Negative: 26 out of 155
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  1. royphishooh
    Feb 15, 2016
    3
    Despite Bobby Cannavale's outstanding performance, portraying Robert Plant with a cockney accent and having an English punk band (The Nasty Bitz, led by Mick Jagger's son) in 1973 New York were a bit strange. Nothing special really. I hope it gets better - The New York Dolls tribute band were very good.
  2. mangalam
    May 6, 2016
    1
    Very poor history, whit a predictable develop and overacted characters - the eternal cliche of drugs, alcohol, sex and people making funny faces when doing it, as you never see in real life - The only strong point in the series is the music and the era, but is unfortunately saturated, with so many classic songs entering all the time, wasting the dramatic effect and reducing it to a boringVery poor history, whit a predictable develop and overacted characters - the eternal cliche of drugs, alcohol, sex and people making funny faces when doing it, as you never see in real life - The only strong point in the series is the music and the era, but is unfortunately saturated, with so many classic songs entering all the time, wasting the dramatic effect and reducing it to a boring History channel documentary.
    Sometimes it feel like a bad, bad copy of Mad Men.
    Cant believe that Mr. Scorsesse directed the pilot. So much coke, maybe.    … Expand
  3. Flange77
    Feb 14, 2016
    2
    Longest two hours of my life. An uneven, tedious, cliche-ridden, smutty bore, full of uninteresting caricatures, hammy performances and very cheap thrills. It feels like too many cooks and HBO was afraid to give notes.
  4. samuelreeds
    Mar 20, 2016
    3
    WE GET IT, Richie does coke. 20/50 scenes in the show do not need to reinforce this. I'm voting a three because there are a few snippets of good writing in the show. I try to connect with Richie, but it's hard to empathize with a person who has the genetic traits of a scumbag and the lack of room for dialogue due to the drug use. Although character doesn't really make the show for me, IWE GET IT, Richie does coke. 20/50 scenes in the show do not need to reinforce this. I'm voting a three because there are a few snippets of good writing in the show. I try to connect with Richie, but it's hard to empathize with a person who has the genetic traits of a scumbag and the lack of room for dialogue due to the drug use. Although character doesn't really make the show for me, I still have yet to understand the characters in what is close to an understandable depth.

    NOTE TO Terry Winter if you're reading: huge fan of your work, I know there's been some decent well written character revelations.

    COMMENTS on the pilot: I know that this story/series was originally intended for a film adaption, but a two hour pilot episode was even hard for me to bare. Not too mention, HALF of the plots spawned in the episode have been left unexploited. Don't insult the viewer with its time, dangle something in their face, and don't follow through on it.    … Expand
  5. Joline
    May 12, 2016
    2
    For a hip hot try especially on hbo - this is one boring disaster.
    Holes big enough to put another series in.
    Over the top acting from amazing actors.
    So -- Mediocre plotting. Writing. Directing. Terrible dialogue. Not even from then.
    I turned it off half an hour in humming the ambiance and the set decoration.
  6. roosevelt323
    Feb 16, 2016
    3
    i had high hopes for this series. How can Scorcese and Terrance go wrong? but they proved me wrong.
    The pilot.... so far... was somewhat boring and misguided. Is it a 70's series? a rock n roll series? or a series about a record exec whom happens to be in the 70's. Bobby C is phenomenol... as always... but the plot... the name dropping... and the direction of this series is lacking    i had high hopes for this series. How can Scorcese and Terrance go wrong? but they proved me wrong.
    The pilot.... so far... was somewhat boring and misguided. Is it a 70's series? a rock n roll series? or a series about a record exec whom happens to be in the 70's. Bobby C is phenomenol... as always... but the plot... the name dropping... and the direction of this series is lacking flavor, substance, and entertainment. Boardwalk Empire it is not...
    .    … Expand
  7. shoulderoforion
    Feb 29, 2016
    2
    After the first 15 minutes of watching and being made to want to shoot cocaine into my eyeballs while being assaulted with second rate proto punk I switched this off
  8. Digitank
    Feb 21, 2016
    0
    Couldn't event finish the pilot.. Boring, unfocused and especially the music really sucks. Worst show on HBO i saw in years. Although a series about the music business would have so much potential, which was clearly missed here.
  9. yosemite
    Feb 19, 2016
    1
    Too much smoking….too much swearing ….too much stress and anger. The show promised sex,drugs and R&R…instead we got crap. I think Martin's shelf life has expired
  10. spud
    Jun 23, 2016
    3
    Assuming that they could recreate the success of Mad Men (the way he had assumed he'd be able to recreate the success of the Beatles), Mick Jagger brings us this ambitious -though ultimately tired- period piece. Bobby Cannavale's excellent performance is the best thing about this show.

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. TVLine
    Reviewed by: Michael Slezak
    Apr 6, 2016
    83
    Vinyl may hit one or two questionable notes in its first five episodes, but fueled by a beautifully realized sense of place and Cannavale’s certain-to-be-Emmy-nominated performance, it’s definitely worth a spin.
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  2. Colorado Springs Gazette
    Reviewed by: Terry Terrones
    Apr 6, 2016
    83
    Vinyl throws audiences an unexpected twist late in the pilot. This late hard left changes this series from a story about a failing business and turns it into something more significant.
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  3. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Amber Dowling
    Feb 16, 2016
    80
    At times there seems to be too much going on in the pilot, between Richie running away from gun-wielding lunatics, attempting to sign new talent, working to keep his existing roster, finagling a deal to sell his company and balancing his precarious home life. But it’s no greater a flaw than most pilots attempting to set up the scheme of things face, and the action never seems bogged down or tied up in specifics.
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