The Red Thread
by Arab Strap
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2001
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Q Magazine
    60
    This is largely Arab Strap on familiar ground: filmic guitar atmospherics backing an extended bout of post-coital melancholy.
  2. Neumu.net
    50
    While previous records have consisted almost entirely of a simple guitar/vocals/drum-machine arrangement, this fourth longplayer finds different sonic deployments.
  3. Alternative Press
    40
    Five years later, it's easy to be blasé about [Aidan] Moffat's disgruntled first-person narratives. [#154, p.68]
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Awards & Rankings

100
#100 Best Album of 2001

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
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  1. PoPeR
    Sep 3, 2001
    10
    Incredible musical landscapes, great!
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