Reviews
Ranked #69 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", Ranked #22 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...A harrowing document of barely-imaginable remorse...", Rated #61 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...zen scientists with a yen for synthesizing the best jazz and noise rock...reinvented rock-song structure and rejuvinated the concept of dynamics....No less an authority than Steve Albini called this album a landmark and that may be the truest statement he's ever uttered.", "Innovation and an Air of Menace Continue to Make Spiderland an Authentically Disconcerting Listen.", "Featuring the band's characteristic quiet/loud/quiet sonic conceit. As stylistic signifiers go...it's a nifty trick, one Slint deploys in ways that are hypnotic...", "The sound of hardcore types like Big Black slowed down to a snail's pace....the architects of the quiet/loud/quiet dynamic..."
