Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Yahoo | |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10) |
| Metacritic | (88/100) |
| Music Emissions | |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| ShakingThrough.net | |
| Stylus Magazine | A |
| The Guardian | |
LA Times noted that the group unleashed on that album "a bounty of gothic rock".
Thom Jurek of Allmusic described the two parts of the album as "the first disc ... is a rock & roll record ... a pathos-drenched, volume-cranked rocker, full of crunch, punishment – and taste" while the second "is a much quieter, more elegant affair. It is more consciously restrained, its attention to craft and theatrical flair more prevalent. But that doesn't make it any less satisfying".
The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus at number 180 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
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