Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | (favorable) |
| Pitchfork Media | (10.0/10) |
| The A.V. Club | (favorable) |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Rolling Stone | |
Among the most widely-read reviews of Source Tags & Codes came from Pitchfork Media, where Matt LeMay gave the album a 10 out of 10, stating:
"Source Tags & Codes will take you in, rip you to shreds, piece you together, lick your wounds clean, and send you back into the world with a concurrent sense of loss and hope. And you will never, ever be the same."
In addition, Yancey Strickler of Flak Magazine called Source Tags "an important record, a landmark"; while Nick Sylvester of Pitchfork Media later noted it was "one of indie rock's truly epic albums". Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Source Tags & Codes at number 100 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
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