Summary from 13 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Clinic's catalog across 11 albums from 13 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated Clinic album is Internal Wrangler (2000) with a 8.8/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Free Reign II and Walking With Thee. The discography on Wavelength spans 2000 to 2019. Distortions ranks as the highest-rated Clinic song on Wavelength with a 9.3/10 average.
Internal Wrangler
“A few years ago, I made the fatal mistake of trying to introduce my grandparents to the joys of rock. I figured, you know, they're pretty hip for old people-- they usually win at bridge, and they drive at night. Perhaps it'd be easier for me to relate to them if we had at least some sense of musical common ground. So, my grandfather entered into a pact with me: he would listen to a Beatles record”
Clinic
“If you've never pondered the source of the rat-at-tat-tat boom-boom ascending from darkened alleyways, know that these sounds emanate not from gunfire, but from an unregistered Liverpudlian Clinic whose surgeons engage in dissections of the by-gone underground influences of America. The execution is primitive, but its intent is logical. The music is elemental, having evolved from the ancestral typ”
Do It!
“Despite the fact that there's still some old reliable structures underpinning Do It!, this new album might be Clinic's most adventurous since Internal Wrangler.”
Walking With Thee
“Somewhere in the town where you live is a middle-aged man who's been in a band since his late teens. His belly wobbles around under his too-tight, stained white tank top and his oil-slicked hair is tied up in a ponytail. To pay the bills, he does sound at the local bar. He hangs out at the local record store, selling off his old vinyl with disclaimers like "we almost opened for them once," and "ye”
Free Reign II
“Clinic asked Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin to mix their 2012 album, Free Reign, only to shelve all but two of his submissions. On this complete album overhaul, the Liverpool band reinstate Lopatin's mixes and rejig the sequencing to astonishing effect.”
Free Reign
“The enigmatic Liverpool band returns with an album heavy on Suicide-like groove and open-ended jams. The choice of Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never as mixer adds an additional element of experimentation.”
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