MogwaiBest Mogwai Albums Ranked

Young Team (Deluxe Edition)

pitchfork

9.2

“The current decline of the music industry is of course not so much a catastrophic collapse as a simple market correction: a delayed downturn that should've actually begun in the early 1980s, before major labels cajoled consumers into replacing their vinyl collections with shiny CD replications-- thereby artificially padding their bottom lines well into the 90s. But now that record companies have l”

Every Country's Sun

loudandquiet

9.0

“Mogwai’s ninth studio album is their first without founding guitarist John Cummings, and also the first since 2001’s ‘Rock Action’ to be produced by Dave Fridmann. Both personnel changes are felt for the better: the band luxuriate in the space provided by Cummings’ departure, creating songs that are markedly less claustrophobic than their recent predecessors, while Fridmann’s knack for exploiting ”

Special Moves

pitchfork

8.2

“Mogwai's first live package-- a concert recording and DVD companion, Burning, with a different tracklist-- finds them in typically outstanding form.”

As the Love Continues

loudandquiet

8.0

“25 years. That’s how long Mogwai have quietly (and loudly) been doling out guitar-heavy detonation at the stamp of a Stuart Braithwaite overdrive pedal. After all that time, there’s undoubtedly a method to Mogwai, but the beautiful noise they’ve made over the years has only stood because of their dedication to reimagining the potential of sheer volume and plunging walls of noise. As The Love Cont”

KIN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

thelineofbestfit

8.0

“Mogwai's KIN OST is a remarkable album even without its visual accompaniment”

Every Country's Sun

exclaim

8.0

“One of the most consistent post-rock bands in terms of pacing, song structure and style, the Scottish Guitar Army's ninth studio album doesn't exactly break new ground; instead, it finds them subtly refining their recent, synth-focused sound to great success.”