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8.5
43901
8.5 |
BBC
Aesop Rock shows an accomplished ability to join the unflinchingly candid with the unfalteringly compelling
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8.5
44739
8.5 |
The Quietus
Skelethon is a wildly energetic, funny, poignant, nostalgic and sad record; the result of huge personal investment on Aesop's behalf, but without substantial effort from the listener all of that is rendered worthless.
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8.3
43913
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Skelethon sits comfortably with his best albums
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8.2
43902
8.2 |
Pitchfork
The rapping has never been better either, with the music tailored to wring maximum tension out of each bar. Drum slaps dive-bomb then disappear
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8.0
43899
8.0 |
The Skinny
A satisfying and coherent album of hip-hop weirdness from one of the genre's most interesting and enduring characters
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8.0
43900
8.0 |
The Irish Times
While borrowing a lightness from less obvious collaborators such as Kimya Dawson on Crows 1, and sampling references from rock to jazz, it is to the darkness we return, but one brilliantly set alight through experience
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8.0
43904
8.0 |
All Music
His most rewarding effort to date
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8.0
43964
8.0 |
Blurt
Ranks among Aesop's greatest work yet
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8.0
44189
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Skelethon is his first self-produced album, and the beats he employs complement the more personal story-lines perfectly
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7.5
43963
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
The true joy of Skelethon is sitting back and watching an incredibly talented and incredibly keyed-in MC run circles around your brain. It may not be his best record, but it absolutely reaffirms why his craft is so vital
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7.5
43898
7.5 |
Prefix
This is a consistently great set of songs, and the album another major accomplishment for Aesop Rock
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7.0
43959
7.0 |
Spin
With Kimya Dawson in tow and beat poems about Converse and haircuts, Aes Rock is the hip rap-dad you never had
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7.0
45518
7.0 |
PopMatters
Sixteen years into his career, the levels of consideration and creativity evidenced by Skelethon are much more than we can expect
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6.0
46355
6.0 |
Q
His best work in a long time. Print edition only
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6.0
43903
6.0 |
NME
Named after a fabulist, yes, but still not quite fabulous
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