Pinball Wanderer


Pinball Wanderer is the fifth studio album by British musician and songwriter Andy Bell. It was released on 28 February 2025 via Sonic Cathedral in LP, CD and digital formats.

Reception

Writing for the Quietus, Jonathan Wright remarked, "As the circular guitar patterns of the instrumental title track give way to the synths of 'Music Concrete' and then the slight and brief but atmospheric 'The Notes You Never Hear', there's a hint the LP may be meandering too much." In a four-star review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas noted it as "a collection of eight freshly minted, mostly newly written tracks," stating "the essence that Bell distills on Pinball Wanderer is one of happy exploration, indeed wandering from one creative idea to the next with very little second-guessing or restraint."
Spill described it as "loads of fun with plenty of wonderfully charming experimentation and interplanetary vibes," giving it four stars. Writing for MusicOMH, John Murphy assigned the album a rating of 3.5 stars and referred to it as "an album of moods and grooves rather than hooks, much of Pinball Wanderer shows just what Bell can produce when he's given a rare spotlight." Rating the album seven, Clash Richard Bowes stated, "As a musician, Andy Bell has always channelled other-worldly atmospherics, but on Pinball Wanderer he's operating in a separate, groovy, dimension."

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.