Exclaim's Scores
- Music
For 4,923 reviews, this publication has graded:
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58% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | The Ascension | |
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Lowest review score: | Excuse My French |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,173 out of 4923
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Mixed: 723 out of 4923
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Negative: 27 out of 4923
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For 36 minutes, the listener is submerged in the LP's chaos, but when the album finishes and you come up for air, there's a feeling of obligation to go back and listen through again. It's a celebration of the singular stylings of these two hip-hop heretics, one that rejects any semblance of conformity, leaving it free to be exactly what they want it to be, whatever that is.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 28, 2023
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Dacus brings a sense of wit and sensitivity; Bridgers a quiet melancholy; Baker a raw ferocity. the record combines those individual instincts into a group effort that's compelling in all sorts of ways — and one that's also charmingly (and, in a way, fittingly) imperfect.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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On Memento Mori, Depeche Mode turn this philosophical reminder into a beautiful, raw, and passionate rebirth.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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It's a lurid, scuzzy, electrifying return to form.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Embracing her past while looking forward, on GOOD LUCK, FRIDAY makes her own.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Putting the tiger back in a 15-year old cage works well for the band, for the most part. You can feel Stump chafing against the creative box he's put himself back in, and the tension it creates in the music gives many of these songs a sense of immediacy.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 23, 2023
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93696 is an ongoing, turbulent act of engagement — its surging power will throttle you, blow you over with fury and ecstasy. But it will also pull you in for an embrace, to quell and allow for the chance to breathe and reflect.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 23, 2023
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- Posted Mar 21, 2023
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Generous helpings of angst and spice on Hot Between Worlds make for a raw listening experience, one which does not offer resolution or understanding, but rather a ding-dong-ditch challenge to psychic fisticuffs in the middle of the street.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 17, 2023
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Altin Gün don't reinvent the wheel so much as craft a sick new set of rims. They do their thing like nobody else, and they're always getting better at it — Aşk gives you everything you want, and you'll still want more.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 14, 2023
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It's a confident and proper return, written squarely from Gonzalez's comfort zone with a few fun twists from its undersung predecessor; It's exactly what we needed from M83 right now, even if it's sometimes a little too extra.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Radical Romantics is as joyfully alive with sound as anything that Dreijer has created in their three decades of music making.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 10, 2023
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This isn't an album of contrasts but a vibe to get immersed in, and it's a welcome reminder of what once made Rose one of the key figures in indie rock.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 9, 2023
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Guitarists Trevor Peres and Ken Andrews' tones are more menacing than ever, and Donald Tardy's intense, skull-shaking drums are perfectly captured. While vocalist John Tardy's screams have obviously aged since Obituary's early days, they still sound powerful enough to get the job done, and the entire band plays with a locked-in ferocity that never sounds robotic or artificial.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 9, 2023
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Though there's not much variation in volume or tempo, listening carefully to the record's subtle weather shifts is deeply satisfying; it's a dream state, enveloped by Uchis' inimitable voice.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 3, 2023
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Ugly explores the rapper's newly formed duality, deepening his songcraft and letting the raging flame dim to a white-hot ember; it's his most reflective album to date.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 3, 2023
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Bless This Mess feels like a rebirth; a boundless, alien take on Remy's explosive art-pop, its conceptual wildness and sonic friskiness allowing her to flex her vision and sense of humour in brand new ways.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Cracker Island is the most focused and least eclectic instalment in the band's discography — and for that reason, it absolutely breezes by.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Adorned with earthy imagery across almost every track — and highlighted by the groovy "One Bird Calling" and the livestock sampling "A Barn Conversation" — The Vivian Line is a love letter to his rural homestead and the loved ones with whom he shares it.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 21, 2023
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Raven's unstructured, experimental feel may be unsettling for some, but the project's only other downside is that eventually, it ends.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 17, 2023
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Like their previous albums, Land of Sleeper transcends when taken in as a whole, with tracks that are perhaps individually a bit workmanlike but soar when plugged next to the surrounding pieces.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 17, 2023
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Desire, I Want to Turn Into You feels like the arrival of Caroline Polachek, a statement of intent that finally lassos her myriad musical ambitions into something singular.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 16, 2023
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All Fiction is the mark of a new era for Pile. It's one that might take some listeners time to get used to, but it's an altogether richer and more mature sound that opens new avenues of sound for the band going forward.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 15, 2023
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It's an album that further solidifies his position as a genre-leading storyteller, and it will have you humming along as much as it'll have you looking over your shoulder.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 13, 2023
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Pollen's deep cuts can't quite rise to the same heights as its singles, though they maintain a similar mood and prowess that gives the album life beyond just a couple music videos or haphazardly-ordered playlists. The main standout buried beneath the surface is the stunning "Gibraltar."- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 10, 2023
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The result is a far livelier and live-sounding album than one would expect from a group this deep into their career.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 9, 2023
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The thematic focus on the therapeutic powers of the natural world, and the protective presence of familial and spiritual energies, make The Land, the Water, the Sky feel just as suited to playing from the peak of a mountain as from the crackling speaker of a bar or bookstore.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 9, 2023
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This Is Why is undoubtedly Paramore's strongest work. At only ten songs and a 36 minute runtime, they left little room for error and made not one mistake.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 9, 2023
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With the world coming apart at the seams, Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes have never sounded more together, more single-minded and strong-willed. They made an album that needed to be made. Quasi went all-in on Breaking the Balls of History, and it lives up to its absolutely killer title.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 7, 2023
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Sure, he did appear on a Tame Impala remix last year, but few could have expected such a vivid and exploratory psych album as Let's Start Here.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 1, 2023
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