For 5,511 reviews, this publication has graded:
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48% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: | Lives Outgrown | |
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Lowest review score: | Unpredictable |
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Positive: 2,970 out of 5511
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Mixed: 2,464 out of 5511
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Negative: 77 out of 5511
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A trove of bewitching melody and subtle invention, Rounds succeeds not only as a meticulously conceived piece of art but also as a moving expression of human warmth.- The Guardian
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Terms like "alt.country" are far too prosaic to contain music which might equally be called post-bebop, spook-folk or ghoulish horror soundtrack.- The Guardian
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Though the arrangements are predictable, Staton's versatile voice is a revelation.- The Guardian
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Both albums are sublime. Taken together they're hip-hop's Sign o' the Times or The White Album: a career-defining masterpiece of breathtaking ambition.- The Guardian
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The most original and exciting artist to emerge from dance music in a decade.- The Guardian
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A Grand Don't Come for Free raises the stakes to such an extent that it sounds literally unprecedented: there isn't really any other album like this.- The Guardian
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London Calling itself stands tall as the band's masterpiece, the showcase for all their musical tastes and inclinations.- The Guardian
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You are drawn to the conclusion that these songs would be remarkable regardless of the circumstances in which they were written.- The Guardian
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Franz Ferdinand's album arrives packed not just with fizzing guitars, disco-influenced drums and intriguing shifts in tempo, but also memorable songs, laden with hooklines and startling riffs.- The Guardian
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Medulla may divide Björk's audience, but, combining intellectual rigour and sensual ravishment, it is brave and unique.- The Guardian
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Using and abusing passionate gospel, country sweetness and filthy guitar licks, the Kings of Leon are the kind of authentic, hairy rebels the Rolling Stones longed to be.- The Guardian
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Smith has crafted an album that is deft, addictive and profoundly musical, and it feels like a fresh-minted classic.- The Guardian
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For fans of chiming, literate, lovelorn pop, Picaresque is an absolute treasure trove.- The Guardian
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The air of two songwriters on rare form, confidently challenging each other to greater heights, is inescapable.- The Guardian
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It's a triumph of non-judgmental storytelling, delivered within purgative rock'n'roll.- The Guardian
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Such sentiments are couched in consistently wonderful songwriting, surf's-up vocal harmonies... and lavish electro-pop.- The Guardian
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He's discovered a mellow maturity in Southern soul - and without losing his punk rock perversity or poetry.- The Guardian
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The music offers further evidence of how far outside rap's usual strictures West operates. OutKast aside, mainstream hip-hop doesn't really do ambiguity or irony, but just as West's arrogance occasionally appears to be a protracted joke, Late Registration finds him in thrillingly subversive form, working in the production booth to undercut tracks' messages and shifting their meanings.- The Guardian
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Their melodies have never sounded richer or more lovely, their charm never more beguiling. SFA have made their best album yet.- The Guardian
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While the music is eclectic and teeming with exotic textures, it always feels coherent and easy to love, and might even earn the band a nomination as Britain's Best Pop Group.- The Guardian
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Spiritual, lovelorn and vulnerable, this is the album Diamond has deserved for decades.- The Guardian
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