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For 811 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 86% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 13% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 81
Highest review score: 100 Harmlessness
Lowest review score: 5 Fashionably Late
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 757 out of 811
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 811
  3. Negative: 6 out of 811
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Self Entitled
    NOFX take a crack at pressing matters both inwards and outwards, succeeding in not only making a seamless expression of both sides but cranking out some truly memorable jams to boot.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Awesome As F**k
    Awesome As Fuck captures the intensity of a live Green Day show while giving you a nostalgic throwback into what made you fall in love with this band in the first place.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Comfort/Distraction
    It's a record of favorites, but not one where you feel compelled to skip songs to get to them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    I Don't Like Shit: I Don't Go Outside
    This album is perfect for those days when you just want to keep to yourself, when you feel like no one can be trusted. It's for anyone who has ever had the desire to forget their responsibilities and just make some damn music.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    My Name Is My Name
    My Name Is My Name is one of the best debut albums of the year, but since Pusha T is far from a new artist, he's got a leg-up on many of the newcomers to the genre.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Once More 'Round the Sun
    Once More 'Round the Sun is the band's most accessible record yet in a lot of ways. The choruses are catchier, the guitar solos are flashier, and the production, while not too overdone, isn't too raw to leave any recognizable barrier to entry.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Saaab Stories [EP]
    What Saaab Stories lacks in quantity is easily made up for in quality.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
    There's no real logical conclusion as to what it all means, and The Roots understand that. That's part of why they made the album so short; so that you can put the time in and come to a conclusion yourself.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Lese Majesty
    Lese Majesty is an entirely different beast than Black Up, and the group manages to continue sticking out in the hip-hop world for their incomparable creativity.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    With Love
    With Love is the most focused and refined release from Zomby yet, which is quite the feat considering it's a double album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Cult
    Cult unleashes some of the band's tastiest riffs and strongest songs yet while broadening Bayside's musical palate.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Absent Sounds
    Absent Sounds is one of those records where favorite songs change by the hour. And it’s also a record that understands your perceived meaning is the most important one.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    LP1
    A tangle of influences and contemporaries; yet she manages to keep space in which her frail breath of a singing voice can survive.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Blue Giant
    Though there is a good chunk of filler ("Wesley," "Target Heart," "Go On," "The Game,") the memorable songs mark this disc as something worth purchasing and something worth coming back to.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    RTJ2
    Run The Jewels 2 is the logical follow up to Run The Jewels; it's bigger, bolder, and feels like a punch to the gut that you'll be feeling for weeks.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Romance Is Boring
    While unquestionably delivering more of the goods fans are sure to get excited about, on their new record, Los Campesinos! also prove they aren't one-trick ponies, boasting some welcome musical and conceptual range.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Nikki Nack
    Nikki-Nack is an outstanding successor to W h o k i l l and the year’s most memorable pop album yet.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    SremmLife
    The palpably effervescent joy of Rae Sremmurd feels untainted by the ills of reality and stands against a backdrop of contemporaries like Shmurda and Chief Keef who use their as a way of combating the grim reality of inner city rot.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    There Used to Be a Place for Us
    Save Your Breath have released one of the best albums in the genre this year and one of the only ones I think can truly be called a throwback to its golden age.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Sucker
    Her melodies are always on point and her voice is as strong and confident as ever, a very large and noticeable step up from the teenage True Romance.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Expo 86
    The album is a perfect mixture of the band's first two records, blended with an equal part of their rock swagger and part their post-electro swing.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Jinx
    Jinx leaves the band with more paths to explore going forward; they may either continue to refine the warmly gothic sounds found here or may embrace a different facet of Sports. It seems apparent after Jinx that they will deftly execute whichever option they choose.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Lex Hives
    A fist-pumping, hip-swerving rock record that roars with energy and makes for a most exuberant return to form.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Body Music
    It is a wonderful debut effort, and all of the buzz and the attention they have garnered up to this point is likely only the beginning for AlunaGeorge.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Repave
    Repave is integral to retroactively understanding Vernon's canon and also establishes a path forward from the runaway success of his past.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Skeletons
    Big guitars, big hooks, and JT Woodruff's best vocal performance yet.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    If You're Reading This It's Too Late [Mixtape]
    If You're Reading This It's Too Late comes with all of the baggage and experimentation a mixtape brings while managing to surpass the quality of most artists' output.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Honest
    The album is, on face value, yet another rap record about the artists success in overcoming the hobbling obstacles of the drug industry. Stale as the concept is, Future breathes life into it by twisting it into his own image and owning it fully.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    White Crosses
    The surprise is in just how much White Crosses succeeds at blurring the dividing line between punk rock ethos and boistrous radio rock.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Doris
    When listening to Doris, you're going to want to have lyrics nearby or else you're going to miss well over half of what's being said. It makes for an album that's hard to listen to without putting in some effort, but the results speak for themselves as Doris proves to be both a rewarding and engrossing listen, even if there are still a few kinks to be worked out.
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