AllMusic's Scores
- Music
For 17,239 reviews, this publication has graded:
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64% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | The Marshall Mathers LP | |
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Lowest review score: | Graffiti |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14,359 out of 17239
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Mixed: 2,858 out of 17239
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Negative: 22 out of 17239
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Lupine Howl does give the band more freedom than they previously had, as they embrace electronic effects, synthesizers, neo-psychedelic guitar riffs, and Cook's trademark harmonica. It doesn't always result in quality songwriting, however, and that will make it more laborious to avoid the "ex-members" tag.- AllMusic
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Apart from ["You Make That Look Good" and "Write My Number on Your Hand"], the songs and production demand that all energy come from young Scotty, who amiably sleepwalks through the tunes.- AllMusic
- Posted Oct 3, 2011
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In addition to often sleepy and forgettable production, Leray's flow leaves much to be desired and even guests like Nicki Minaj ("Blick Blick"), Fivio Foreign ("Mountains"), and H.E.R. ("Overthinking") can't save the day.- AllMusic
- Posted Apr 26, 2022
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The energy she put into these versions helps make up for the vocal shortcomings and audible use of Auto-Tune.- AllMusic
- Posted Oct 20, 2014
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A knack for oversized choruses remains hardwired in Bon Jovi, but in this gloomy context, they act as reminders that they once sounded like they were a working band for working men instead of rich men fretting about a world they've long left behind.- AllMusic
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No matter how hard Simpson tries, no matter how foreboding the surface, beneath it all she's still light and frivolous. But that doesn't mean, by any stretch, that this is bubblegum music, since that term implies that this music is frothy, fun, and, most important, hooky, and I Am Me is none of those things.- AllMusic
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Sure, it might be easier to accept if it was called a Damon Albarn solo album, but that's splitting hairs. A lousy album is a lousy album, no matter who gets credit.- AllMusic
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- Posted May 17, 2011
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Some of the smooth, spacey ballads that were characteristic of their 1993 self-titled release show up here, but more often than not LeBon is lost in a swamp of over-production.- AllMusic
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Some of the productions, courtesy of the Runners, Adonis, and Kevin McCall, save it from being a disaster.- AllMusic
- Posted Jul 2, 2012
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That he fails is not the fault of his individual performance; it's the fault of botched execution.- AllMusic
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"Juice WRLD Did" doesn't have the same ring to it, but the wobbling/chiming track is among the album's few other memorable moments despite being dusted off and slapped into the sequence after Khaled added his vocal stamp.- AllMusic
- Posted Sep 6, 2022
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Underclass Hero is ingratiating enough as background music—it's hooky enough to have momentum but not enough to linger in the memory—but they've never sounded quite so toothless and it's all down to this increased ambition.- AllMusic
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It's highly doubtful that anyone other than a true-blue fan would be able to get past the asinine boasts, the overwhelming misogyny, and the pure outlandishness of it all.- AllMusic
- Posted Jul 11, 2013
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The rallying choruses are not effective, and he's short on ideas; threatening to steal attached women is a default topic. 5.0 is, by a considerable margin, Nelly's least essential release to date.- AllMusic
- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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