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For 17,253 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 The Marshall Mathers LP
Lowest review score: 20 Graffiti
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14,370 out of 17253
  2. Mixed: 2,861 out of 17253
  3. Negative: 22 out of 17253
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Blacklisted
    Neko Case has crafted an album whose quiet drift only adds to its power; it's hard to say if hanging out with Nick Cave on tour had much of an influence on her, but this disc sounds a bit like Case's version of The Boatman's Call, a personal exploration of the heart and soul that proves sad and beautiful can often walk hand in hand.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    We Are Science
    We Are Science sees Dot Allison going beyond even the highs of One Dove and crafting an accessible, evocative masterpiece that consistently surprises and thrills.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Identity Crisis
    Without a doubt the most moving, ambitious, and elegant album of her career thus far.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Red Dirt Road
    Red Dirt Road is not just one of Brooks & Dunn's most ambitious records, it's also one of their best.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
    To the duo's credit, Matmos avoids making A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure grisly or gross; Andrew Daniel and Martin Schmidt approach the album's concept with their usual playfulness and an appropriately clinical detachment, resulting in some clever and surprisingly diverse songs
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bowie At The Beeb
    This might not necessarily qualify as an archival record filled with unexpected revelations, but it is filled with wonderful music that deepens appreciation of Bowie's first great blast of creativity. Needless to say, any true fan needs it in their collection...
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    • 90 Critic Score
    Decentertainment
    Constantly yields new musical surprises.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Ownerz
    All the Gang Starr trademarks are in place, from Premier's perfect upchoruses to Guru's reedy voice cutting or instructing, and sounding better than ever.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I Am Shelby Lynne
    Luckily her sixth full release has some true charm, with some fine blue-eyed soul and slickly produced rock. But the production tries too hard to align her with Sheryl Crow's growling sound.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ether Song
    Builds considerable muscle to the skeletal frailty of intricate guitar work while commendably maintaining all which was good of their debut.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    M!ssundaztood
    The wild thing is that M!ssundaztood not only works, it works smashingly -- a bewildering amalgam of sounds and attitudes that shouldn't fit together, but defy all odds and do.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Under Construction
    One of the best rap LPs of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Keep It Like A Secret
    In a sense, this is Built to Spill's pop album: every song is direct and clean, without the long, cerebral jamming that characterized their earlier albums.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    So Stylistic
    There really isn't another dance/rap act on the scene that combines snarky teenage style with seriously slammin' retro dance beats the way Fannypack does.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Leona Naess
    Her confidence blossomed this time around and vocally, she's never sounded so good.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All Hands On The Bad One
    Their brightest, most accessible album to date... the band is absolutely brimming with confidence and vitality.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Didn't It Rain
    Easily the most satisfying Songs: Ohia album since Axxess & Ace.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Secret Wars
    The sound is huge and intimate all at once; the songs have hooks and staying power.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quicksand / Cradlesnakes
    Is less a bold statement of principle as it is a blossoming into maturity.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hard Candy
    Hard Candy is the sound of a band at a creative and poetic summit.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Kish Kash
    Kish Kash may be the best dance record of 2003, but it's the least imaginative LP the duo have ever released.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Decline Of British Sea Power
    With an unlikely rock blend of classicism and narrative, British Sea Power has composed a brilliant album that's nearly perfect. It's not exactly pop, but it might as well be.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hypnotic Underworld
    Hypnotic Underworld is a new high-water mark from one of rock's most interesting bands.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Return of Saturn
    With Return of Saturn, No Doubt have made a terrific, layered record that exceeds any expectations set by Tragic Kingdom.
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Comfort Woman
    A perfect commingling of the spirits of dub reggae and mid-'70s soul and groove jazz.... NdegeOcello's finest moment on record thus far.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Trading Snake Oil For Wolftickets
    Gracious and redemptive, it is a rapt, quiescent masterwork.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Grown-Ass Man
    The ability to make a genuine album -- and not just a collage of songs -- from a wide interest in musical styles is truly what makes this album such a delightful and great surprise.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Life On Other Planets
    Life on Other Planets is a smashing return to form, an album giddy with the sheer pleasure of making music.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    What Sound
    If there were any doubters about Lamb being the brightest, most talented singer/producer combo in electronica, What Sound is all the argument needed to the contrary.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rockin' The Suburbs
    As good a record as any he's made, possibly his best.
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