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For 3,071 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Major/Minor
Lowest review score: 0 Results May Vary
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,331 out of 3071
  2. Mixed: 695 out of 3071
  3. Negative: 45 out of 3071
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Prince Avalanche [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Of course, like any soundtrack, there are a number of pieces that end as quickly as they begin (“Fires,” “The Adventures Of Alvin and Lance”), their existence only making sense in the context of the film itself. Overall, however, Prince Avalanche contains songs that make this an album you can spin even if you have no interest in the film itself while illustrating the versatility of both EITS and Wingo.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New Ocean
    A solid spin. [Sep 2013, p.84]
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      • Posted Oct 18, 2013
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    • 70 Critic Score
    Drop Out of Life
    Lyrically, Dowdalls covers familiar turf for the genre, mostly using the album's runtime to either lament or skewer past loves. It's perfectly appropriate and expected, but not as impactful as some of the recent works by TTNY's peers.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Diploid Love
    While several songs do need an editor--"Dressed In Dreams" in particular drags quite a bit--the record's honesty and vulnerability are inspiring.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strange Little Girls
    A rare good covers album--creating successful reinterpretations while piquing curiosity for the originals. [Nov 2001, p.74]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Carpenter
    Good storytelling, the brothers' distinctive vocal lobs and a pleasant combo of banjo, bass, strings and both acoustic and electric guitar [are still present]. But with so many of the rough edges buffed away, there aren't as many nooks and crannies in which listeners can embed themselves, making it more difficult to become emotionally attached to The Carpenter.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Young Blood
    Thick and lethal guitar chug and vocals bordering on death-metal bellowing are offset by spidery single-note melodies and catchy sequences. [Sep 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 19, 2012
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Too Young to Be in Love
    Too Young To Be In Love captures the primal pulse of vintage late-'50s/early -'60s radio bubblegum with a loving touch. [Apr 2011, p.115]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Mar 29, 2011
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Boxes
    While not everything is successful on Boxes--for example, the midtempo, electronic-burnished "Lucky One" tries too hard to sound modern--every song has seamless arrangements and a distinctive approach.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    On Top
    A well-crafted ode to cock rock, minus the cliches. [May 2002, p.98]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Our Bedroom After The War
    The band have finally created songs as big as their love-and-death themes. [Nov 2007, p.163]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New Glow
    This 10-song effort will almost surely be a part of the soundtrack powering every block party, barbecue, summer shindig--and certainly toward the dance floor. [May 2015, p.98]
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      • Posted Apr 6, 2015
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Local Business
    Stickles seems more into channeling his inner Mick Jones, making Local Business sound weirdly like lost sessions from Give 'Em Enough Rope. [Nov 2012, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 22, 2012
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sling Shot to Heaven
    The connecting factor between the songs is the laconic, melancholy spirit Margot have perfected. At times the weight can feel too heavy and risk putting the listener into a lull.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Watershed
    What Opeth do best is flat-out shred, and at its finest moments, Watershed howls like the unholy union of Queensryche, Yngwie Malmsteen and Morbid Angel. [Aug 2008, p.166]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jamie Lidell
    [A] successful collection. [Mar 2013, p.91]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Feb 13, 2013
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Youth Authority
    There’s a hearty dose of nostalgia here, but in the end, it feels less like a retread and more like a continuation--and a celebration--of the good old days.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pacific Daydream
    As a collective work, Pacific Daydream is ultimately a step below the resurgent greatness of the White Album, but it still soundly ranks in the upper tier of Weezer’s new-millennium output. It’s peppered with some of the band’s best songs in recent memory.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Our Own Masters
    The studio can't really capture their awesomeness, and wile there are some killer songs on Our Own Masters, they might have been better preserved as a live album of all-new material. [Jul 2013, p.106]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jun 28, 2013
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yesterday Was Lived and Lost
    A must for electro geeks. [May 2012, p.81]
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ether Teeth
    An impressive, albeit highly schizophrenic, release that takes multiple listens to even begin to comprehend. [June 2003, p.98]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hocus Pocus
    If Enon were magicians, their crowd-gasping finale would be sawing in half the expectations of what a nu-New york band should sound like. [Oct 2003, p.122]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bright Like Neon Love
    What separates Cut Copy from the retro-electro-pop pack is the mixing prowess of French house maestro Philippe Zdar. [Oct 2004, p.146]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alopecia
    It's not as groundbreaking as "Eyelash," but it's another small step in the group's constant evolution. [Apr 2008, p.163]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Anarchy, My Dear
    Unlike on Say Anything, though, DuPree-Bemis' presence this time around feels less shoehorned in, helping contribute to a loose, lively, fun record.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Murray Street
    Features less avant-garde noodling and more straight-up Youth. [Sep 2002, p.96]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rock'n'Roll
    The jarring stylistic shifts sometimes make listening to RNR feel more like scanning the radio dial than listening to a CD. [Jan 2004, p.106]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Addiction
    While This Addiction might not be perfect, it's a more than respectable entry into the band's already sizable canon, proving that though they may be in that rarified group of punk-rock lifers, Alkaline Trio aren't done evolving yet. [Mar 2010, p.89]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
    Grainger's vocals, however, hang a little harsh in the mix without the jagged musical edges around them. Still, the essential energy in his performance powers through the awkward spots, making the disc a welcome payoff to a dance-punk dream destroyed.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shine
    Shine is simultaneously gentle and forceful, letting its dusky melodies and subtle surface tension shape its relatively less inventive subject matter. [June 2003, p.104]
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