Alternative Press' Scores
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For 3,071 reviews, this publication has graded:
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64% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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
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| Lowest review score: | Results May Vary |
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Positive: 2,331 out of 3071
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Mixed: 695 out of 3071
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Negative: 45 out of 3071
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It's important that albums like Ghost exist--but unfortunately, those albums don't always make the most enjoyable listens. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Alternative Press
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Offers few intriguing instrumental twists and only the faintest percussive pulse. [Aug 2004, p.106]- Alternative Press
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Most of Boroughs feels like they're sampling themselves. [Aug 2004, p.120]- Alternative Press
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Sonic Nurse is better than 90 percent of new rock, but with younger combos like Lightning Bolt and Liars stealing their thunder, these well-meaning vets come off as old and in the way. [Jul 2004, p.134]- Alternative Press
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The songs have the urgency and vitriol we've come to expect from the band, but there's one major problem: the spit shine production. [Jul 2004, p.128]- Alternative Press
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Without the usual suspects, The Slow Wonder just seems like a well-produced demo of songs he's readying for Electric Version's follow-up. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Alternative Press
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When Red Bedroom ditches the choppy guitar riffs... the results are as much of a buzzkill to Bedroom's jumpin' vibe as cops busting up a raging house party. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Alternative Press
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The music you'd imagine might play as you ascend to heaven--or the soundtrack to the WB's next teen drama. [Aug 2004, p.118]- Alternative Press
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If you read The Wire, you probably already own [Kesto], but if you don't, don't bother. [Jul 2004, p.148]- Alternative Press
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Finn employs an arrhythmic delivery... sounding like Jello Biafra covering Talking Head's "Once In A Lifetime," or a snake-oil huckster participating in a poetry slam. [May 2004, p.96]- Alternative Press
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This heart-cleansing vulnerability renders much of Final Straw's latter half monotonous. [May 2004, p.96]- Alternative Press
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The unpredictable edge that's helped made the series a standout is gone. [May 2004, p.108]- Alternative Press
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A barrage of unfocused fragments that prove this album should have been condensed into a seven-song EP. [May 2004, p.96]- Alternative Press
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There's enough patented 'Pusher weirdness here to tingle your noggin. [Apr 2004, p.100]- Alternative Press
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Unfortunately, many of the tunes wear out their welcome, overextending a single inspired idea. [Apr 2004, p.88]- Alternative Press
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Channels the spirits of no wave via clinks and clanks, doomy vocal chants, ominous tribal thumps, abstract guitar scraping and jarring haunted-forrest samples. [Mar 2004, p.110]- Alternative Press