Alternative Press' Scores
- Music
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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There are no real surprises on Bleed, but as a return to the steady Garbage ferocity of old, it's first rate. [May 2005, p.134]- Alternative Press
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The Sunlandic Twins feels like a surprise party that could make a broken-hearted birthday boy smile. [May 2005, p.124]- Alternative Press
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Abounds with ADULT.'s trademark terse tension you can dance to--albeit as if in a straitjacket. [Apr 2005, p.128]- Alternative Press
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Open Season takes debonair glam flourishes--screaming strings, slow-building lounge-act dramatics--and contrasts them with edgy riffs and subtle hooks. [May 2005, p.172]- Alternative Press
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Much of the album reflects a tension between melancholia and euphoria that sounds more like an epic battle between Fischerspooner's love for New Order and Pet Shop Boys--but with beefier, disco-fied beats. [May 2005, p.174]- Alternative Press
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There isn't one song on Elevator as undeniable as "Bandages"... No, there are 12 of them. [May 2005, p.172]- Alternative Press
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Arguably his most solid collection of folk-based tunes. [Apr 2005, p.116]- Alternative Press
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The first five tracks just feel like the opening act for the stripped-down, twangy acoustic trilogy that closes out the album. [May 2005, p.172]- Alternative Press
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Going "conventional" may be the strangest move the Residents have ever made. [May 2005, p.178]- Alternative Press
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[Sheff's] uncompromisingly literate songs provide unusually rewarding payoffs. [May 2005, p.124]- Alternative Press
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For all of his wild swinging, Jones never fully connects. [May 2005, p.136]- Alternative Press
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Where, say, Franz Ferdinand can fill dance floors with a jagged, arty sense of danger, the Bravery are more vanilla in their approach (read: They're Duran Duran). [May 2005, p.132]- Alternative Press
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Unfortunately, everything is so finely polished on Alternative To Love that his brand of rock lacks any grit. [Apr 2005, p.124]- Alternative Press
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The more realized updates of [Her Majesty] that crowd out the backed of Picaresque reveal a wit so bizarre and vaudevillian beauty so ultimately endearing that by the end, Meloy's sprawling form of theatrical folk has us all. [Apr 2005, p.116]- Alternative Press
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The Queens have officially given us the first legitimate Album Of The Year candidate for 2005. [May 2005, p.130]- Alternative Press
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Chirpin Hard makes you feel like you're getting chased by a swarm of giant mosquitoes in a scrolling Mega Man hellscape circa 1992, while Church Gone Wild is a nerve-shattering whirlwind of atonal chaos. [May 2005, p.168]- Alternative Press
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Not as memorable as Tarwater's peers like The Notwist. [May 2005, p.138]- Alternative Press
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Dense soundscapes that seemingly start in progress and stretch invisibly, yet infinitely, in all directions. [Apr 2005, p.118]- Alternative Press
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Gira spins riveting yarns like a charismatic neighborhood storyteller. [Jun 2005, p.164]- Alternative Press
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Will make you thankful your stereo has an easily accessible off button. [May 2005, p.136]- Alternative Press
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Conjures images of an organic commune in an alternate galaxy. [Jun 2005, p.164]- Alternative Press