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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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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Point
    Rather than suffering from the absence of Technicolor mania, Point instead revels in its nuances and depth, emanating a maturity and cohesion that Fantasma lacked. [Feb 2002, p.68]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kittenz And Thee Glitz
    Kittenz is stocked with decadent electro-house grooves, slinky synth burbles and Ms. Kittin's glammy, deadpan vocals that sound like Madonna on Quaaludes. [Mar 2002, p.80]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Casino
    There are few hooks to grab the ear or inspire repeat listening. [Apr 2002, p.86]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Age Of The Sun
    A middle-of-the-road OTC record heavy on angelic vocal harmonies and light on innovation. [Apr 2002, p.84]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Asleep In The Back
    Asleep is just enigmatic enough to avoid plagiarism. [Mar 2002, p.77]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Process Of Belief
    Sounds more like Bad Religion than any Bad Religion album has in years. [Mar 2002, p.71]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead Media
    At best, Dead Media delivers tuneful, hilarious, pathetic tales of lost schoolboy love. [Mar 2002, p.81]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Group Therapy
    Though there's little here to entice newcomers, fans should rejoice. [Mar 2002, p.77]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Future Songs
    Their best album to date. [Apr 2002, p.70]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love Is Here
    Starsailor back up their hype with a debut album worthy of more than a few cursory spins. [Feb 2002, p.80]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Cold House
    With Cold House, Hood provide evidence that their time in the sun is long overdue. [Dec 2001, p.84]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manic Expressive
    Both soothing and exhilarating. [Jan 2002, p.84]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Party Music
    The duo's brand of hip-hop sounds like a mind-meeting between Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton and pimped-out Bay Area rapper Too Short. [Oct 2001, p.91]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Regeneration
    Represents the best of British pop music.... A lilting, suave and grandiose near-masterpiece. [Dec 2001, p.80]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Since I Left You
    One of the most joyous and poignant party albums ever. [Feb 2002, p.74]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oracle
    Oracle sees Kittie moving from novelty status to bone-crushing legitimacy. [Jan 2002, p.86]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Titles & Idols
    A substantial improvement over the gentle snoozefest that was 2000's Early Days. [Apr 2002, p.76]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Expansion Team
    The only problem is that in making way for all the MCs, Dilated's tracks seem too peripheral, keeping Expansion from sustaining the momentum its MCs command. [Jan 2002, p.80]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Morning View
    There is very little here that makes any sort of meaningful connection. [Dec 2001, p.85]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Change
    Change may be audibly bigger-sounding -- in a slick, professional way -- than previous efforts, but the new angle just drives the point home: The Dismemberment Plan deserve to be huge. [Jan 2002, p.82]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bavarian Fruit Bread
    Consistently intriguing, haunting and above all, very good. [Dec 2001, p.94]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alive To Every Smile
    Wratten's finest post-Field Mice LP. [Dec 2001, p.98]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
    Marks a slight improvement from 1999's Bury The Hatchet. [Nov 2001, p.79]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Drukqs
    A dense, diverse, and sometimes dauntingly complex double CD. [Dec 2001, p.78]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Golden State
    There is little on Golden State to differentiate it from its predecessors. [Dec 2001, p.76]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Argument
    The Argument is quieter, slinkier and even slower to develop than 1997's tortoise-paced End Hits. [Dec 2001, p.82]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Get Ready
    Solid pop sensibility... [Nov 2001, p.89]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feminist Sweepstakes
    This is still some of the most original, passionate and listenable music of the year, but the mood has changed. [Jan 2002, p.95]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once We Were Trees
    The pop smarts practically shimmer throughout. [Dec 2001, p.83]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    lilac6
    Pleasantly pastoral. [Nov 2001, p.86]
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