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For 468 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 73% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 23% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Black Mountain
Lowest review score: 30 Siberia
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 419 out of 468
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 468
  3. Negative: 1 out of 468
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Outsider
    The Outsider may be a cut below its predecessor, the artistic, critical, and commercial breakthrough that was Fate's Right Hand--perhaps the element of surprise is gone, perhaps the songs aren't quite as sharp, perhaps it's just not possible to catch lightning in a bottle twice in a row--but that was a tough act to follow, and this one's none too shabby.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Who Loves The Sun OST
    Hollywood producers and directors could learn a lot from this deceptively modest score.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Come Away With Me
    Her readings of the Hank Williams classic, "Cold Cold Heart" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" alone are worth the price of the CD.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sky Blue Sky
    It's certainly the group's most cohesive album in ages.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Freedom's Road
    This is his State of the Union address, with guitars that chime like the Byrds heralding sentiments that recall the socially-conscious 1960s, yet sound all the more pertinent today.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No Said Date
    An impressive album in the best tradition of the Clan... Had this album come out in 1998, people might have hailed it as another Wu classic.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Silver Lining
    Sport[s] a trace more big league sparkle, but with the frayed cleverness and rock-solid musicianship that their fans know best.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Me & Mr Johnson
    [He] attacks these songs with passion, intelligence, and a refreshing lack of blues-rock pretense.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Good Morning Revival
    Their multiple piercings, shaved heads, and abundant tattoos have them labeled a punk band, but on [Revival], Good Charlotte... fall much more under the umbrella of 1970s arena rock and mainstream ballads.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Be Still Please
    Unable to pen and record a clunker amidst his handsome ballads and cascading rockers, McCaughan coalesces sugar-coated melodies with personal, often uproarious lyrics that can make his 40-something voice sound half its age.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Oblivion With Bells
    The best tracks on Oblivion with Bells are also the most ambitious....But after that pair of opening tracks, you have to wait until the very last piece, a long, trancey bit of psychedelic drift called 'The Best Mamgu Ever,' to hear something more than unformed melodies and unstrung ideas.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Loose Screw
    Seldom do you get to see an artist exorcise her pain in public with such poise and fearlessness.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ole! Tarantula
    Hitchcock has made a return to garage rock not heard since 1989's Queen Elvis.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Room Noises
    The drawback is a lack of diversity which keeps those sunny, delicious moments from having the impact they should.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Long Road
    For fans of Silver Side Up, Nickelback have delivered the goods once more.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Why Should The Fire Die?
    Why Should the Fire Die? is certainly the trio's boldest and most creative album, albeit one that might not appeal to their earliest fans.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outta Sight / Outta Mind
    A denim-clad, riff-heavy beast of a rock album. [Amazon UK]
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ys
    An album that sounds unlike anything else.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stand Still, Look Pretty
    Solid songs all, delivered with a muscular vocal conviction that does considerably more than merely sell them.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ce
    The freshness of the arrangements appeals throughout.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    How We Operate
    It's as if they peeled away a layer or two in order to reveal more of the pop band beneath the off-kilter country-rock trappings.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Good, The Bad & The Queen
    It's not Blur, the Clash, Fela, the Verve, or Gorillaz. It's more than just names on albums.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Learn To Sing Like A Star
    Hersh has made great personal strides since branching off on her own.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Voxtrot
    There's an undeniable, infectious energy at work here which is put to great use with the self-deprecating humor and immense pop chops.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
    Another Public Enemy album is always good news for hip-hop fans, and How You Sell... carries the torch.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Paper Monsters
    Lyrically autobiographical, songs deal with Gahan's trouble with relationships and intoxicants and, though they lack Gore's sense of drama and perversity, they do have a maudlin charm.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Or Give Me Death
    Imagine the Long Winters if they were far more in love with the synth and guitar textures of the '80s than the precious pop sounds of the '70s and you'd have this, a hard to pigeonhole album which greatly rewards multiple listens.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Young Machetes
    Imagine the Mars Volta undergoing electroshock treatment or Blonde Redhead at war with an army of feral cats.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's All In Your Head
    It's All In Your Head reveals the band that is very much on top of things.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's A Fire
    Brit-leaning space-pop that switches rhythmic gears with pleasing regularity from dreamy to driving.
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