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For 1,831 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Live in Detroit 1986
Lowest review score: 20 If Not Now, When?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,531 out of 1831
  2. Mixed: 293 out of 1831
  3. Negative: 7 out of 1831
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dreams Come True
    There's plenty of interest here, then, but not enough to satisfy across a whole album.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Big Echo
    Big Echo is an immediate, inviting listen. It’s not breaking any boundaries of inspired expression, but for what it is it’s a fine set indeed.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Under Streetlight Glow
    Spencer should be vaulting over these songs in an attempt to make them connect more directly, but she seems content for them to be merely pretty for the time being.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Big Black And The Blue
    These 11 tracks wisely elect not to outstay their welcome, ensuring that repeat experiences are enjoyable, if not markedly memorable.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    These Walls of Mine
    The unshrouded nature of these compositions reveals interesting and insightful aspects of the creator and his practice.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    American Soul
    Hearing these songs in any format is a tremendous pleasure, and Hucknall here does them credit.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Born This Way: The Remix
    Taken as a whole, this release offers enough revelations to suggest the original album is worth revisiting.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Let It Go
    Excessive interludes drag the runtime and make the project feel a bit unfocused--but these missteps don't subtract too much from the overall premise.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beak 2
    An impressive document of a band in full Krautrock-psychedelia-horrorprog flow.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We Don't Even Live Here
    On We Don't Even Live Here he brings lyrical grit, tightly leashed rage and a general disregard for genre boundaries.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Am the West
    While the leader has become absorbed by the pack, however, at least I Am the West doesn't go down without a mouthy fight.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Giants
    Longstanding fans of the band will no doubt be able to immediately fall in line with Giants' odd and unique groove. But for the uninitiated, the overall sound seems crude, even amateurish... Give this album a day or two, though, and its 10 songs begin to slip into context.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Language
    Language is a sturdy and well-produced collection which, given the right exposure, sounds like the sort of thing that could be very large indeed.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nightingale
    Soothsayer lyricism atop sinister guitars and eldritch electronics.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Intriguer
    Despite the anthems being on a tight leash, repeated listens reveal this to be one of their best albums.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stereo Typical
    By bypassing the commonplace put-downs of peers and proffering a very British take on pop-flavoured rap, is an accomplished and infectious introduction to some rightly rising talents.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Abbey Road Sessions
    More often than not, these reinventions are successful. They won't usurp the originals, but they're not really supposed to, and some shed new light on the well-known version.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Last Summer
    Thanks to her breezy bohemian charms, even its knottier moments start to unravel with repeated listens.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A+E
    Spectacularly creative pop.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
    This 10-track ode to the joys of a sad, sweet, mellow but occasionally dark and atmospheric love song is arranged with tender loving care and produced with just enough reverb to remind you of girl-group classics
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Between the Times and the Tides
    One mighty fine rock'n'roll record.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Orchestrion
    He’s come close to his aim of making this album more than a curiosity, but the real impact can surely only come from seeing his orchestrion in action.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    By the Horns
    By the Horns misses Angus' gruffer harmonies offsetting Julia's wide-open heart.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Barking
    They may not be sticking their necks out as pioneers now but it's not important --they are never less than themselves, and superficial quibbles aside this is the sound of musicians with nothing to prove and everything to give.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Thousand Heys
    Whether Mazes are a band that to stand the test of time remains to be seen, but this is an enjoyable, exciting and mostly excellent snapshot of their lives as they are right now; and you can't help but want to join them as the days grow longer and the nights lighter.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Meat + Bone
    Meat + Bone operates with the same lean, restless energy JSBX always display in concert: at their best, no band sounds this alive, unable to sit still for a second.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead & Born & Grown
    These are personal tales told using a well-established and communal language, and coated with close harmonies as delicious as a homemade carrot cake from a craft stall.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is PiL
    A curious mixture of rage and nostalgia.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Who Needs Who
    This forgiving, tender album still offers a welcome, optimistic twist on the normally bitter genre of break-up albums.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We Can't Fly
    It's hard to tell how serious De Luca is being here, so over the top is everything (there's a song called Fish in the Sky. No, really). It could be misconstrued as a parody of 70s and 80s musical mores, cramming as it does all manner of instrumental bombast and excess into its 50 minutes.
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