BBC Music's Scores
- Music
For 1,831 reviews, this publication has graded:
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68% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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28% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | Live in Detroit 1986 | |
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Lowest review score: | If Not Now, When? |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,531 out of 1831
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Mixed: 293 out of 1831
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Negative: 7 out of 1831
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Whether or not Never is a record you'll want to revisit that often is a moot point, but its ability to hit like a spring-mounted boxing glove to your peripheral vision is hardly in doubt.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 18, 2012
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Two or three songs slip into Jack Johnson-ish blandness, but for the most part The Sound of Sunshine makes good on the promise of its undeniably appetising title.- BBC Music
- Posted May 13, 2011
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This is another tippy-toe step forward in a strange journey that's seen them steadily chart a course beyond the ubiquitous post-rock tag to take in orchestral pomp and clattering psych-outs as they forge some sort of hairy, woebegone chamber music for an indie set raised on Dirty Three and The Black Heart Procession.- BBC Music
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Not quite yet the coherent full album that its time in the making hinted at, but nonetheless a welcome addition to record collections.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 24, 2012
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It's a sturdy set of mostly new material mixing Afrobeat and funk with traditional influences.- BBC Music
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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These are sleek soothing balms sombrely and meticulously crafted to usher the listener in.- BBC Music
- Posted May 3, 2012
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There's little crowd-pleasing electro or fashionable dubstep on Higher Than the Eiffel, but Audio Bullys have made a welcome, well-produced and lively returning album that delivers the goods far more often than even fans could have expected.- BBC Music
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Slave Ambient as a whole may be more confused than your average reality show star at a Mensa meeting, but it's full of decent songs with a lot of heart.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Everything is bound by a vocal that speaks to the soul... There are moments here, details of songs, which cause the throat to close, the eyes to widen.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 25, 2012
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While diehard converts won't feel short-changed, others might wonder whether the duo could have sprung more surprises similar to the appearance of the Harlem String Quartet on the classical fantasia Mozart Goes Dancing.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 10, 2012
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It'd be easy to breeze through Give Up the Ghost on first listen and take away nothing but the beauty of it all. Yet it sucks you in, and with every listen a new line flickers into the fray.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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Here, they deliver a sequel as successor, less a follow-up and more an outright usurper from the underworld.- BBC Music
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Every one of the 13 tracks on this album are co-writes that he's had a hand in, but all the same, a certain autobiographical tone predominates.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 5, 2011
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Best Coast still sound like Best Coast, but now they're tidier, shinier and looking us right in the eye.- BBC Music
- Posted May 8, 2012
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Dense yet accessible, fleeting but full of memorable moments, Tricky's done here what he always does at his best: let the listener share the soundtrack of his involving, nomadic, outsider spirit.- BBC Music
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She keeps the mood fairly moderate amongst Burton's fluid soundtrack, setting the pace with a wry bravado that makes this album a dynamic listen.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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His carefree attitude skips through the different styles and beats here with a sense of fun and adventure.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 7, 2012
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The array of musical styles on show across The 2nd Law means that, like many of this band's past albums, it doesn't entirely coalesce into a seamless collection of songs... But when this album works, it works well.- BBC Music
- Posted Sep 28, 2012
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These 10 songs often appear to be just elaborate jams, whipped up in the studio, with a few scribbled-down choruses added along the way.- BBC Music
- Posted Nov 20, 2012
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This is no revolution, but Shit Robot has put together a seriously robust collection of party records.- BBC Music
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Ultimately though, this one is a step up, its maker beginning to lean towards representing the sentiments of the men he stands for, developing a voice currently missing in RnB.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 29, 2012
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More quality grime would be nice, but Winner Stays On proves Roll Deep are no longer an underground crew trying to make pop: the charts are there for the taking.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 16, 2010
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[The closing track is] evidence of a big pink heart and of these musicians' ability to transcend their beats-based mindset. In other words, time for the boys to really future this.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 9, 2012
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Even when tracks pass without too much of an impression left, the listener is never without a smile on their face--there's simply that much fun on show.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 31, 2011
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Social Distortion are clearly unhurried by the passage of time and passing trends. And it shows, as this is a fine addition to their canon and proves they're full of a very important quality: life.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 14, 2011
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A wide array of producers means that Recovery isn't as consistent as Eminem's best albums--his second and third--but there are significantly more highlights here than on either of his previous two.- BBC Music
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It's not exploring new musical frontiers, but Resolution is an eminently listenable heavy metal album.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 30, 2012
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If you avoid Mysterious Phonk during the impatient daytime hours, you'll find it impressively dark and uncomfortable.- BBC Music
- Posted Jun 13, 2012
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For all the minor detours, Through Low Light and Trees is consistent in proffering a dreamy, timeless music which could have been recorded at any time in the last 40-odd years. That in itself is a kind of recommendation.- BBC Music
- Posted Jun 30, 2011
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With six-minute songs in which to stretch out, they continue to weave surprising musical strands into an agreeably amorphous whole.- BBC Music
- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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