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For 1,828 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 1.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score:
Smother
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
If Not Now, When?
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,528 out of 1828
  2. Mixed: 293 out of 1828
  3. Negative: 7 out of 1828
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    • Metascore: 37
    • Critic Score 30
    Rebirth
    There’s nothing wrong with experimentation, and a handful of rock tracks here could have worked well. But to make a whole album based around a sound Lil Wayne is so inexperienced with is simply outrageous.
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    • Metascore: 56
    • Critic Score 30
    Jason Derulo
    This is music that rings shrilly with a deafening hollowness, an unashamed fakery akin to a dream-state where fantasy and reality have become mixed and hopelessly muddied.
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    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 30
    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom
    To use a fishy term, McCartney well and truly floundered with this one.
    • Metascore: 62
    • Critic Score 30
    Ersatz G.B.
    The problem with The Fall in 2011 is straightforward, really. The band isn't very good. Or, to put it another way, they are very slick and versatile rock musicians, but they have absolutely no sound of their own.
    • Metascore: 67
    • Critic Score 30
    Hot Cakes
    If the novelty had already worn off by the time of their second album in 2005, this comeback effort tests the patience beyond breaking point.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Critic Score 30
    Until Now
    Until Now is best experienced with your critical faculties compromised.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 20
    If Not Now, When?
    The 2011 incarnation of Incubus is a depressingly dull and sterile proposition and, really, we wouldn't wish these bland wet blanket anthems on anyone.