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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On the whole, Collections is a misfire and proof that, sometimes, re-inventing the wheel doesn't always reap rewards.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 25, 2013
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There weren't too many opportunities for Jones to arrange or conduct during the course of this project, which is angled towards the vocal performance, whether sung or rapped. Its instrumental contributions serve mostly as a backdrop to the posturings of its guests.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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When all's said, Some Kind of Trouble is not a terrible record by any means, but there's little sense that Blunt has advanced--and equally little sense that it'll make any difference to his bottom line.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 18, 2011
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Braxton's sixth album Pulse--some five years in the making--is certainly a release shrouded with anticipation, but instead of sticking to her strength in ballads it feels more a trend-chasing American Idol semi-finalist's debut offering.- BBC Music
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The mid-section lets him down, slumping into the bad habits of his debut solo album.- BBC Music
- Posted Sep 29, 2011
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- Posted Dec 12, 2012
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Sadly, much of the rest conforms to a malaise that's afflicted him since 2002's Have You Fed the Fish?: repetitive tracks consisting of one looping half-melody that outstays its welcome by several months.- BBC Music
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Etiolation and enervation were always key to chillwave/glo-fi's appeal, but this is just too pallid, too washed-out.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 8, 2011
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Apart from the odd soulful moment and some clever production, there is nothing here that sets them apart from their obvious influences.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 30, 2012
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As it turns out, Spears' seventh studio album is part-success and part astounding failure, mixing some of her very best songs with hideous black holes.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 28, 2011
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Hope is their third studio album and touted as their step up. In truth, it comes on in leaps and bounds as much as it trips and stumbles along the way.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 12, 2011
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- Posted Oct 19, 2012
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Mine Is Yours occupies an unremarkable middle ground somewhere between their bluesy, abrasive tendencies and the kind of staidly proficient indie-rock that surely wasn't part of the plan to begin with.- BBC Music
- Posted Jan 26, 2011
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This should have been a fiery celebration of three decades of waving the ragged punk rock banner; instead, it's a laurel-resting plodder.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 20, 2010
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It opens the door to tantalising, exciting possibilities, but it's also fragmented, distracted and indulgent.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 15, 2011
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They're probably the only band in history whose latest album would sound better if they did not appear on it.- BBC Music
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Perfectly serviceable, but this band missed their chance to make a third great album decades ago.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 14, 2011
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Robbins' first foray into music is a misstep compared to his successful acting career.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 15, 2011
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What it's not, though, is a collection that confirms the arrival of a significant solo talent. It's too patchy, too hurried, the powers behind it too eager to capitalise on the artist's current chart success.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 28, 2011
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The lyrics mingle optimism and deliberate naivety, with even the downer moments coming across as exultantly miserable rather than genuinely forlorn. Rhodes is undoubtedly sincere, but maybe at the expense of potential humour and irony.- BBC Music
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Though its combative title suggests Khaled cares little for anybody's approval, Kiss the Ring ends up more of a formulaic slugging match than any collection of genuine rap prize-fighters really should.- BBC Music
- Posted Sep 24, 2012
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While some of this album is beautiful and delicate, at other times its vocal and musical honey smothers the intimacy of the lyrics.- BBC Music
- Posted Feb 22, 2013
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Whatever your take on the chillwave phenomenon--that brand of overexposed, Polaroid pop mining childhood memories kick-started (arguably) by Animal Collective's influential album Merriweather Post Pavilion--it's a conversation that's happened, and Equatorial Ultravox does little to further the debate.- BBC Music
- Posted Jun 27, 2011
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Disappointing fare from Britpop revivalists on the receiving end of critical vitriol.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 8, 2011
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Like many a "supergroup" before them, this one doesn't quite meet the expectations that their combined reputations create.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 8, 2012
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Freedom of Speech shows that one of Britain's most intriguing hopes still has some serious thinking to do.- BBC Music
- Posted Feb 13, 2012
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Reanimated glam-punk pioneers get dafter as they get older.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 15, 2011
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The fact that the climax comprises the closest thing to a substantial recording on the album is an indictment of a release that one suspects would not have made the stores had the Hendrix estate not wished to offer a bone to new label Sony following the end of their distribution deal with Universal.- BBC Music
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In the end, it's a matter of taste. If you can handle a lot of wacky in your pop music, there's a lovely album here waiting for you. If not, Corinne Bailey Rae is over there.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 1, 2011
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The Devil's Rain, then, is a slightly mixed bag of tricks, treats and travesties.- BBC Music
- Posted Nov 7, 2011
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