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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Big Troubles seem happy to drift along in a melancholic haze or a sun-drenched lackadaisical dream and let their well-produced but ultimately forgettable songs dissipate around them.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 3, 2011
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Appreciating this album does admittedly require time and effort, which occasionally isn't repaid... But once you've settled into it, Yeasayer's Fragrant World is a wonderful place to explore.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 14, 2012
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A few surprisingly wishy-washy string-synths aside, it is, as always, hugely impressive but disappointingly cold and forbidding.- BBC Music
- Posted May 10, 2012
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This swift follow-up, which portrays a band still with shoulder-shrugging faux-teenage inarticulacy high on their agenda, amidst a delivery of doped-out Ramones-y monomania which can make this album's 36 minutes feel like an hour.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 19, 2011
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Counting cash – and stacks of it – seemingly continues to prove this rapper's primary concern, rather than a desire to significantly stretch the artform.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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The lack of challenge and the absence at so many points of any thrust, melodic or otherwise, doesn't do justice to the ability of the creator, and that's a terrible shame considering the quality of the highlights.- BBC Music
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While the album's polished and pristine, it also feels dated and somewhat lacklustre, any true inspiration placed on hold. This is Elton Ron.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 2, 2011
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It's a sometimes perplexing, often very pretty excursion into the recent past of a pair of gifted musicians, but Archive 2003-2006 expectedly holds little appeal beyond a limited audience.- BBC Music
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Either way, if you're no fan of the fey and fantastical, you're best off fleeing. Still interested? Well, hard work it may be, but it's not without its rewards.- BBC Music
- Posted Sep 20, 2011
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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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As it stands, the rich resources Acheson has at his disposal are sadly compromised and the orchestra is indeed hidden rather than exposed.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 23, 2012
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Kid Sister is certainly on the right tracks, but Ultraviolet is a sadly patchy affair.- BBC Music
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This is not music that hangs around in the brain, for reasons that aren't particularly clear.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 10, 2011
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There may be arguments for Rusko's moves here; it's just that they're not very well executed.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 28, 2012
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There's just too much noise here, and not enough cohesion, for a singular identity to sing clearly.- BBC Music
- Posted Feb 13, 2012
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For the most part this album, while as slickly produced as the classic pop it references, only faintly smoulders without igniting.- BBC Music
- Posted Nov 15, 2012
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It's a palate-cleanser for sure, and whatever lies next for Everett, you have to hope it's a little more emphatic than what's on offer here.- BBC Music
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Though not without merit, the overriding sensation is one of empty melodrama.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 7, 2011
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What scuppers Halcyon, though, is the sense that Ellie's still not nailed down her own identity. There's just too much bombast, and the magpie-like-production and big, booming arrangements swaddle rather than swathe her vocals.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 12, 2012
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Although Glover plays the part of rapper exceptionally, he needs to do a little more to stop "n****s asking whether this dude's for real or not".- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 5, 2011
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For the most part, though, the fuzz has been pulled back enough to reveal an enjoyable but hardly revolutionary set that tends to recall a more ponderous Darklands-era JAMC.- BBC Music
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Marley fanatics will surely welcome the appearance of this release, but the fact of the matter is that it pales in comparison to the other live material already available; for a truly representative artefact, stick to Live!, Babylon by Bus, or Live at the Roxy.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 29, 2011
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A disappointing sequel despite Cudi's innovative tendencies.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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Ultimately, the witty lyricism of Wale's early material is too few and far between, as this set leans heavily on misogynistic themes and self-centred musings.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 31, 2011
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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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Marr’s guitar work can be fascinating--but it’s forever shadowed by less-appealing vocal work.- BBC Music
- Posted Feb 8, 2013
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The hit-and-miss nature of her words wouldn't be so noticeable if the music was more of a distraction. But the skittering sub-Motown fare accompanying much of this album fails to muster a chorus worth savouring.- BBC Music
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Finally Famous is sporadically fun but adds nothing to the ongoing evolution of hip hop, in the mainstream down.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 6, 2011
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Unfortunately, over 10 tracks, the band's musical limitations become ever more obvious, with songs like Hold My Breath and Jam for Jerry rummaging through the same box of retro tricks to lessening effect.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 7, 2011
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There's definitely a place for We Are Born in our post-Gaga pop landscape. The album's accessible tunes might not stand up to in-depth analysis, but they stand a good chance of lighting up cheesy club nights everywhere.- BBC Music
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