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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While nowhere near as immediate as Johannsson's string-based albums for the 4AD imprint--IBM 1401, A User's Manual and the sublime Fordlandia--The Miners' Hymns is far more complex in its use of dynamics while succeeding totally in its evocation of time, place and message.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 6, 2011
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It's a mark of the album's strength that there aren't many standouts: there aren't any weak tracks either.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 13, 2010
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Nevertheless, what the album lacks in depth, it more than makes up for in the length and breadth of Weller's imagination.- BBC Music
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Hyro Da Hero has created a fresh and interesting blend of music and clever wordplay which broaches topics of prejudice and respecting the world we live in with notable humour and intelligence.- BBC Music
- Posted Apr 20, 2011
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With Route One or Die they have managed to destroy not only their previous releases, but potentially anything else released in 2011.- BBC Music
- Posted Aug 16, 2011
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It is Coleman's sax, Jonathan Finlayson's trumpet, Tim Albright's trombone and Jen Shyu's voice that make the strongest impact.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 6, 2011
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- Posted Oct 13, 2011
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This is an ambitious work, and all of its aims have surely been fulfilled.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 7, 2011
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There are better tapes, better performances--but the strength of this collection is proving that in whatever company, be it President or criminal, Johnny Cash couldn't help but be himself.- BBC Music
- Posted Dec 13, 2011
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The results are expectedly analogue of warmth (exceptions: the 8-bit insistence of No Distance's bleeps; the crackle-and-squelch of Unknown Host), but just as enveloping as the best today's modulator manipulators can produce.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 27, 2012
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Pop Tune finds the Japanese three-piece in fine form, exhibiting a wide-eyed freshness all the more remarkable when you consider that they have been a going concern since 1981.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 17, 2012
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Whatever expectations a solo album by a saxophonist conjures up, Saltash Bells is likely to belie them.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 23, 2012
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Repeated listens of this finely realised album are therefore an enjoyable must.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 18, 2012
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For those hankering for the lost summer of 2012, solace could well be found in the rays of musical sunlight that burst out of every hook and melody of By Your Side.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 31, 2012
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Meir is an album that will be regarded with such reverence that it’ll be a marker for other acts’ work to be compared to in the future.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 26, 2013
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- Posted Jun 25, 2012
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It's both refreshing and exciting to hear an artist so vividly committed to exploring new frontiers in such a rewarding way.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 13, 2012
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An album wracked with spirit and a ferocious refusal to let anything slide away. Every track's an anthem; every second's precious, each breath as breathless as the last.- BBC Music
- Posted May 30, 2012
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She is, by no means, ‘retro’ in her art; it’s just been a long time since anyone sang soul music as passionately, wittily and inventively as she does here.- BBC Music
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Torche have always been a good band and sometimes even a great one, but with Harmonicraft they've found the songs to match their extraordinary sound.- BBC Music
- Posted May 8, 2012
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A majestic return and, let us hope, a harbinger of more to come.- BBC Music
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Looping State of Mind barely outstays its welcome, and its beatific state of mind may prove to be a welcome refuge for many more than for the musical vanguard, like Seefeel, that inspired it.- BBC Music
- Posted Oct 6, 2011
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- Posted Apr 18, 2012
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Until the Quiet Comes further catapults Ellison into the cosmos and away from all things terrestrial. He's the king of his domain, and there is no runner-up.- BBC Music
- Posted Sep 28, 2012
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Rather than insolently demanding your attention as most rock albums do, Open Your Heart possesses a wonderfully self-indulgent, insular quality.- BBC Music
- Posted Mar 16, 2012
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Truth is, to cook up such joyful nonsense probably takes a helluva lot of effort, but it's the Beasties' gift to make this seem easier than falling off a mountain bike, and an infinite amount more fun.- BBC Music
- Posted May 4, 2011
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There's no fault to be found with Skying--truly, every song here hits its mark, and while The Horrors are evidently a band happy to change its spots from record to record (and steal a few licks, too), only the most ungracious of observers could deny that they've now crafted two of the finest British albums of recent years.- BBC Music
- Posted Jul 6, 2011
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Despite the spare instrumentation, there's no sense of repetition or lack of variety, and these emotive, excellent songs stay with you. A late contender for album of the year.- BBC Music
- Posted Nov 26, 2012
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Bluntly, Lisbon is a collation and culmination of their finest work in years. Rather than a selection of scattered snapshots, this time we've got the bigger picture. And it's irresistible.- BBC Music
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Dive into their magnificent depths and you might find a record to fall in love with several times over.- BBC Music
- Posted May 9, 2011
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