Beats Per Minute's Scores
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For 1,706 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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39% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | Achtung Baby [Super Deluxe] | |
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Lowest review score: | If Not Now, When? |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,558 out of 1706
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Mixed: 130 out of 1706
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Negative: 18 out of 1706
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The eclectic Portland, Oregon based quintet's 6th studio album is a return to form following last year's Destroyer of the Void, which, despite showcasing Blitzen Trapper's refined instrumental chops, came off as flat, derivative, and fatally overproduced.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 13, 2011
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Monthly Friend is serviceable indie rock at best, but it’s hard to meet it with anything greater than apathy and indifference.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 2, 2021
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Raven in the Grave isn't significantly weaker than any of it's predecessors, it's flaws are just significantly more obvious.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted May 18, 2011
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Digital Roses Don’t Die is a subtle, occasionally lightweight, jaunt through the realms of K.R.I.T.’s affections and motivations.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 7, 2022
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Tapes 'n Tapes will probably never again manage to capture the youthful, devil-may-care magic of The Loon--those times are passed. But Outside, with its handful of pretty fantastic tracks, shows positive signs that this band may not be the victim of early success that it once seemed destined to be.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 18, 2011
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My Head is an Animal is a highly impressive debut that's full of emotional lyrics, lush, diverse instrumentation, and a powerful and dynamic male/female vocals.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Apr 12, 2012
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Aside from a few inconsistencies, the change in sound is quite revitalizing and proves that there is more to Royal Bangs than a serious case of musical ADD.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 25, 2013
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Early Birds paints a picture of how the band were operating before they got around to releasing their debut, showing that they were just as interested in being silly and experimental as they are today.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Aug 3, 2012
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In an era that occasionally feels oversaturated with hyper-pop, demon time is never too frenetic for its own good. It’s short, but these songs groove.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 22, 2022
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As it stands, these songs represent a promising new direction for Lightning Bolt, but one that they have yet to fully prove themselves adept at.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Oct 12, 2012
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- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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There's nothing wrong with seeking to accomplish the same things your heroes did, but when a band tries only to imitate a few aspects–in this case, detached singing, jangly guitar interplay, and lyrics about teen angst–without offering many of the other aspects that made that band great–like clever storytelling and interesting perspectives--it's always going to fall short. Which Come Of Age does.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 30, 2012
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With repeated listens, even the least of the songs still reach for that relaxing, carefree Best Coast vibe, but the feeling takes more work to achieve compared to the immediately lovable, attention-demanding nature of their entirely natural, easy-as-pie debut.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted May 16, 2012
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Pedestrian may have similar mechanics to Yuck’s highlights underneath, but it’s stripped that fuzzy distortion and slathered in a thick layer of schmaltz as a replacement. The end result is a struggle, one that’s scattershot due to it’s need to include now-ancient methods to survive.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 21, 2021
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They haven't quite found it yet, but Esben and the Witch have the potential for an arresting and momentous album in them.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 25, 2013
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Sure, there is not a bad tune in the bunch, but the problem is that there isn't a particularly good one here, either.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 21, 2011
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While it's not as subtle or as elegantly constructed as Beast Rest Forth Mouth, this record has a kineticism and momentum that Beast lacked.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Apr 13, 2012
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Despite the thimble of predictability or aural similarity, Wahlfeldt has accomplished in Crusher an interesting take on familiar sounds. It’s too fuzzed out to just be post-punk, too sparse to just be a home-recorded take on his alt-rock idol.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 19, 2013
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To put it simply, Is This Hyperreal? suffers not because the band made a bad album, but because this is the fourth time they've repeated the formula.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 27, 2011
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Soft Metals shows a ton of potential, and each track is polished with care, but it is hard to overcome the album's mostly simple pattern.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Aug 11, 2011
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Yeah Right’s dual interests in songwriting and guitar explorations end up being its greatest strength.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Feb 6, 2013
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Ultimately, Mylo Xyloto feels like a mixed bag of ideas that never really comes together.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Oct 24, 2011
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The end results are still pleasant enough, but can wear thin, even just after five songs.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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All in all, Two-Way Mirror is a good but flawed album, with plenty of things to excite, but a few things that can disappoint.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jul 12, 2011
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It's shiny but fluffy, and sure to be a disappointment to those hoping that O'Regan could build on the promise of Special Affectations.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 19, 2012
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Banks is showing some desire to move beyond the design that his career has sustained itself on, but this album shows he's not quite ready to cut the cord.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Oct 23, 2012
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If Wilson and crew are trying to invoke a riot, then Easy Eighth isn’t the best manifesto – but it does at least fill the time fine enough until they figure out their cause.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 28, 2024
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All things considered, this EP seems to be breeding ground for experimentation and possibly be what's to come from a second LP.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Apr 14, 2011
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If you can forgive Barnes' very unfortunate excursions into hip-hop and overlook what is hopefully the last few Georgie Fruit guest spots, you'll be amazed at the range of sounds that the band manages to successfully explore here.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 1, 2012
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New Epoch, Goth-Trad has adopted a patience, openness and attention to detail that feels indebted to the more intricacy-focused realms of bass music and techno, but retains the sweaty, oxidized exhalations of muscled jungle rhythms.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted May 18, 2012
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