Beats Per Minute's Scores
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For 1,704 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.
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Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | Achtung Baby [Super Deluxe] | |
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Lowest review score: | If Not Now, When? |
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Positive: 1,556 out of 1704
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Mixed: 130 out of 1704
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Negative: 18 out of 1704
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The entirety of Freeze, Melt is meditative in the most inoffensive sense; there is no gravitational force – no push and pull to the songs for them to have any more impact than a gentle breeze has on a vast, surging ocean.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Aug 21, 2020
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Instrumentally, every song here is impressive, but the singing is pushed to the fore on the majority in an attempt to instigate a hook, which is only occasionally successful.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted May 16, 2011
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There is a feeling of contrivance in some of the songs here, but genuine joy and abandonment elsewhere.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 15, 2020
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Though Ulven sounds in a better place, she’s still not free from the worry and anxiety that also comes with elation and joy. It colours her music as much as the kitschy stuff does here.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted May 2, 2024
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The album does offer some nice expansions on themes and compositional ideas from his debut. But, all in all, too much of Moondust for My Diamond gets lost in its own glittery haze.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Oct 22, 2021
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As it stands, Beak & Claw gets an A for effort but considerably lower marks for execution.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Apr 16, 2012
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Repeated listens, indeed, prove it to be a perfectly serviceable, enjoyable offering. But there’s always that nagging feeling, once the DJ has packed up the gear and the dancefloor empties, that there could have been something more.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 10, 2020
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- Posted May 10, 2013
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So, for now we're left with another Noel Gallagher album that continues in the same trend of most of Oasis' output, trying to be something greater than it is. But hey, at least it's better than Beady Eye.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Oct 27, 2011
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While Comedown Machine drags itself through a number of dead zones (most notably the dud pair of the title track and “50 50”), there are moments where they recapture some of what made them a great band.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 25, 2013
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Westerman may not have found his footing with his debut record, but there are enough parts to the whole that should keep listeners looking forward to what he does in the future.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 11, 2020
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The Shadow I Remember is a confusing exploration of Baldi’s hopes and dreams, which don’t materialize at all. There’s so much to unpack in his words, but he makes it hard to care about them.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 1, 2021
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As much as Mice Parade’s previous releases seemed to be insular statements, Candela is simply stretched too thin, with too little of Pierce himself in the music.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Feb 5, 2013
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Off the Record, despite a few promising tracks, never provides a strong enough reason for listeners to do anything but go back and admire what he accomplished with Kraftwerk.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Apr 10, 2013
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The fact that TANGK captures a band boldly going out of their own depth doesn’t take away that IDLES come on a little too strong too often, compelling you to swipe left more often than right.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Feb 20, 2024
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This is a batch of super simple songs, with super simple melodies, and super simple lyricism. At this point in their career it seems like there isn’t much else to expect from them.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 14, 2022
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Some of it drags (looking at you, “You’ve Won This War”), and the lyrics, melodies, and sounds don’t always land. At times you can practically feel him straining for it all to Mean Something, but Butler remains a powerful and important voice in music, even when a particular album doesn’t fully succeed.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 22, 2022
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Although working your way through the album can feel like trudging through the shit-stinking mud in the tunnels beneath the streets, there are glimpses of lights that break though from the surface, like manhole covers left exposed.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Aug 30, 2013
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Host is a consistent record in its drive towards freedom, and both sound and lyrics embody that. At times this really allows them soar, and at others there’s the struggle to go it alone. It’s great to see Cults taking risks and pressing forward, but more than anything it makes you long for their past.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 17, 2020
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As a whole, the album's sound suggests that of a band on auto-pilot, one that's not so much invested in recording new material as it is in simply going through the motions of recording new material.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 10, 2012
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- Posted Feb 2, 2012
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I know the band can write damn good songs and they have proven that before and prove it here, but until they address the main problems (the still heavily reverberated vocals for one) or really venture out into something different (there is life beyond pasting snippets from philosophy lectures) I think history will keep repeating itself for these guys.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 16, 2011
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At its worst, The Tunnel and the Clearing sounds akin to lovely if too-inoffensive loading screen music. At its best, it’s bewitching and intriguing. Overall, Schott still has much to give, and much to offer this particular genre of minimalistic abstract pop, but she may need to do more next time around to take her considerable skills even further.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jun 3, 2021
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It’s a considerable improvement over the absolute mess that was Love is Dead, at the very least, but they’ve taken a step a bit too far into their past to bounce back fully.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 2, 2021
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Believer’s songs push and pull against each other, and the end result leaves one feeling like not much ground has been covered. It’s bolder than most new albums in recent memory, especially coming from a label as big as XL, but too often their sound comes off as a bizarre experiment. They are capable of more.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Feb 26, 2021
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Caravan Château is undoubtedly a sonically interesting album to partake in. But Izenberg’s compositions don’t always lend him any favours. They are considered, and everything feels deliberate (despite how sporadic it may be presented to be), but sometimes they don’t wander in any direction that makes for engaging listening.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Aug 13, 2020
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On Gimme Some, Peter Bjorn and John abandon the experimental sound they'd been developing over the course of the last few years in favor of flavorless alt-rock that falls short of the bar set by Falling Out.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 25, 2011
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By itself, Mountaintops is a big, dry album that doesn't move you anywhere.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Sep 14, 2011
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If anything, A Very She & Him Christmas can feel like a wet blanket at times, like a party that just can't get off the ground.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Nov 2, 2011
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Poster Girl is a step forward in a somewhat more concise direction for Larsson, but it could have used some fine-tuning to fully commit to its vision. She has created an album that is unapologetically romantic and fun but lacking in consistency production-wise.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Mar 10, 2021
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