Beats Per Minute's Scores
- Music
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.
(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: 1,556 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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This is why Dye It Blonde is truly a success: the band have moved from the garage noise-rock sound to a much more atmospheric one wherein the noise is harnessed into multiple layers of melodic instrumentation.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 18, 2011
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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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The King is Dead is a few layers of vocal harmony away from being a Fleet Foxes record, which is fine, but the Decemberists are at their best when they sound like themselves.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 18, 2011
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Though Ventriloquizzing doesn't demonstrate the best the quartet have to offer, it's a perfect overview of their different sides, and proof that they remain one of our most consistently entertaining bands.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 14, 2011
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The band delivered a tight album with hardly any missteps. It might not have been worth the seven year wait, but it's a really enjoyable album nonetheless.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 14, 2011
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For most of Valhalla Dancehall, the diversity in sound works to British Sea Power's advantage, but it also leaves the album feeling weirdly unsatisfying.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 14, 2011
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The album's top heavy, and its finest moments come when T.I.'s able to look past himself, whether it be to attack the legal or education system. The rest is frustratingly mixed.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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Those who weren't sold on Gillis' act before aren't going to change their minds, but his records are consistently great, and All Day is no exception.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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With these influences placed front and center in their tunes, Weekend runs the risk of being written off as a derivative clone; as a band more interested in replicating their heroes than building off the foundation they laid. Fortunately, Weekend has enough personality to ward off this unfair label.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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This is one of those albums to throw on and leave on while you accomplish something: it won't demand too much of your attention, but none of it will bore you.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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On the heels of the brilliant My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and the misunderstood Recovery Minaj follows in style by putting out an album interested in both hip hop and music that simply sounds great.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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This is the kind of album you just throw on to have fun. If anything, it proves My Chemical Romance don't need to be eccentric or theatrical to put out an enjoyable record.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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Ultimately, the legacy Pinkerton leaves behind is it being one of the most emotional and raw albums ever made. It's an album that many can relate to, even if you're not on the same level of crazy as Rivers was back then.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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While North is a far cry from Darkstar's previous releases, it's a nice addition to the world of electronica. This album sets the duo apart from their label mates, but retains the dark atmosphere that Hyperdub artists are known for.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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Comparing him to other rappers is pointless: there are other guys with much more technically-sound flows (although Ye is as wickedly funny as he's ever been), but nobody else possesses the combination of hubris, imagination, neuroticism, and drive it takes to make a record like this.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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If you're hoping for change here, give up now. Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is also presented in five acts, and again has no real structure to justify them.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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Lucky Shiner has all the facets of something good. It breathes on its downbeats, sings rickety sampler loops, and, most enjoyably, it takes its time.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 13, 2011
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Who knows whether the notoriously megalomaniacal Jackson would approve of this album-people on both sides of that argument have valid points-but as a start-to-finish collection of songs it's more enjoyable and less filler-stuffed than anything he's released since Bad, a minor miracle given the circumstances.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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To be fair, she's still in the process of resurfacing, rather successfully actually, and Body Talk is a fine dance-pop album.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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It's both the sleaziest album of the year and Diddy's intricate fantasy world of mistreatment and vindication presented as a bizarre mass.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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After listening to Legacy it seems difficult to imagine anyone else achieving what they have whilst working with Disney studios.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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If anything, Apollo Kids is the biggest reason to get excited about Ghost in years; putting out a seemingly rushed disc, he's outdone much of his recent work.- Beats Per Minute
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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