Blender's Scores
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For 1,854 reviews, this publication has graded:
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39% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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58% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.8 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 65
Highest review score: | Together Through Life | |
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Lowest review score: | Folker |
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Positive: 957 out of 1854
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Mixed: 862 out of 1854
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Negative: 35 out of 1854
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No Line on the Horizon is U2’s third killer in a row--by now, it’s bizarre to remember that just 10 years ago, everybody thought they were headed toward the dinosaur band tar pits.- Blender
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Not since 1966's Blonde on Blonde has Dylan sounded so happy and alert. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.102]- Blender
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Ever since he figured out how to write tough-buzzard songs, on his 1997 comeback Time Out of Mind, he’s been knocking them out of the park. This one leans hard on ready-made blues in the citified-country-ways style of Chess Records.- Blender
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Some of the most gripping singing you're going to hear all year.... A brave, unrepeatable record that speaks to her whole life. [May 2004, p.123]- Blender
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His new take scythes through the original, revealing growls and guitars long obscured—sometimes it’s distracting, but often it lends the songs a newfound jolt.- Blender
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This 'boxxx holds an explosion of creativity that couldn't have been contained in just one LP. [Nov 2003, p.118]- Blender
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S-K swagger like they never have before, eschewing the filler that made their last few records drag. [#9, p.157]- Blender
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Murphy pushes the near-immaculate music into the realm of genius with witty lyrics and wonderfully tetchy vocals. [Mar 2005, p.141]- Blender
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Phrenology is a celebration of self-determination, a nonstop joyride through some very complicated brains. [#12, p.149]- Blender
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A nearly flawless collection of hummable overtures. [#17, p.138]- Blender
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This is Love’s ultimate achievement. A band long broken up, and so majestic they’ve been relegated to history books, has been refashioned in a way that makes a fresh and startling presentation of songs as familiar as the Ten Commandments.- Blender
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Any collection that encompasses A Guy Called Gerald's peerless dance anthem "Voodoo Ray" and Joy Division's exquisite "Atmosphere" is "double double good," as the Happy Mondays' drug-addled singer Shaun Ryder used to quip. [#9, p.158]- Blender
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This is one helluva piece of singer-songwriter art. [Nov 2005, p.129]- Blender
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Not since the Clash has a band evoked so precisely the grime and thrill of young London. [#15, p.124]- Blender
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Marred only by incredibly pompous liner notes and a lack of worthy rarities. [#23, p.122]- Blender
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With Rock N Roll, Ryan Adams has thrown off the trappings of underachievement and grabbed for the crown. [Dec 2003, p.132]- Blender
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Uncommonly rich and unfashionably gynocentric, Scarlet's Walk makes the personal universal, using the stories of women lost, left and unseen to chart a map of the American psyche. [#11, p.124]- Blender
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Tempering futurism with retro-rap here, [Timbaland and Missy] feed the old through the new and refresh both. [#12, p.142]- Blender
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What elevates the Monkeys into a class of their own is Turner. [Apr 2006, p.113]- Blender
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The Bush-Blair era has damaged these guys, and the results rule. [Jun 2007, p.105]- Blender
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What's amazing about Alright, Still is how similar the girl with the blog is to the girl with the hit record. [Mar 2007, p.129]- Blender
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They've been compiled to death, but this two-disc set is the most comprehensive survey yet of the Mancunians' brief, tear-stained blaze through the mid-'80s indie-pop firmament. [Feb 2009, p.67]- Blender
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The result is something of a songcraft master class.... A career best. [Dec 2005, p.150]- Blender
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You can only discover fire once, though, so instead of a revolutionary blueprint, Neon Bible makes a triumphant clamor that's nearly as cathartic. [Apr 2007, p.109]- Blender
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It's Twin Cinema's relative melancholy that makes it the band's best album yet. [Sep 2005, p.134]- Blender