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For 1,384 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison [Live]
Lowest review score: 20 Collapse
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 950 out of 1384
  2. Mixed: 427 out of 1384
  3. Negative: 7 out of 1384
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    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]
    The good folks at Shout Factory didn’t opt to only offer these discs a second time around, but instead provided added enticement via two bonus extras, a stunning live recording from Nashville’s Polk Theater, recorded around the same time as I Feel Alright, and a live DVD from the Cold Creek Correctional Facility where Earle had earlier been incarcerated.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Blur the Line
    Somewhere along the line, this became an amazing band, and songwriting/arranging this masterful elevates Blur The Line to modern-classic status, fully justifying the 5-star rating applied at the top of this review.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Southeastern
    Listening to this stunning album will provide you with your own moment of clarity. Don’t let it slip away.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Skeleton Tree
    Skeleton Tree is a testament to his art, his flaying honesty and his persistence in the wake of devastating loss.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Scheherazade
    Twenty-five years in, how well these two sides of a sung coin fit together and complement each other remains remarkable.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Marlowe's Revenge
    Stuart cut a slew of tracks at their studio, handed the results to J.D. Foster for mixing duties, and wound up with one helluva platter that’s even better than The Deliverance of… and, as fans will realize upon the first spin, slots perfectly into his Green On Red oeuvre.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Jet Plane And Oxbow
    The bold artistic statement that is this record will have people talking about it for years to come.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Adore Life
    With Adore Life, Savages have built on the visceral, gut-shock impact of their first album with stronger songs and more varied writing. It’s an impressive step up for an already promising band.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Undun
    [An] excellent record that anyone who wants to hear the graceful way by which hip-hop should age should add to their collections right away.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    1973-1980
    It’s a spellbinding portal into a horrific cultural experience that continues to burn and radiate spiritual sustenance to the world.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985 [Box Set]
    Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1995, has plenty of meat on the bone for the uninitiated as well as the seasoned psychedelic music listener.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Harmlessness
    Something so well crafted by a group of individuals that bleeds music and emotions makes me thinks/hopes this is just the beginning for The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Starless Room
    Deep, brooding and magical, The Starless Room is simply one of the finest artistic statements of 2016.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    DJ-Kicks
    Gold Panda seems most interested in the former on his DJ-Kicks mix, keeping the dynamics understated, but the results are consistently interesting, melodic, and effective.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    No Depression [Legacy Edition]
    There are any number of landmark albums that critics are quick to label as essential, but given the fact No Depression jumpstarted an entire genre, none deserve that label more. The kudos earned by this good Uncle are clearly well earned.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    I Abused Animal
    I Abused Animal is a real shocker and definitely an album you won’t easily forget.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    I Used To Be Pretty
    Sometimes older and wiser just makes you harder and meaner. I Used to Be Pretty is the grungy, gangly, glorious result of hard-won maturity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison [Live]
    While this faithful tribute doesn’t lessen the sadness, it does remind us that genius is timeless and that the memories of those triumphs will linger long enough to inspire us forever. The fact that these performances serve to remind us of that fact is reason enough to rejoice.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Returns to Valley of Rain
    Returns to Valley of Rain, then, is a start-to-finish delight. It’s technically a re-do of the original UK cassette version of Valley of Rain, which had 11 tunes compared to the 10-song US LP.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Copper Blue [Deluxe Edition]
    Copper Blue is essential.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Americana
    Americana is damn near as excellent an album as Davies has delivered since the ‘70s, a set of songs that will someday be seen as among his best.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Tape Hiss
    This is a portrait of a band firing creatively on all cylinders. Their time is now. Don’t miss out.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Agent Intellect
    This album is a triumph, and with it, Protomartyr has pulled off the unlikely feat of making the rock record of the year, twice in a row.
    • 87 Metascore
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    Workbook 25 [Deluxe Edition]
    Workbook 25 is his masterpiece.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Lady from Shanghai
    The new album's a stunning return to, and expansion from, seminal Ubu form.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    C88 [Box Set]
    There are plenty more excellent guitar janglers like The Pooh Sticks doing my favorite tune “On Tape” plus Pale Saints doing the dreamier “Colours and Shapes” and Choo Choo Train (Ric and Paul from Velvet Crush) doing the righteous “High,” all of which is one disc one. Moving right over to disc two The House of Love start things off with “The Hill.”
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    No Way There from Here
    Populated with smartly crafted, passionately performed songs, No Way There From Here stands as Cantrell’s best work to date and leaves the listener hoping that she doesn’t take as many years to make do her follow-up album.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War
    It lacks consistency, but it works well often enough to make this a reasonably satisfying exercise in both 19th and 21st Century Americana.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    London Fog 1966 [Live] [Box Set]
    It’s neither time capsule nor curio, but rather a valid projection into the collector-archival ether that should hold up for future generations.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Old Magic
    He's a modern master.
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