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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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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Ghost in Daylight
    The Ghost in the Daylight (Warp) is a quieter, more overtly folky album than 2007's Western Lands. There is no obvious focal point - nothing like gorgeous, pick-clawed "Trust" from the previous album - only a series of acoustic songs that flare gently from rueful nostalgia to sudden melancholy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mockingbird Time
    The trademark ingredients that turned Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass into seminal classics are retained via Olson's yearning vocals, the sun splashed harmonies and their adept meld of Americana, vintage West Coast rock, strings and psychedelia.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    House on the Hill
    Sure this House on the Hill could be more soundly constructed, but one suspects that ricketiness is part of the appeal.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One Track Mind
    It's as if the Brian Jonestown Massacre hired J Mascis to write its material, solid songcraft disguised as stoned slack.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Air Conditioned Nightmare
    Doldrums have given voice to the psychology of the outsider, fashioning a work of art whose queasy, warped nature is just too hard to shake.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Thirst
    Solid songwriting chops show a clear ambition on the band's part to be more than just another garage rock act, though the tunes are stronger in the second half of the record than the first.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reckon
    With Reckon, Collett offers an unblemished view of all its troubles and travails. To his credit, this tireless troubadour puts it all in perspective.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Limbo
    Overall, the tinny, sterile production (there is nothing lush about the sounds on In Limbo, nor is there supposed to be) and the fresh take on psychedelic and indie rock sounds pretty fine.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diluvia
    The music is consistently impressive. A calmer, mellower than its predecessor, affair, Diluvia is an enchanting album worth several listens.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rad Times Xpress IV
    Wallop[s] you upside the head with an acid-induced mash-up of rollicking glam, gunky metal and ghetto-fabulous art rock.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Four (Acts of Love)
    Walking the same cabaret folk rock path traveled on his previous record Sketches From the Book of the Dead, Harvey sounds comfortable and confident in the skin of his artistic vision.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Within and Without
    It's not often that an album has this much to offer, intellectually, physically and spiritually. This is not just another sterile bedroom disco experiment, far from it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Former Lives
    For those who have been along for the ride since the beginning this anthology is like unlocking a shiny, new bonus track for each of Gibbard's efforts since Something About Airplanes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Manifest!
    Each three-minute zinger is an aptly kilned piece so crossly pollinated, it should be studied.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shine Your Light
    The only real misstep is the too-funky-for-its-own-good “Snow Your Mind”; otherwise Fulvimar has created another record that will appeal to a wide range of music fans as the indie rockers will give it a thumbs up as will the stoners, psych-mongers and electronic freaks, too.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A World Out of Time
    The sound is not quite as clean as on Beyond the 4th Door, but there's an organic whole-ness and immediacy that makes up for murkier sonics.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Modern Art
    Whatever the fuel, the songsmith has created sterling and a wonderfully adventurous record that is quite possibly his best since 1995's 100% Fun.
    • 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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Last Patrol
    Last Patrol is easily Monster Magnet’s strongest LP in years.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    How to Get Your Record Played in Shops
    Donovan seems content to continue cranking out his own brand of lo-fi foggy fuzz. Boogie and chillin’, indeed!
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Coming Out of the Fog
    Ultimately, Coming Out of the Fog is about song, rather than sound, but that sharply-crafted sound definitely its say as well.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales
    There are 13 terrific cuts out of 15, and the album does it's job of demonstrating that the 5 Royales deserve reconsideration.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Be Myself
    This is a rare album that is upbeat while also showing an emotional side that we all have felt from time to time.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Clear Heart Full Eyes
    Finn's compelling without the usual bluster that provides him momentum--his voice never approaches its old roar but his nice melodic sense comes out here more.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Point of Go
    The more I listen to Jonquil, the more I l-u-v these guys.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Optica
    Shout Out Louds have produced a great, light-hearted and warm album that will lift your spirits, mellow you out and make you dance.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    To Where the Wild Things Are
    This is a well-crafted album that manages to reach some rare sonic ground save for a few missteps. The band works best when it is allowed to let the songs build and layer over one another.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Mystery Lights
    Follow Me Home sounds like 1966, but like it’s happening all over again, organically and without premeditation, and it rocks.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
    A good rock record is a good rock record, and The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy is a good rock record.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Butter
    With Eno at the controls, the Turbo Fruits straighten up, fly right and in the process bash out their most enjoyable work to date.
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