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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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    • 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.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Lonerism
    While none of the songs are deeply political or poetic like the wartime bands that predated Tame Impala, they are no less poignant and often delve into a reflective sadness of longing to belong.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Complicated Game
    Staunch and undeterred to the brink of defiance, Complicated Game finds McMurtry’s rugged resilience again setting the tone.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fetch
    The finished product is a beautifully fluid fusion of dub, jazz and micro-house zone-outs that continues to exemplify Oswald's two-decade strong aptitude as one of the great masters of repetitive groove theory.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Upland Stories
    He may not be looking to “kill Saturday night” anymore but, with Upland Stories, Fulks has composed songs that are richer and more rewarding.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Something More Than Free
    Something More Than Free is like a novel set to music, each of its 11 songs a separate chapter that, when absorbed in full, leave you with the same kind of psychic shift a good book sets into motion.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    M B V
    Yes, it's a fine album.... It's during the songs that shift the focus from chaos to ethereal mirth that the listener can fairly wonder about whether this album should be judged as simply a regular new offering or an (almost) lost treasure.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    John Howard & the Night Mail
    Taking the classic British penchant for hiding burning emotion with sardonic reserve and painting with expertly sculpted craft, Howard turns & the Night Mail into a new classic.
    • 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.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The River & the Thread
    As the title suggests, The River & The Thread manages to surge and sway all at the same time. Indeed, it doesn’t get much better than this.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Workbook 25 [Deluxe Edition]
    Workbook 25 is his masterpiece.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Seer
    [The Seer is] everything for which Swans stands, wrapped up in one intense package.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    CSNY 1974 [Box Set]
    The word “essential” is bandied about quite a bit these days in reference to landmark recordings. Yet, here it applies in every sense. CSNY 74 is one for the ages.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Random Access Memories
    This is a dazzling album, steeped in soul and brimming with an uncommon musicality, all rhythmic urgency and compelling melodies and anthemic choruses.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    American Ride
    Ultimately American Ride resounds like a victory cry--urgent, enduring and unfailingly affecting.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gish [Deluxe Edition]
    No other LP is more evocative of the raw essence of the Smashing Pumpkins' unique fusions of feels than this ten track collection, by far and away the most collaborative album in their canon.... This deluxe edition of Gish is chock-a-block with quality bonus material.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In Colour
    Jamie XX has rearticulated dance music once again. This is an album that surfs from one emotional peak to the next. It’s an album I was actually sad to have end.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gone Away Backward
    These slow-rolling, Southern-bred sentiments serve him well, and indeed Gone Away Backward appears to be a fine step forward.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wick
    Though still unquestionably a powerhouse, Royal Thunder proves itself too versatile on WICK to be slipped into an easily labeled box.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    22, A Million
    All the Bon Iver albums sound like little self-contained islands, and this is the one that sounds the most like a fire ravaging through the greenery and growth of the previous two. Sit back and let the flames burn bright and beautiful.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Colfax
    The result of the collaboration is a gorgeous set of songs set in late-night bars after work, as denizens tell their stories with the appropriate tenor of resignation and hope.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Far from Over
    Iyer really makes an effort here to highlight all sides of his musical skills, letting two decades of experience boil into an exceptionally tasty dish. Iyer has already proven himself a jazz master, but with Far From Over, he takes his talent as composer, player and bandleader to new heights.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bon Iver
    Akin to For Emma, Bon Iver breaks the listener's heart. And to experience an album (an oft-dreaded sophomore album, no less) that evokes such deep emotion is a welcomed pain.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Made in California [Box Set]
    Despite the duplications from previous collections and a heavy emphasis on dubious alternate mixes, true devotees will likely still find Made in California an essential acquisition.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Without a Net
    To fully appreciate the album, it needs close attention. The magic comes when the members of the quartet start bumping each other up to the next musical level, and it helps to discover the steps they take to do that.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vee Vee [Remastered]
    Vee Vee is a ballsy record, and hard to love.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What Is the Meaning of What
    What is the Meaning of What is a copious groove intensive monster of a dance-punk record.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Kind Revolution
    The production, composing, arrangements, and playing makes A Kind Revolution something uniquely special in the Paul Weller catalogue. Weller is a talent like no other, and you will not be disappointed.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wreck & Ruin
    Recorded in the far reaches of the Australian Outback, it reflects those dusty environs in its stripped-down arrangements and traditional tomes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's Great to Be Alive! [Live]
    Somehow It’s Great To Be Alive seems like the essential set, given that it boasts some 35 tracks spanning all phases of their collective career. It shows them in their true element--raucous, raw and unapologetic, a combination certain to appeal to diehard devotees and practically anyone else whose taste in music is generally affirmed by frequenting sweaty beer joints and any local roadhouse bar.
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