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For 2,093 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 City of Refuge
Lowest review score: 10 Lulu
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,670 out of 2093
  2. Mixed: 412 out of 2093
  3. Negative: 11 out of 2093
2093 music reviews
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Doll Domination
    The Pussycats' debut from 2005 was that kind of disc, and though this follow-up tries darn hard to follow that formula, it comes up just short.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The New Game
    Mudvayne used to be viewed as somewhat of a joke band with its costumes and makeup, but they're more out front and naked now, with markedly more genuine results.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    #willpower
    As intended, there’s a little something for everyone.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dark Horse
    Dark Horse is attractively adorned, but don't expect any sort of wild ride.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All Things Bright and Beautiful
    On All Things Bright he treads ingratiatingly melodic, lyrically twee, electro-pop territory that will be familiar to fans.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Star Wars Headspace
    [A] solid, surprising set.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If Not Now, When?
    Stabbing steadily at the status quo, these songs are a matured balance between art and pop.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Authentic
    Thirty years in, LL still spins taut couplets as often as he licks his lips and delivers them with nimble style.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If On A Winter's Night...
    Mostly, with its wintry hush and flurries of harmonies, the album evokes the title, a not unpleasant vision of contemplatively gazing out a window encrusted with frost in a thick Irish wool sweater drinking a steaming cup of cider.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Rebirth Of Venus
    Lee pulls it off--and has fun with the earnest sermonizing while he's at it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Buffet Hotel
    What makes this tower over some Buffett albums is the ballads.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feeler
    It's inexplicable why these songs were deemed weak follow-ups to the Toadies' stellar 1994 debut, as the "Feeler'' tunes - re-recorded with the band's current lineup - exude the sinister tension of the breakout hits while also branching out into other sonic turf
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cosmic Hallelujah
    Chesney isn’t one to rest on his laurels, and his 17th album, Cosmic Hallelujah, bears that out.
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