For 2,093 reviews, this publication has graded:
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66% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: | City of Refuge | |
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Lowest review score: | Lulu |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,670 out of 2093
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Mixed: 412 out of 2093
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Negative: 11 out of 2093
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It probably wasn't her intention, but Washburn ended up making a modern classic, a folk album for people who claim they don't like a such thing.- Boston Globe
- Posted Feb 1, 2011
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It’s a jittering, coruscating sucker punch of an album--and St. Vincent’s first bona fide masterpiece.- Boston Globe
- Posted Oct 13, 2017
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Time might have pushed along, but it was obvious how much Ocean’s rich, detailed, and urgent storytelling had been missed once it was here again.- Boston Globe
- Posted Aug 22, 2016
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The highs wouldn’t feel so high without the lows here, which is a regular trope of the genre; but as with all tropes, execution trumps invention, and the Hotelier executes exceptionally.- Boston Globe
- Posted Apr 16, 2014
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- Posted Jul 16, 2015
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Steve Earle's stellar new album, produced by T Bone Burnett, takes its name from the final Hank Williams single (as does the multitalented Earle's debut novel, out next month).- Boston Globe
- Posted Apr 26, 2011
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The result is Vile's best record to date, an idiosyncratic amalgam of intimate performance and communal expression - and one that continues to reveal new layers upon repeated listens.- Boston Globe
- Posted Mar 8, 2011
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If there's a lesson to be learned from The Way Out, it's that we need little more than the sounds of each other's voices to find comfort--or in the Books' case, to crank out yet another masterwork.- Boston Globe
- Posted Oct 21, 2010
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It’s an ideal album for this decisively odd moment, its homemade feel (much of it was recorded in her house, with percussion partially supplied by objects around her home) and sense of awe giving it a defiant energy. ... A thrill ride.- Boston Globe
- Posted Apr 16, 2020
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The band’s masterwork to date, IV delivers a listening experience as thrill-packed and invigorating as the loftiest comparisons you can throw at it.- Boston Globe
- Posted Mar 31, 2016
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Northern Aggression rocks as ferociously as anything Wynn has ever done.- Boston Globe
- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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Everything in Between is a triumphant leap forward from an already solid foundation, and one that cements the duo as one of this era's incontestably exceptional indie-rock acts.- Boston Globe
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Halcyon Digest is as comforting in its familiar feel as it is startling for its sonic variety.- Boston Globe
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The 1975’s frequently dazzling exploration of life in the iOS era, frontman Matty Healy turns the mic over to--who else?--Siri. Narrating a strangely touching fable about a man in love with the Internet, the bot contributes one of a great many moments on the album.- Boston Globe
- Posted Nov 28, 2018
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"Emma" was gorgeous in its austerity, but its follow-up is staggering for its vision. Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore release will go down as one of this year's most arresting albums, drunk on its own impressionistic charms and oblivious to anyone's expectations but Vernon's.- Boston Globe
- Posted Jun 21, 2011
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The result is a record that alternates between fuzzy and crisp; those who like to get lost in their headphones should approve.- Boston Globe
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His latest is the closest he has come to making a masterpiece in a very long time.- Boston Globe
- Posted Apr 3, 2012
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For all of the gussy rhythms--which can stop just this side of overly cute--and legit power, there’s real subtlety at work, too, and in unlikely spots.- Boston Globe
- Posted Mar 20, 2015
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The album feels stunningly fresh and cutting edge; expect to see it on some Top Ten lists later this year.- Boston Globe
- Posted Feb 18, 2016
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Backed by his new band the Vanguard, to whom the album is jointly credited, his sprawling funk grooves and pointed (if characteristically indecipherable) lyrics are still strikingly timely.- Boston Globe
- Posted Dec 22, 2014
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White does pretty much everything except what fans have learned to expect from him. It’s an ambitious, dizzying, and sometimes challenging listen, but overall makes for one of the most maniacally creative albums of the year.- Boston Globe
- Posted Mar 21, 2018
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With eight songs that unfurl to 40 minutes, it’s impeccably crafted and plays off a mercurial tension between Callahan’s voice--a parched yet resonant baritone--and the lush arrangements that envelop it.- Boston Globe
- Posted Sep 17, 2013
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On one of this year's smoothest and best discs, Hunter makes The Hard Way go down so easy.- Boston Globe
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Inevitably, there’s some repetition--no fewer than 12 different attempts at “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,” for example. What’s exhilarating is the chance to eavesdrop on the evolution of the songs as Dylan grasps, bit by bit, for the emotional center of each one.- Boston Globe
- Posted Nov 2, 2018
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It is an exceedingly agreeable collection of ultra-catchy garage-pop complete with slash-and-burn guitars, wheedling psychedelic organs, gauzy ballads, dollops of Motown stomp, and loads of love laments both despairing and fidgety.- Boston Globe
- Posted Feb 8, 2011
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Less glitchy and bass-led than FlyLo’s previous work, it enters him in the canon of mystics and psychedelic journeyers who’ve sought to crack the doors of perception.- Boston Globe
- Posted Oct 6, 2014
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While drummer Mikkey Dee shines on an unexpected cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” That efficient if unspectacular borrowing aside, this potent record ranks among the year’s best.- Boston Globe
- Posted Aug 27, 2015
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