Clash Music's Scores
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For 3,876 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | Dead Man's Pop [Box Set] | |
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Lowest review score: | Wake Up! |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,246 out of 3876
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Mixed: 601 out of 3876
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Negative: 29 out of 3876
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‘Broke Me In Two’, which you can already find online, is a good place to start if you’re looking for a sampler. Overall though, it’s a case of ‘good to have you back Joan’, and ‘next time, let’s have a bit more you and little less Lazar Davis’.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 29, 2016
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A valiant and partly successful attempt from K-pop’s biggest band to move forward in their music. While they undeniably remain a success, the recycled sonics and multiple references to past music makes it hard for old listeners to let go of past glory and for the new to connect with their current music.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 19, 2019
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At times, ‘Lil Baby 3’ comes close to grappling with maturity, but Lil Yachty’s version of adulthood feels distinctly shallow.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 23, 2020
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- Posted May 4, 2011
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It’s an accomplished if somewhat safe set of songs; a JoJo on the cusp of finding her range.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 3, 2016
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Views packs much less of a political punch than Bey’s must-hear epic, and at 20 tracks, Aubrey for the most part provides a rather overweight and lethargic waltz through his musical comfort zone.- Clash Music
- Posted May 4, 2016
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Things are a little different now but like many of their contemporaries, Cut Copy have had to adapt to the landscape and Zonoscope is a considered attempt at a more kaleidoscopic approach.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 9, 2011
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The upped slickness does mean the album offers little in the way of the provocative, though, so you may be disappointed by Breakage's leniency, and a wrath that's merely implied.- Clash Music
- Posted May 28, 2015
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It hardly moves mountains as a standalone effort, but is moderately impactful and somewhat befitting of its lofty pandemic-era presentation.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 30, 2021
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At its best, The Saga Continues captures some of the old Wu magic but unfortunately these moments are few and far between.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 17, 2017
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‘Small And Silver’ is a welcome break around the halfway mark, when their stock in trade is replaced with unsettling bass and an off-beat production. However, it’s only a hint of a promise to explore new territories and doesn’t go far enough to vary the album.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 26, 2016
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While a fun and energetic record, much of the songwriting falls into the somewhat forgettable. Everyone is bringing their A-game, and they're having a blast while doing so, but nothing entirely sticks to the ribs.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 8, 2022
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Though the record as a whole is weaker than its predecessor, there’s enough flashes of career-high brilliance to keep The Wharves on the right path of progression.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 19, 2016
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The band’s approach to music-making has always been as eclectic as their references, but generally they’ve stuck to one approach per album. Unfortunately this is where Home Counties comes a bit unstuck. There’s quite a lot going on.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 30, 2017
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Lady Wood proves Tove Lo is one of the more interesting characters in what is often a personality-less genre, but unfortunately, her unique perspective is diluted by fairly humdrum electro-pop production.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 3, 2016
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[Wonky has] not improved on any of their previous work. They are merely chasing the shadows cast from their own trademarked head torches.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 2, 2012
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Whilst adhering to a pretty well-worn formula with the usual rousing emotion ebbs and flows, Gibbard’s ability to paint such vivid imagery with his carefully considered approach to lyricism does warrant revisiting, despite some moments proving patchy than others.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 20, 2018
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There’s enough here to make even the most discerning New Rap playlist – but as a body of work it doesn’t land in the effortless fashion that made EARTHGANG such a pivotal pairing.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 25, 2022
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Hold/Still conjures up the existential mood of floating in deep space. Lonely--but also out of this world.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 13, 2016
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While ‘PANORAMA’ at times feels repetitive, there’s certainly moments that smoulder with passion, sparkling with Kiyoko’s signature charm.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 2, 2022
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- Posted May 2, 2013
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Pure pop is an unforgiving master and a slight dip in quality results in the flaccid 'Patient' sounding like a blighted Go West off-cut. Fitfully good.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 5, 2012
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This won’t run as smoothly as her DJ-Kicks bow of 2015, and it’s not a mix you’re allowed to get comfortable with, the Siberian’s non-conformist stance playing fast and loose with the ideals of cohesion, and letting the faders lead punters astray.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 4, 2017
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Ultimately, Graveyard Of Good Times is too much of a mixed bag to be considered a great record.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 12, 2017
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With such weighty subject matter, and with some own personal trauma influencing the record, it’s sadly lacking in bite or overall attack.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 5, 2017
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Keys fails to emulate these peers and instead only succeeds in certain apt production choices and the partial development of her earlier sound. She becomes yet another voice unable to deliver its message.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 16, 2016
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At times frustrating, ‘The Last Slimeto’ is never less than entertaining. A bracing, defiant gesture, it finds NBA YoungBoy embracing freedom with both hands.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 10, 2022
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Impressive, but there are misses as well as hits here. Sometimes Cuco’s vocals and lyrics don’t match up to his sonic atmospheres.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 1, 2019
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Studio gloss and sanitised drums too often leave things sounding a little safe.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 15, 2012
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In ‘Love Goes’ Sam Smith has produced a flawed but decent return that mirrors the introspection of this strange, difficult year.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 29, 2020
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