Clash Music's Scores

  • Music
For 3,889 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Wake Up!
Score distribution:
3889 music reviews
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A stunning effort all-around, it is a pleasure to have Temples back, the prospect of where they can go from here is one of excitement and thrill.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Turn to Clear View, takes everything that made ‘Starting Today’ playful and fun while ramping up the captivating melodies, and guest spots, to create something that feels like an instant classic.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It’s a beautifully assembled package. ... Funny then that this collection should contain so much life, from an album restored to splendour, to a night of joyful inebriation and creativity with a showbiz pal, to a ferocious performance in front of adoring fans. ...‘Dead Man’s Pop’ is the perfect tribute.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    'Air Con Eden' is an album that knows what it is: a story. Although it may be a surrealist story, something difficult to penetrate, it’s a delicate and genuine debut, filled with warbled and gentle soundscapes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Through turns wholly strange and ambiguous, it’s often unclear where the breadcrumb trail of 'House Of Sugar' is leading us, but it’s a mind-bending trip worth taking nonetheless.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘Jaime’ is arguably Howard’s most important work to date spiritually, let alone critically. Named in memoriam of the beloved sister she lost to cancer when both were in their teens, the album is a sonic sucking of the poison from the wounds of life, and the regeneration of the artist thereafter.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Primal, raw and unformed - and ultimately not an album for the faint-hearted - its lyrical content alternates between the absurd and the everyday.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a joyous, unique and tender album.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Elegant, understated, Chastity Belt is the sound of a band matured, and it’s all the better for it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Over its twelve tracks, the listener is taken down the proverbial rabbit hole as Grzegorz Kwiatkowski's hypnotic and repetitive lyrical attack lulls you along. This isn't an album that grabs you by the collar, but rather builds tension and release as it lures you through the dark thickets of your mind.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A fine piece of work from a criminally-underrated talent.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is an album encompasses everything Klein has experienced so far. It is rich with texture and ideas. Let’s hope it doesn’t take her another lifetime to create something as singular and enjoyable as this.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lyrically ‘All My Heroes Are Cornballs’ feels very stream of consciousness full of political commentary, the concerns of living in American 2019, whilst being engaging, humorous, and informative.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Charli is no doubt an album of too many features and too many parts, but it somehow all fits together in a way that allows her penchant for unconventional songwriting and her ear for an exciting melody to work in concert, creating a project better than most anything she’s done in the past.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With 'The Return', Sampa The Great expertly dismantles the notion of genre, proving that, when it comes to art, what really matters is content, not labels.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transcendental trance with some fierce poetry and song? Colour us impressed.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Though they might be mellowing in their age, that doesn’t mean to say they’ve compromised an inch, and 'Beneath The Eyrie' proves just that.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hypersonic Missiles is packed with high octane hits, all of which translate into an impeccable record. Sam Fender’s debut is brave, confident and evocative.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    ‘The Competition’ gets a hell of a lot right, and you get the feeling for album five it might finally all together perfectly.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At seventeen tracks it's a purposefully meandering ride, one filled with funky instrumentals and ambient vignettes. While songs such as 'Lately', 'Insecurity' and 'Sex Emoji' show the band has not lost their ability to deliver funky floor-fillers, it's the more subdued material that really shines.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gallagher remains an excellent interpreter of others’ lyrics, but he takes the skill further here and it results in a collection of classic songs drenched in melody, accompanied by clearly expressed, noticeable lyrics.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    On an album centring around concepts of storytelling and reflection, Iggy Pop’s voice remains phenomenal. It always will. However, an underwhelming feeling lingers throughout 'Free', one which is hard to ignore.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Post Malone still provides us with a sprinkling of the classics: bitches, butts and Millie on wrists, it’s appeasing. But for the most part, he created an insightful and eclectic record which is a testament to his versatility and willingness to do exactly what he wants.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At the end of this journey, we’re left not only with a playlist you’re itching to put on repeat, but also with the a much-needed notion of an inspirational woman made much stronger- much more in love with herself- by the trials and tribulations of her life.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ultimately 'Saves The World' is a bold, colourful, lyric return, one that is asserting while remaining utterly honest, completely true to themselves.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It is an interesting concept -that could have become a beacon for the perspectives of (male) feminists in music- that failed because it was executed poorly a few too many times.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite being heavily influenced by the 80’s, Lost Girls has a timeless feel and is sonically pleasing.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    THE S.L.P is safe. It’s the untainted evidence of a missed opportunity. Frankly, someone of Serge’s caliber could have plunged deeper into the void of sonic exploration. There’s always a next time.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Whilst the lyrics are direct and, in your face, the production is just as precise and thought out. It flows with Kano’s quick pace and ability to turn on the heat so quickly. The album offers 10 tracks of quality and meaning over the meaningless repackaged corporate sound that is found more often than not in this day and age.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Those who found Whitney’s honey-coated tales of love, loss and yearning to be just a bit too smooth the first time around are likely only to strengthen their convictions. For those themselves yearning for another dose, this album should definitely satisfy.