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For 3,871 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:
  1. Positive: 3,241 out of 3871
  2. Mixed: 601 out of 3871
  3. Negative: 29 out of 3871
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
    It won't appeal to those who prefer his party anthems and vibrant disco, but for those who want to see yet another side to this most prolific of musical minds, it's a voyage worth taking.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Continuance
    A hugely effective partnership, Curren$y’s raps – weed, women, the trappings of fame – don’t dwell on subtlety, but it’s the manner in which they are presented that affords ‘Continuance’ its depth.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Spell 31
    Ibeyi has continued to present the bejewelled depths of their spiritual and ancestral heritage with great success; it's clear that their source is not only deeply personal but boundless too.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Palomino
    Whilst other songs such as ‘Turning Onto You’ don’t particularly inspire and feel somewhat under-produced, the album remains pensive, zesty and delicately crafted. This is truly an album to draw comfort from throughout winter.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Yian
    An album that leaves you in a different environment than where you entered it, ‘YIAN’ will surely rank as one of 2023’s most impressive British debuts.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Aperture
    The record could almost be split in half as it takes a rockier tone in the first tracks, which is gradually reduced to captivating stripped back endings. A true musical journey indeed.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Big Sigh
    A gorgeous album, ‘Big Sigh’ is a winter treat for the long January nights.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rest
    Outstanding work with the sound, abundance of catchy tunes and thoughtful, memorable lines make Rest an engaging experience for any listener, guaranteed to evoke or further develop the interest for the story of the illustrious Gainsbourg family.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Lady Killer
    As attempts at storming the mainstream go, this looks like a surefire winner, but musically it feels like a lesser take on Outkast's The Love Below.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tell Me How You Really Feel
    After the cheap--but definitely magical--thrills of her debut, this is a slow-burning triumph.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Utopian Ashes
    Aiming to pin down essential emotions in a personal way, ‘Utopian Ashes’ succeeds beyond their imaginations – a crisp, entrancing song cycle, it’s unaffected feel helps it linger long in the memory.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ruinism
    Although at times the sound experiments can feel too inward-looking, Howard balances the darkness and lightness of his palette with relative ease, producing a record of imaginative depth and danceable surface.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bedroom
    A heady, forward-thinking shoegaze distillation, ‘Bedroom’ is a vital listen, with bdrmm allowing their early promise to fully develop. Much more than a genre piece, it’s a vital delve into the power of our communal isolation.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Collector
    Collector is clever, catchy and addictive, and gets better with repeat plays. You can only imagine he and Disq know exactly what they’re doing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flamagra
    Flamagra reminds us just how good Flying Lotus sounds when soundtracking transcendence.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Spiderwebbed
    It may be a tried and tested formula but inspiration as beautifully realised as this is hard to ignore.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Wild
    The Wild offers solid proof that rappers in their middle ages are far from a spent force.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    High Risk Behaviour
    ‘High Risk Behaviour’ clocks in at under half an hour which is a good job considering The Chats only have one trick, but strewth they do that trick well.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    & The Charm
    This notable departure from the dancefloor not only brings fans of her previous music and live sets along for the ride, but also wholeheartedly welcomes those who might never have set foot in the club.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All Her Plans
    ‘All Her Plans’ is a triumph, a record that will certainly send these Aussie rockers to soaring new heights.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Peacemaker
    The record holds a conciliatory anger at a civilisation that can’t save itself from itself. And through an exploration of war, bloodspill, loss and confusion Vera Sola has continued to tell her story, and invite us into her arresting world.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Hum
    Hookworms have a huge, infectious energy, best evidenced on the wild organ grooves and ridiculously weighty drumming of ‘Radio Tokyo’, but some of the finest moments come when they adopt a more considered, less-immediate approach.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stay Gold
    With lyrics dripping with casual poetic nuance and bold, full arrangements, Stay Gold is at once an arresting set of classic country reference points as well as a towering body of stirring, beguilingly original songs.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Free for All
    Free For All is a debut album from a producer continually finding new perspectives on your favourite sounds.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    African Giant
    African Giant is a cohesive piece of work. The tracks have a subtle dancehall theme which threads through them. 19 tracks may have been too ambitious in this case but Burna Boy is an example of why African music is gaining popularity and becoming more mainstream.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Modern Nature
    Modern Nature is a significant step forward for a band dogged by being seen merely as Britpop survivors that have never really moved on. This is evidence that they truly, distinctively have.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Out in the Storm
    There’s still moments of fragility that populate the record (‘Fade’), but for the most part it’s a brazen and self-assured release, and it’s all the better for it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everything in Between
    The album is a bold step, Spunt and Randall striving to write songs they would be psyched to listen to, and moving in a direction that will fail to disappoint fans of earlier releases 'Nouns' and 'Weirdo Rippers'. Rad.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slow Knife
    You can't help but feel that the teasing at euphoria on Slow Knife would be a little less frustrating if the thing were allowed to crescendo further, and for some of that drumwork to be incorporated accordingly.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Reflektor
    ‘It’s Never Over’ is this band’s best TV On The Radio impression, and ‘Porno’ almost goes G-funk: a pleasant surprise. But undercooked electronics, impotent rhetoric, too-familiar crescendo-ing structures and an overall feeling that this needs further post-production attention render Reflektor an entirely substandard album.
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