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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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    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blockbusta
    With a 19-track span and a colossal guest cast, not everything on ‘BLOCKBUSTA’ lands. There’s a feeling sometimes that these collaborations were done separately and then spliced together, with some moments lacking cohesion, or a sense of chemistry. ‘HOMAGE’ with Kodak Black feels flat, for example, while the record’s eclecticism prevents ‘BLOCKBUSTA’ from truly coalescing. That said, there are moments of real bravery.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    White Pony (20th Anniversary) [White Pony x Black Stallion]
    It's no secret that remix albums are often tricky affairs, especially when meshed with beloved rock songs. Luckily everything off Pony's dark twin is enjoyable, if not essential sounding. Overall, it’s a fun curio worth exploring and saving a few of its more ambient moments.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Coming Home
    ‘COMING HOME’ competently portrays love as part Afrodisiac, part pulse-racing chase, part languorous and lived-in sensation. ‘COMING HOME’ is also tangential to the live spectacle, and that’s okay.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Port Entropy
    This is cheerful childhood innocence come to life - candy-floss dreams and rainbow rivers.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scarlet
    The chilled, languorous template delivers on value, but offers little else and you can’t help but feel like these are unnecessary filler tracks. At its core, ‘Scarlet’ is an interesting exploration into the world of ego trips, the trappings of fame, escapism and novelty, a welcome deviation with a heightened sense of maturity and finesse.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mirrors the Sky
    There’s quiet beauty here.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I Will Be
    With production by Richard Goettehrer, who has worked with Blondie, the Go-Gos and others, sees the Dum Dum Girls sound achieve an authentic, balanced sound, deliberately lo-fi and tinny yet listenable and intoxicating.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Modern Ruin
    While there’s certainly more emphasis on melody this time around, it’s brought about through noticeably more mature, more refined compositions.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition
    Its primary strength lies in the way Drake threads himself and finds pockets within the grooves and crevices, foregoing lustre and grandiosity in favour of an understated performance piece. .... There’s an existential paranoia about this recent iteration of Drake, however.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Certified Lover Boy
    Aubrey Graham hands over his fifth project to cross 80 minutes, an hour and a half smorgasbord of all-new tracks. In his defence, the Drake cuisine is far too extensive and varied at this point, but this dilemma has been around for a number of years now and some sort of sacrifice for a better, more cohesive project has to be made if he wants to release another classic.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    My 21st Century Blues
    In her haste to tell her story, ‘My 21stCentury Blues’ suffers from a frenzied second half that cushions the gut-punch it could have been.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mind of Mine
    As debut offerings often go, there’s a fervent desire on Mind of Mine to stretch so far and wide that the cohesiveness of the record is lumbered as a result. The tracklist could have been refined to ten good tracks (most of which are on the bonus edition).
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Haunted Man
    While every track on The Haunted Man is brimming with invention, there's little to keep you coming back for repeat listens.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fellow Travelers
    Despite lending his rich, soulful vocals to an eclectic collection of tracks, including versions of songs originally by Coldplay and Wye Oak, the streamlined, country-tinged production waters the songs down.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Balcony
    While there’s nothing particularly original or ground-breaking about this debut, CATB is a band that’s mastered the art of writing tunes that connect with an audience, and at a time when commercial rock is, apparently, at a particularly low ebb, that could serve them very well.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cloud Nothings
    His prodigious talent is undoubted, but a second dose of puppy punk feels suggests Baldi is in cruise control.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Random Access Memories
    Random Access Memories confuses, disappoints and grates.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Church with No Magic
    Good stuff, but their epics, like 'The Quick Mile', are curiously unengaging. When that track is immediately followed up by the captivating Eno-esque minimalism of 'Waves & Radiation', it's clear that their real talent still lies in crafting eerie electronic vistas.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For Ever
    Album stand-outs ‘Heavy, California’ and ‘Happy Man’ would have slotted into the last LP seamlessly and, considered as a whole, For Ever feels like an opportunity missed.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ratworld
    The speed-rock splendour of ‘Lowtalkin’’ put to one side, the band’s career prospects and longevity probably lie in the strained emotional hypnotism of the more muted, more self-conscious moments.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shrink Dust
    The album’s lacking that one standout moment to make it a truly transformative experience. Still, the scope and ambition are to be applauded, and it’s a treat to take a voyage around his mind and beyond.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Teeth Dreams
    Teeth Dreams is the New Yorkers’ burliest record to date, less feel-good and chorus-driven than previous efforts, but there’s still much to love
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Islands
    Some of the tracks are so light and delicate, you worry they might blow away in the breeze. But the pace occasionally picks up, as on ‘Highway Blue’ which whistles along on a jaunty groove, while a punchy horn section on ‘Good Ol Night’ adds further colour.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Deeper Understanding
    However dreamy the music may be, mind, it's not all quite so heavenly. The main distraction is how overwrought it all is. This is especially prevalent in Granduciel's lyrics which he sings in whispered reverence.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Higher Than The Eiffel
    Drawing on a cast of helpers, most notably Madness' Suggs and Mike Barson, the album boasts their usual eclectic mash of styles, all held together under the Audio Bullys flag.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Concrete and Gold
    While there’s nothing that will diminish their legacy or standing in rock music, there’s very little material that pushes the band forward either.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wait 'Til Night
    While the sheer breadth of Wait ‘Til Night can’t fail to impress, the album lacks certain cohesiveness. That said, there’s an honest creativity here that ripples through proceedings.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Texture Like Sun
    If Deenmamode tempers his idiosyncrasies just a little, allowing his music to breathe better, the results can be even more profound.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's Alright Between Us as It Is
    This latest from Lindstrøm weighs to heavy on the pedestrian side. Sure, the whole package is professionally crafted and confidently gets you drifting away from your day-to-day woes, but what we really need is for Chewie to punch it into hyperspace.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Singles
    Herring’s growling vocals prevent proceedings from becoming too gloopy or nostalgic, and make Singles a new-wave treasure.
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