CMJ's Scores

  • Music
For 728 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 90 Harmonicraft
Lowest review score: 30 IV Play
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 1 out of 728
728 music reviews
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Forming an identity is a difficult task, and Reasons To Live is honest about the painful and revelatory nature of that process.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    So this is the real Temper Trap: less fuzz, more grit.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    NONONO are Swedish afterall, so while uneclectic, the album is not without its well executed, catchy genre charms. But what NONONO does well on We Are Only What We Feel, other people have done better time and time again.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The album a treasure, yes, but unarguably generic too.