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For 4,038 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 0 Revival
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,752 out of 4038
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4038
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4038
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    • 73 Metascore
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    Elements of Light
    The pairing, and subsequent output, of Weber and the Bell Laboratory is expected and mundane.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Xtreme Now
    The Larsons have style and passion for days. They just need to nail down a poignant message to pair with all the flash.
    • 75 Metascore
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    Jackleg Devotional to the Heart
    The album starts off strong but ends up overcomplicated.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Sound City: Real to Reel
    Sound City: Real to Reel has its highlights, but the bad songs are hard to justify. Some collaborators don’t mesh with others, and all of them suffer from embarrassing lyrics.
    • 59 Metascore
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    Born Villain
    Subject matter such as the aforementioned romanticism is refreshing, and maybe that will be pushed to the foreground in future records, but it only appears in spurts on Born Villain.
    • 62 Metascore
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    Justice
    All in all, he has a pretty solid record of radio-ready hits, some that could double back as hazy, danceable club tracks. But MLK could have been left to rest in peace.
    • 67 Metascore
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    Earth Has Doors [EP]
    A definite mixed bag, the first half of this debut shows some serious power, while the latter merely lingers.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Stockholm
    At its best, Stockholm is a solid and grounded album that speaks to Hynde’s strengths; at its worst, to crib a song title from the last group photo session, it’s a tad “Middle of the Road”.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue
    By not leaning more on its crack staff of guest stars, Duets proves too safe and easy to live up to its name.
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    Vaccine
    Too often, Vaccine is overly intent on bouncing between genres and styles.
    • 62 Metascore
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    The Other Side of Zero
    It's definitely a pleasant album, but also too much on the safe side.
    • 59 Metascore
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    Again and Again
    The 11 tracks on their sophomore record, Again and Again, compromise a brief sugar high clocking in at just under 30 minutes, the totality of the album a fun, slightly too tame summer listen.
    • 55 Metascore
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    Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid
    These songs, plus several others, are ultimately frustrating because they never achieve Die Antwoord’s self-professed new direction. Even more frustrating, the few tracks that try something different end up being some of the group’s strongest material to date.
    • 73 Metascore
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    Render Another Ugly Method
    Lyrics that need to be read aloud to be understood, plus an unsettling discombobulation of tempos, dynamics, and various internal compositions, plus Leschper’s monotonous drone, all co-existing for nearly one hour becomes mentally exhausting and almost frustrating halfway through Render.
    • 74 Metascore
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    As If
    The middle section of the album is stellar, and for a few fleeting moments, it all seems to work. Unfortunately, the rest of As If is much less engaging.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Soft Opening
    What Hackford and Lyon really need is a plot, a purpose, a driving force, and an end goal. Without those things, Soft Openings gets lost and doesn’t quite know how to make its way back.
    • 58 Metascore
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    Trágame Tierra
    Bates sounds separate from Gibbs; their aural love affair falls flat. Bates will have to soldier on behind Big Black Delta, and hopefully with more time and experience he can break through and deliver the kind of emotional overtures he’s only just hinted at.
    • 71 Metascore
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    Black Pudding
    It’s a less appealing debut than Lanegan’s first records with, say, Isobel Campbell or Soulsavers, and a challenging introduction to American audiences for the talented Garwood.
    • 81 Metascore
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    Visions of a Life
    Visions of a Life is often full, seeming to overflow. But the substance is lacking, resulting in a tiring trip through a band gamely trying not to merely cover itself.
    • 67 Metascore
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    Stateless
    Stateless is just one extended mood, which also makes it the least mysterious Dirty Beaches record to date.
    • 72 Metascore
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    Aesthethica
    Plateaus are boring, flat, and the first act of Aesthethica is precisely that (though lead vocalist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix asserts they're on some higher plane).
    • 61 Metascore
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    ...Ya Know?
    While there are moments of punk-ish joy, this is a disappointing continuation of Ramone's genius.
    • 76 Metascore
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    Made Up Mind
    It feels as if the focus on Made Up Mind was on serving the songs rather than the players, which is understandable, as plenty of guitar heroes make less guitar-centric albums in an effort to prove themselves as more than just a bag of a licks. But, it all just falls a bit flat of what this group is capable of in the right context.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Two-Way Mirror
    Dripping guitars and distortion follow Crystal Antlers' predictable style, but the messy trajectory of Two-Way Mirror requires serious tolerance for walls of noise to endure from start to finish.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Clear Heart Full Eyes
    On Clear Heart Full Eyes, Finn brings the stories (he always brings the stories), but as a whole, the album sounds atypically half-hearted.
    • 72 Metascore
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    Revolution Radio
    Revolution Radio plods its way down roads the band first stomped on years ago. In a career filled with euphoric highs and honorable lows, this might be the first album that sits exactly on the middle of the scale, dipping its toes into every possible outcome but refusing to dive in and embrace either comfort or chaos.
    • 77 Metascore
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    Gist Is
    Unfortunately, it seems the desire to be wild and innovative eclipsed the will to create songs that hold together.
    • 63 Metascore
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    Not Your Kind of People
    Aside from the aforementioned pair of tracks [Control and the title track] that hit dark pop highs akin to Garbage's best, this is just another solid disc from solid musicians, no more, no less.
    • 52 Metascore
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    The State of Gold
    The State of Gold is a perfectly competent album, but after Pond’s 17 years in the music biz, competent isn’t enough. The primary problem with The State of Gold is that it exhibits a failure of imagination.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Free Dimensional
    An un-ironic effort rooted in genuine curiosity of another era, but one that ultimately offers little that a dusty Madonna or Duran Duran compilation CD doesn't.
    • 76 Metascore
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    Gensho
    Gensho doesn’t allow for much variation, character development, key changes, note changes, or even much respite at all from the nonstop noise.
    • 72 Metascore
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    Big Moon Ritual
    Regardless of how popular Big Moon Ritual may prove to be for fans of the jam, one can't help but feel Robinson's talents as gospel shouting rock 'n' roller are being squandered here.
    • 63 Metascore
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    The Nextwave Sessions [EP]
    If you’ve been waiting for Bloc Party to branch out, expect The Nextwave Sessions to disappoint. Most reductively and most accurately, The Nextwave Sessions are merely five more Bloc Party songs.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Ages
    Ghost Wave know their flavors, but they have to infuse some more spirit and variety, in order to do their talents justice.
    • 54 Metascore
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    Hood Billionaire
    For now, Hood Billionaire is a half-baked testament to how difficult it is to make great records in rapid succession.
    • 62 Metascore
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    Donkey Punch the Night [EP]
    Due to the reliance on covers and genre-bending remixes, Donkey Punch the Night doesn’t arrive with the same comedic post-rock energy of Puscifer’s previous LPs.
    • 54 Metascore
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    EP2
    The resulting eight songs [four-song EPs: EP-1 and EP-2] are appropriately and unambiguously mixed.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Neck of the Woods
    Neck of the Woods takes a similar middle of the road approach [as Halloween III], and as a result, the Pickups sound oddly de-fanged.
    • 55 Metascore
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    Jekyll + Hyde
    The problem with Jekyll + Hyde is that, with a few exceptions, a listener equally unfamiliar with the band and its role in the Nashville music scene can barely hear the difference.
    • 65 Metascore
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    All We Need
    Raury’s simple, yet passionate rap delivery doesn’t fare all that well when forced into shared space with established stars of the genre.
    • 73 Metascore
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    Wand
    There's a lack of cohesion that makes for quite a disjointed listen.
    • 72 Metascore
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    Tally All the Things That You Broke [EP]
    Tally, while fun and digestible, also sends some mixed signals.
    • 51 Metascore
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    The Sea of Memories
    What The Sea of Memories does is inject some life into the Bush brand, proving that Rossdale isn't ready to call it a day.
    • 62 Metascore
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    Law and Order
    Too many quirky ideas plague it from finding an identity, which says more about Rado than his own music.
    • 74 Metascore
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    Always Strive and Prosper
    Always Strive and Prosper doesn’t play to Ferg’s strengths. It feels more like album made by a big label committee, carving up a talented rapper piece by piece and stripping away everything that makes him special.
    • 73 Metascore
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    The Now Now
    For now, Gorillaz seem content to oscillate between extremes, a futuristic pop powerhouse that cannot decide what the future looks like.
    • 76 Metascore
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    Algiers
    Algiers is sort of like the Grand Canyon: it may have some enjoyable attractions, but in the end, you're just staring at a giant hole.
    • 62 Metascore
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    Outsides [EP]
    The three-track EP Outsides doesn’t exist as much in the melodic void as his straight acid work, instead choosing to teeter on the very fringes of free-form guitar and schizophrenic analog synth bombardment.
    • 60 Metascore
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    Her Space Holiday
    Despite the plethora of guest artists and novel sounds, Her Space Holiday reveals the growing pains of Bianchi evolving his breathy, depressive lyrics and minimalist synthetic touches into something more uplifting.
    • 60 Metascore
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    Future This
    The Big Pink's insistence on keeping their amplifiers and ambition turned all the way up to 11 for the length of Future This makes for a decidedly dull listen and one that'll leave many fans hoping that the band will scale things back for album number three.
    • 63 Metascore
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    Empire
    Park’s songwriting is nothing if not confident, energetic, and pop aware. The downside of that focus, though, is that the album feels homogenized, both lyrically and musically.
    • 55 Metascore
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    Give More Love
    There are few truly wince-inducing moments through this tidy little collection, and when they arrive, they’re blessedly brief.
    • 52 Metascore
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    Vultures 1
    Vultures 1 won’t be the worst hip-hop album of the year, but it’s repetitive, redundant, and far too impressed with itself to be enjoyed by anyone but true believers.
    • 73 Metascore
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    The Next Four Years
    The Next Four Years marks their latest attempt to figure out what makes punk “dangerous,” and the results are mixed.
    • 67 Metascore
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    Tape Loops
    When listened to as ambient noise, the album adds a layer of elegiac beauty to its surrounding environment, but when listened to intently, it presents a frustrating experiment, a Möbius strip of perpetual return.
    • 59 Metascore
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    Hit the Waves
    Hit the Waves is both the darkest and the glossiest Mary Onettes record to date. That tension between style and content creates a few engaging moments, but doesn’t offer much for listeners who haven’t already subscribed to the band’s ’80s rehash.
    • 62 Metascore
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    Metal Moon
    Though she is getting close, Baker isn't an engaging enough singer yet to carry the lesser songs on her vocal skills alone.
    • 71 Metascore
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    I Will Set You Free
    Barry Adamson's I Will Set You Free is a mixed bag if there ever was one.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Somewhere Else
    The album is a sedate affair peppered with exquisite moments.
    • 69 Metascore
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    So Long, See You Tomorrow
    Elements of their previous work (see Flaws and A Different Kind of Fix) flow very well with their new release, So Long, See You Tomorrow, but a repressed, uninspired, deceptive sensation tingles throughout.
    • 72 Metascore
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    What For?
    It can’t be stressed enough how delightful parts of What For? can be. But something lurks below the surface: The album feels inauthentic and calculated.
    • 58 Metascore
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    Fallen Empires
    Keyboard effects aside, it's the same-old same-old, and whether you love Snow Patrol or hate 'em, Fallen Empires will do little to change your mind.
    • 74 Metascore
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    Hands of Glory
    His palate of sepia tones coupled with essentially contemporary lyrical twitches loses much of what makes Bird special, instead relegating Hands of Glory, to a heartwarming and honest tribute--and little else.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Acts
    Although RNDM sound as if they are working in harmony on a variety of styles and sounds, Acts comes short of delivering something new and unexpected, the variety a sampler of things they've done in the past.
    • 66 Metascore
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    Babylon
    It is logical, of course, that past work influences some of this record; it's disappointing, though, just how often this resemblance occurs.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Morning World
    Teen Daze’s latest effort is ultimately a pastoral that succeeds when it is allowed to gallop forward on the strength of its skilled instrumentation, and falters whenever Jamison opens his mouth.
    • 58 Metascore
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    Bad Blood
    There’s nothing inherently wrong with this too-many-feelings, heart-on-your-sleeve approach; it’s just that, played out over the course of an entire album (or on the airwaves, over the course of several years), the whole thing starts to feel a bit contrived.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Fly by Wire
    While Fly By Wire is pleasing, it feels like a daydream: lovely while it lasts, fading quickly, and hard to remember once it’s gone.
    • 71 Metascore
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    Internal Logic
    The nagging flaw of Internal Logic is that it's a mirror image of the band's previous outings.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Red Night
    Intoxication gives way to a sobering comedown, and hints at possible danger generally prove unfounded.
    • 67 Metascore
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    Fade Away [EP]
    Most of Fade Away drifts in and out of emotions and genres, failing to produce something truly resonant.
    • 60 Metascore
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    Live Blood
    The issue with the release of Live Blood is that it comes across as the same photo [of previous albums, "Scratch My Back," and "New Blood"], with no change at all.
    • 78 Metascore
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    The Original Faces
    The Original Faces is full of blurred notes. It seems Harris, even if presenting a new authenticity, can’t shape it into recognizable form.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Daughter of Cloud
    Daughter of Cloud knows exactly what it is, who it is trying to serve, and can hardly be criticized too sharply for having b-sides that sound like b-sides.
    • 62 Metascore
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    How Does It Feel
    As a sophomore album, How Does It Feel delivers more of the same as MS MR’s debut, lacking innovation or development.
    • 60 Metascore
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    Power & Passion [EP]
    eXquire's managed to forge a six-track effort that's only power is to disappoint.
    • 78 Metascore
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    Painkillers
    Like its namesake, this album feels more like a temporary solution than a permanent way forward.
    • 80 Metascore
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    Quakers
    The vast majority of Quakers are pretty forgettable, while all but a couple of those which star big names like Aloe Blacc and Booty Brown, among others, do little more than offer a handful of choice glimpses at said big names' glory days, making for a static and decidedly unmemorable listen throughout.
    • 62 Metascore
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    XI Versions of Black Noise
    It's an added complement to the previously released Black Noise, with each track taking on a life of its own. Remix albums can sometimes fail to really serve a mass audience. XI Versions is good, but a casual fan might take the title literally--and mute it out entirely.
    • 64 Metascore
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    Poor Moon
    It's easy and buoyant, but not sound enough to stay afloat for much longer after the record ends.
    • 68 Metascore
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    Mastermind
    If the 62-minute Mastermind is bloated, it’s a healthy, controlled bloat.
    • 76 Metascore
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    Psychic Warfare
    Fans of Sult’s style and metallic blues riffs will find a few gems among these tracks, but this is merely par for a Clutch album.
    • 71 Metascore
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    Lighght
    While Lighght has its highlights, there is simply too much questionable fluff surrounding the good ideas.
    • 76 Metascore
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    1000 Days
    1000 Days sounds like a Cory Hanson solo album and a stagnant development for Wand, who, instead of progressing toward a heavy psych sound patently their own, settle for a gentler, safer pop record.
    • 70 Metascore
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    House on the Hill
    A sophomore effort that sounds largely indistinguishable from the debut in its strengths and weaknesses.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Death of a Bachelor
    Death may be messy, but it’s not necessarily the end, just another explosive event.
    • 54 Metascore
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    Blacc Hollywood
    Hollywood is an improvement over 2012’s O.N.I.F.C., but it serves an overly similar purpose.
    • 67 Metascore
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    Imperium
    Starting fresh on a new route rather than continuing down the old one, they’ve got a long way to travel if they want to arrive at a well-rounded psych pop record.
    • 61 Metascore
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    When It Was Now
    As it is, When It Was Now has three great songs, four decent, and four forgettable.
    • 74 Metascore
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    Master of My Make-Believe
    [The album] shines in most parts and violently hampers itself in others.
    • 70 Metascore
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    Delirium
    Ultimately, chunks of Delirium cement Goulding’s place in our current pop soundscape. However, the album doesn’t fit together as well as, say, 1989 or E-MO-TION.
    • 66 Metascore
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    Wallpaper Music
    Some experiments, like the twangy spring of "Witches in Stock" succeed, while others, such as the lengthy closer "Underneath the Fruit Flies", falter in unnecessary solo shredding and repetitious chants, more likely to inspire boredom than a riot.
    • 73 Metascore
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    Stuff Like That There
    It doesn’t do much to suggest any new insight into the iconic band or their sound. The collection is a pleasant reminder of their covering prowess, something that was likely fun to make and enjoyable for serious fans, but not much else.
    • 63 Metascore
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    Worlds
    His ability isn’t lacking; Robinson just needs to ditch that indie pop crutch in order to strengthen his own voice.
    • 71 Metascore
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    No Control
    The problem is that by turning down the bar-fight ferocity, by transforming the shouting into singing, by trading out the noise for a larger emphasis on the words, the band not only loses their hypnotic energy, but reveals a severe weakness in their lyrics.
    • 78 Metascore
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    In Another Life
    He gets major points for continuing to stand behind his artistic vision and this album will likely satisfy longtime fans, even if it isn’t the breakthrough he has been hinting at for over a decade.
    • 65 Metascore
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    Oxygene 3
    As he closes the final chapter in his Oxygène trilogy, Jarre somehow finds a way to fit all its components in a box, but can’t quite tie the bow holding them together.
    • 71 Metascore
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    Mondo Amore
    A much rawer, more satisfying record than its predecessor, Mondo Amore follows Atkins as she rediscovers herself through a wide palette of musical influences.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Mind of Mine
    His aim to dive fully into a nuanced direction is a good look, and even though it can be too much at times, his earnestness is a natural antidote to the sleazy misanthropic attitudes of Bieber or The Weeknd. There’s just not enough focus, and promise can only take one so far without differentiation from the artists you’re emulating.
    • 69 Metascore
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    Arcadia
    Even if the record underwhelms as a whole, it retains some beautiful moments, as well as some elements strongly reminiscent of Chairlift.
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