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For 4,039 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: 2,753 out of 4039
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4039
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4039
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Four
    It's a jerky, dark, and layered record, complete with the kind of adept musical craftsmanship the London band first built its name on. On Four, Bloc Party learns the valuable lesson that sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back where you came from.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Family Perfume, Vol. 1
    The album's greatest quality is its experimentation, its occasional burst of punk emotion ("Soaring pique daily number 2″) and the way it can transition seamlessly into feel-good organ and upbeat acoustic guitar on the next track ("A Hermes Blues").
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Generals
    Don't get the idea that the album is preachy. The revolution can also extend to dance.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Out in the Light
    It's a dynamic performance, experimenting and excelling both at upbeat, fuzzy power-pop and at heartfelt, powerful ruminations on life and regret.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Archer Trilogy, Pt. 3
    The delicate frost patterns that encrusted Pt. 2 haven’t melted here, but this time, stronger muscles squirm underneath.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Afraid of Heights
    Williams’ angst hangs with you as long as the hooks stick in your head, for better or for worse.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
    Cold Spring lives on contrast, on stitching together mismatched parts into living mutants. It’s less whole than Crooks & Lovers, less content with the lines drawn around it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Home Life
    The greatest strength of Home Life is how lived-in the tracks feel; the songs have a nostalgic, campfire quality to them.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tripper
    Essentially, Tripper is not a drastic change for Fruit Bats but an homage to expansion and trying new things–while still knowing where home is.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Versions
    Nothing on Versions quite tops the intensity of those first two tracks, and so the project carries some loose weight at its bottom half.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aftershock
    Although Aftermath isn’t all that different from the other albums they’ve released, it’s straightforward no-frills rock ‘n roll, visceral and fun, as only Lemmy and Motörhead can play it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kin
    Fans of electronic music take note: iamamiwhoami is a powerhouse, and they have the songs (and videos) to prove it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Invisible Way
    While the connective tissue between the record’s highlights simmers at the same temperature as much of Low’s back catalog, The Invisible Way flows as a satisfying whole.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Wack Album
    While TLI never rival the best of those bygone styles in terms of memorability, this is the first album of theirs to make clear how well they’ve grown to understand the dynamics of making rap songs, fake or otherwise, beyond basic song structure.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love Sign
    For a record that never tries to be anything more than a fun rock 'n' roll adventure, Love Sign strolls out unscathed.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ghost on the Canvas
    You don't have to be a fan of country music to enjoy this record. In the end, Campbell has a deft ear for pop music, and this album is a perfect example of that.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stunt Rhythms
    The sole Tobin production on Stunt Rhythms imbues these disjointed rhythms with infectiously upbeat melodies.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dye It Blonde
    Doing their best to make the most out of a situation and other people's preconceived notions and arbitrarily established boundaries, the boys of Smith Westerns made their Britpop magnum opus, for better or for worse. Here's to the next cut and color they choose.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
    It might not end up being one of the best albums of 2011, but it's still worth your time (and it was certainly worth six years to Ness).
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hero Brother
    Hero Brother takes a few listens to fully understand, but the effort is rewarding and captivating.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead in the Boot
    Dead in the Boot showcases Elbow's growth over the years in a more roundabout way than the typical greatest hits record by staying in the shadows.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yesterday Was Lived and Lost
    This richly layered and varied debut from New Build taps into a well of potential that demands further exploration.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Spine Hits
    Spine Hits is still a great collection of rock songs, and while there's a grain or two of filler, it delivers in immediacy and replay value.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The English Riviera
    It has a sense of Englishness that people might associate with Pulp, The Kinks, early Pink Floyd and Blur, and maybe even The Beatles.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sunshine
    On their sophomore LP, Sunshine, they keep to their twitchy aesthetic-hopping.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nightlife
    Brighter and more bombastic than Phantogram's previous releases, this new EP is more than enough to hold listeners over until the band's next full-length.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
    With Lies, Patton doesn't merely get weirder; he pushes the weirdness in a different direction, turning down the club bombast and horns of Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty in favor of electronica dreamscapes courtesy of indie acts such as Little Dragon and Phantogram.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Universal Pulse
    Universal Pulse is the band's best release since 2001′s From Chaos.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Flourish // Perish
    On Flourish // Perish, the Montreal trio takes a sharp turn inward.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Th1rt3en
    Subtracting pretentious weight from a band that boasts several loose concept records in its catalog, TH1RT3EN might not don a full sense of humor, but it is 13 tracks of unadulterated hard rock in a classic package
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