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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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    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Marigold
    Hardcore fans will be happy the band have survived a crisis, but Marigold falters a bit under the weight of Hall’s relentless self-regard. Hopefully, he’ll be able to get out of his own way better next time.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Rare
    Gomez’s return is filled with some great pop music, but falls short of what we suspect she’s capable of. She sticks to similar themes as she did on Revival, instead of exploring different sounds as she did with 2018 single “Back to You” and 2017’s “Bad Liar”.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Fine Line
    Styles is a more confident and precise songwriter on Fine Line than on his debut, even if the progress is incremental rather than exponential.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Colorado
    Colorado is pretty good. The fact that Young made it at this stage of his career is even better.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Everyday Life
    Everyday Life mixes the magic of “old” Coldplay with their smash hits that have kept them at the top for so long. And it works.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Romance
    Romance is a solid, sexually charged sophomore entry that places growth at center-stage and keeps us wanting more without going limp.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Cotillions
    Corgan delivers some of the lightest, most affecting songs he’s made in years. Unfortunately, comfort also breeds indulgence, which leaves Cotillions’ 37 excellent minutes of music rattling around within an unearned 61-minute runtime that winds up walking the record in circles.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    WHO
    This album may not represent one of The Who’s strongest collections of songs, but it’s the rare case study of a legacy brand as a vehicle for plumbing new ideas and moving forward.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    I Shouldn't Be Telling You This
    The Capitol Studio Sessions could have very easily been a one-off vanity project, but with I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, Goldblum once again proves that the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra is one more way he can charm us all.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Thanks for the Dance
    Each of the nine songs and poems that comprise Thanks for the Dance is a self-contained, coherent piece of art that perfectly fits in the Cohen canon, making it a worthwhile listening experience and a poignant farewell from one of music’s greatest and most eloquent writers.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Hyperspace
    Although Hyperspace can be dull at certain moments, Beck has discovered a new songwriting style that’s conducive to his adventurous tendencies.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Hot Pink
    What Hot Pink lacks in layers of ridiculousness expected from a Doja Cat album, it makes up for in its versatility. ... There’s no question that she’s in control throughout the record, even as the format reveals some weaknesses.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Lost Wisdom pt. 2
    The lyrical reference points are no less poignant for their obvious subjects; occasionally the poetry drops out altogether, most notably when Elverum reverts to his now-traditional laments about the Internet, commercial media, and technology at large.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    One of the Best Yet
    Gang Starr’s first album in 16 years affords us an opportunity to luxuriate in the thousand-watt magnetism of Guru, who even at his shabbiest is contagiously zen. Every so often he flubs a line or falls off the beat, but Guru is never not in complete control of his instrument. ... Brace yourself for tonal whiplash; Premier is a tease of the worst kind.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Daemon
    The band return with a record worthy of their already legendary canon of genre-defining works. Mayhem treat each song as an evil spectacle, pushing it to its most absurd and dissonant limits. There’s no respite here, and it’s one of Mayhem’s best albums because of it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    From Out of Nowhere
    From Out of Nowhere isn’t going to be turning heads in 2019 with its lackluster production and, at times, generic lyricism. But it does remind us that Jeff Lynne is one of pop music’s greatest hook writers, and that skill isn’t easily forgotten.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    FEET OF CLAY
    Some Rap Songs was a few hairs more rewarding in this mode, but Earl Sweatshirt’s cemented a signature mood and production style unlike anyone else’s, and since he’s growing more thoughtful every year, there’s good reason to believe he’ll perfect it. Unfortunately, it also seems that every year he’s growing more depressed as well.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru
    While longtime Dylan students will discover much to enjoy and ponder on Travelin’ Thru, casual observers should have no trouble resisting these abandoned experiments. Still, it’s enticing extra-credit listening for those who care.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Desert Sessions, Vols. 11 & 12
    The sound of a collaboration remains a refreshing and wonderful thing. In fact, perhaps the best way to describe the material included on Vols. 11 & 12 would be to borrow the title of a long-running magazine devoted to Led Zeppelin: “tight but loose.”
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Magdalene
    While concise in length, MAGDALENE paces FKA twigs through the unguarding of her traumas, ceremoniously giving way for her next act.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Jesus Is King
    Jesus Is King is impersonal, repetitive, boring, and somehow too long at just 27 minutes. Some albums grow deeper with subsequent listens; Jesus Is King shrinks.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Pyroclasts
    While effective on its own, the LP offers an even more intriguing journey when played as a continuation to the band’s previous album. That said, each of the four tracks offers meditative instrumentation, allowing listeners to soak in the atmospheric vibes that make up Pyroclasts.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Seeker
    Seeker is an exciting and treasurable return for Cronin, as the four-year hiatus since MCIII has resulted in some of the best songwriting and musicianship of his solo career. Sure, some of it blends together after a while, but every piece of the puzzle earns its place as well.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    War Music
    Musically, the band sounds as tight as ever, matching Lyxzén’s dynamic vocals with monstrous riffs and rhythm all through War Music. ... With War Music, Refused have delivered a rousing call to arms, and perhaps a call to their punk-rock peers to join the fight.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    No Home Record
    No Home Record roils with just the kind of catharsis we need in Bad Timeline America. Play it loud, play it often, play it again.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    uknowhatimsayin¿
    While other artists struggle to translate personal development into their music, Brown does it with ease, navigating growth in a way that’s not only deeply personal but also extremely honest.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Metal Galaxy
    From the creative songwriting to the engaging performances, Metal Galaxy is certainly out of this world. With its awesome blend of musical styles, all infused with some form of metal aggression, this record is BABYMETAL at their most adventurous.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Two Hands
    Capping one of the strongest years a rock band has had in a while, this stands as a crowning achievement, the perfect record to close out a tumultuous decade and lead into one where the damage may be irreversible. Two Hands asks what responsibility each of us have going into the next era, offering no clear answers.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Ghosteen
    The biblical book of Hebrews says, “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Never has an album expressed this idea clearer than Ghosteen.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Closer to Grey
    It’s the next sonic chapter in Chromatics’ dramatic novel. With incredible growling synths and Johnny Jewel’s undeniably fantastic, experimental production elements, Closer to Grey is the unexpected sonic growth spurt we didn’t see coming from Chromatics.
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