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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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    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Out Among the Stars
    Placed within the context of Cash’s legendary career, this collection sees the Man in Black shining brightly out among the stars, even at a moment when most of the world wasn’t really interested in stargazing.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Recess
    With Skrillex’s synth swipes holding it together, the album cannot help but become disjointed due to the numerous collaborators.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Odulek
    With its familiar landmarks interrupted by imaginative mood swings, Odludek offers an engaging listen.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Suck My Shirt
    Suck My Shirt isn’t a huge departure for a band that likes their place in the garage, but it’s enough to keep fans busy without dulling the edges.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Singles
    No album will ever supplant their trademark live show, but at the very least, the confidence they’re putting to tape sure makes Singles‘ audacious title acceptable.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Teeth Dreams
    From the sloppy production and uninspired arrangements to the fact that Tad Kubler hasn’t written a memorable guitar lead since 2008, Teeth Dreams sounds like the characters in its songs: past its prime and just trying to get by, but with the past creeping back in and not letting anyone forget it.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Abandoned City
    The compositions themselves aren’t quite as adventurous or diverse, but make a solid entry into a rich field.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Kiss Me Once
    A booming, fun pop record that is refreshing by not attempting to be anything other, though that same inessentialism keeps the record from reaching transcendence.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Wildewoman
    The two women command their stage throughout, taking disparate styles in their stride.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Say Yes to Love
    Their thorny noise pit might occlude itself to many listeners--it’s not pretty, and it’s not for everyone. Those who recognize themselves in the havoc, though, will find themselves nesting there for a long while to come.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    My Krazy Life
    My Krazy Life dampens many of its heavy questions with refreshing musical forms.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Awake
    Awake is a compelling gallery of electronic minimalism whose emotional depth requires a rich listen and zero passes.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sisyphus
    While Sisyphus doesn’t sound like an interminably boring case of forever rolling boulders, it does fail to live up to the talents of its cast.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Underneath the Rainbow
    Underneath the Rainbow clocks in at 12 tracks, unlike Arabia Mountain’s punishing 16. Leaner does mean meaner, and with the Black lips, mean is best.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Darlings
    While it lacks the raw, jubilant catharsis of a Broken Social Scene release, Darlings is both understated and refined, showcasing the many facets of Drew’s romantic songwriting.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Lost In the Dream
    The more you spin it, the more you wear out that thin needle of your record player, you realize that Granduciel is discovering the problems of his life, not figuring them out or even reflecting on them. This all makes for an album that truly sounds like it’s coming to life.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Classic
    No matter how much fun it appears to be for Wasser to try on all these different hats, developing a stronger focus on soul--or doo-wop, or girl groups, or R&B--would improve the impact considerably.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Piñata
    Piñata comes with just enough to reduce the daunting 17-track length to a non-factor, although it drags a bit with overt nostalgia toward the fourth quarter.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Take Off and Landing of Everything
    In a career predicated on being album artists showing the powerful link between repetition and expectation, Elbow appears to have hit a stride again.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Close to the Glass
    The glacial pace and gentle vocals remain, as does the unique mix of electronic landscape and live instrumentation.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Love Letters
    Metronomy must have many more experimental ideas to sift through before settling down with any one particular sound, just failing to come up with a compelling, powerful way to tell this story.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    No Mythologies to Follow
    Hardly a cookie-cutter pop voice, she’s brash but not abrasive and can be sultry without being hammy. Those songs showcase the versatility of her croon, while also updating the pop ballad form with Vindhahl’s metallic, glitchy production.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    English Oceans
    Musical diversity doesn’t need to be the name of the game for every song. Many of these just lack the immediate oomph that makes you realize how good the words being said truly are.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Mastermind
    If the 62-minute Mastermind is bloated, it’s a healthy, controlled bloat.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Hubba Bubba
    The inconsistency brings down the album as a whole and makes it a difficult front-to-back listen.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Joyland
    An intensified ambiguity bathed in technological sentiment.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Apocalypse Soon [EP]
    Nearly half the record--the cuts featuring Williams and Paul--comes off more as a marketing ploy than thoughtful collaboration.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    G I R L
    Those who aren’t giving Williams the time of day are missing out on some of the richest, most tasteful pop of a generation. And G I R L, his first solo album since 2006’s In My Mind, is 47 more minutes to back that up.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Atlas
    The chords and arrangements on Atlas are the densest Real Estate have ever attempted, shading their sunshine into something palpably more mysterious, like a sunset in inclement weather.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
    Maybe it’s because we’ve grown accustomed to Cudi’s style and the influence it’s had over other artists, but at this point, it just sounds a little bit stale.
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