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For 1,535 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 66
Highest review score:
This Is Our Science
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
BAYTL
Critic Score 10
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 920 out of 1535
  2. Mixed: 588 out of 1535
  3. Negative: 27 out of 1535
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    • Metascore: 99
    • Critic Score 100
    Rumours [35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
    What makes Rumours so remarkable and relevant is that it remains fragile and passionate 35 years later.... From a historical, archival standpoint, this package is extremely valuable, as Rhino left in the studio banter and rough cuts from the recording sessions; you get to overhear Fleetwood Mac as they make the record.
    • Metascore: 98
    • Critic Score 90
    Blue Lines: 2012 Mix/Master
    Resounding with enchanting vocals, a distinctly dusk-singed ambience and a keen precision thanks to its percussion, Blue Lines transcends the spills onto the dance floor and tinny thumps from laptop speakers, possessing a cosmic ability to remain a masterpiece 21 years after its release.
    • Metascore: 96
    • Critic Score 100
    Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition]
    There's more than enough here to disavow thoughts that this is a needless cash grab by Corgan.
    • Metascore: 96
    • Critic Score 100
    The SMiLE Sessions
    It's easy to lose yourself in the countless studio takes. Little gasps of pure genius here and there. The slow dissolution to it all. The echoes of things to come. It's a history lesson come to life, and that's part of the reason the collection here works so well.
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 100
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    There is no question that this album is a game changer. It's Kanye West's greatest work.
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 90
    Life's Rich Pageant
    Even without the bonus disc full of rare goodies, this remastered version of Lifes Rich Pageant is required listening.
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 100
    Some Girls [Deluxe Edition]
    It shows that the Some Girls era was, and remains, one of the most productive of the Stones' career.
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 90
    Achtung Baby [Super Deluxe]
    Musically and lyrically, Achtung Baby sounds as fresh and relevant as it did 20 years ago.
    • Metascore: 92
    • Critic Score 100
    Channel Orange
    Even though other recent interviews and richly realized tracks like those imply that Ocean's songwriting is just a vessel, his own devil is still in the details, and that's what makes his music compelling.
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 90
    Bitch Magnet
    The service Temporary Residence Limited have done in making these nearly lost classics available again is downright admirable, turning out a set that's a must-have for post-rock fans.
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 100
    Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
    We now have an album from him so masterful that it'd be greedy to ask for much more.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 90
    The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do
    The Idler Wheel succeeds in creating a singular world more daring than any of Apple's previous records and one of the most daring pop records in recent history.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 90
    Bad as Me
    Going back to the well is generally frowned upon, but given the depth of Waits' well and the crispness and vitality drawn from it on Bad As Me, it hardly seems to warrant criticism that he has chosen to rummage through his past and revisit what he never had the heart, or mind, to throw away.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 90
    Reservation [Mixtape]
    Where Minaj is fantastical and over-the-top, Haze is understated and raw.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 90
    All We Love We Leave Behind
    All We Love We Leave Behind stands tall within Converge's discography as yet another glowing example of how to make art out of aggression.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 100
    Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [Deluxe Edition]
    Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness doesn't need rose-colored lens for appreciation. The album's success still lies from all the stylistic risks the band assumed, especially in comparison to music other alternative bands were creating at the time.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 100
    M B V
    m b v creates a new timeline for My Bloody Valentine, and one that recalls the past in a broader and bolder light. They’re better for it, their catalog is stronger for it, and by album’s end, they’re still the best at swirling guitars.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 90
    The Seer
    This album redefines Swans by gathering the best of its past and re-centering the music on impulse and interplay, built with a preternatural sense of how long to let a section develop before moving on to the next idea
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 90
    Gish [Deluxe Edition]
    It's pretty impossible to be disappointed with the result here: crisp remastering of the original 10 songs, plus 18 Gish-era tracks, demos and live versions, many of which are being released officially for the first time here.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 90
    Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage: 1982-2011
    Part Lies is a goodbye to the fans who have been around for years but a hello to those who missed out the first time 'round. And that is all truth.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 100
    Let England Shake
    This is the best album for 2011, and not just the last two months.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    Bon Iver
    The album is a shoo-in for being a timeless great, no matter what we say. Vernon's got the magic touch. But it's lacking that original sense of urgency that flowed so freely in and out of For Emma, making it so genuine and so incredibly listenable.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    Vee Vee [Remastered]
    Like Icky Mettle before it, reminds modern listeners of just how unhinged their sound was, especially when compared to those that came after them.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    Bakesale [Deluxe Edition]
    At this point in their career, Loewenstein and Barlow had found the perfect balance between their creative powers, and it shows quite brightly on Bakesale. To that end, any amount of extra proof that Sebadoh can dig up to prove that point should be welcomed happily.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    Shields
    Shields growls and purrs in ways Grizzly Bear has never before.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    MCII
    Already so many people have been championing 2013 as the strongest year for music in recent memory, and they’re not wrong, but here’s an album that has the punch and wit to stick around with the best.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 90
    Shaking the Habitual
    Learning how to untangle one of the richest experimental albums of recent memory becomes a challenge well worth the undertaking.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 90
    50 Words for Snow
    While looking for 50 Words For Snow, she has found 50 other original ways to express herself effortlessly, creating another intriguing piece of work.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 90
    Helplessness Blues
    It's an album that makes you sad that it's not longer; sad that it can't just go on forever. This sentiment alone should indicate the caliber of album Fleet Foxes have created in Helplessness Blues.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 90
    Big Inner
    Big Inner is a brilliant debut, brimming with homages to pop music's past, whether it be Motown or Randy Newman.
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