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For 4,040 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: 2,754 out of 4040
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4040
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4040
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Suicide Songs
    An ugliness fringes Lee’s delivery, and it’s what keeps Money’s music from dipping into the saccharine.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live from the Underground
    Honesty and craftsmanship (and, yes, some hubris) run through the record, and the unmemorable tracks ("Porchlight", "Rich Dad, Poor Dad") are just barely so.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Heartbreaking Bravery
    The result is a blend of startling lyrical depth and slow, whirlpools of murky music.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Change Becomes Us
    By tying together new ideas with some old string, Change Becomes Us builds on the band’s iconoclastic tradition, further ensuring that the energy it’s put into producing one of the most challenging, curious, and appealing catalogs in the underground rock cannon hasn’t been for naught.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dry Food
    Dry Food is an engaging statement, guarded and subtle at times, boisterous and revealing at others, and it’ll be exciting to see which elements win out as Kempner continues to polish her already glowing sound.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    California X
    The electric camaraderie, chrome riffs, and crisp production make for a record that not only kicks, but shows how fun it can be to make music with your friends.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    S&M2 [Live]
    Overall, everything is brighter here versus the original S&M. It’s a celebration of Metallica, their fans, and their music. Let this version of S&M2 be the one that’s remembered.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Welfare Jazz
    There will be no sophomore slump for Viagra Boys. At its best, Welfare Jazz represents an evolutionary step from Street Worms that’s tighter, tougher, and more riotous than what came before. That same evolution even lifts the record’s missteps. There are failures, but at least they’re interesting failures.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Year of No Returning
    The Year of No Returning is another batch of the finest written tunes you could ask for, though it just doesn’t have the same unified world as the masterful Mysterious Power.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anxiety
    Ashin raises the bar. He relinquishes his inhibitions on Anxiety, an R&B diamond in the dense, desultory rough.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    TANGK
    IDLES have been uncompromising with their sonic language. They still seem to make songs the only way they know how: from a place of both liberation and pain. Their album of love songs can only sound like this, because they know that to truly love unconditionally is easier said than done.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    My Love Is Cool
    The 12-song tracklist is full of individual gems, but would have better highlighted their songwriting strengths if trimmed.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Star-Crossed
    star-crossed is a definite departure from Golden Hour in many ways, but this effort still retains enough of that magic to feel like a connector from her previous era to the present moment.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Northern Chaos Gods
    Northern Chaos Gods is a source of comfort by showing that Immortal can weather seemingly any storm and come out strong. They might not actually be immortal, but the band, like their legend, show no signs of diminishing.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Makes a King
    Makes a King, in comparison [to the Very Best’s early albums], feels a bit one-note, though they can still hit that one note hard.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Family and Friends
    This hybrid, mixing tracks that would be at home on a Sufjan Stevens or Dirty Projectors album with strong hip hop beats, creates a unique sound, showing that Serengeti is carving himself a niche in this overcrowded hip hop market. But it's his brilliant lyrical stylings that will pull you in and make you want more.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Humor Risk
    Humor may not exactly be a love record, but its road-ready ballads and attitude toward life are a bit more encouraging than--and a perfect compliment to– Wit's dark ruminations.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Deep Fantasy
    It’s rare that a record holds your attention from start to finish, but because Deep Fantasy is undiluted, its finest qualities are glowingly apparent.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Local Business
    Titus have given us an album that no one should want to miss when it does come to town.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Twentytwo in Blue
    Sunflower Bean have all the ingredients at hand to achieve something truly spectacular. And they’re right on the precipice.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Total Folklore
    Total Folklore doesn’t stray far from the scratchy kaleidoscopics established in its first few minutes, but it keeps the madness churning throughout.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Nocturnal Koreans
    Despite its shortcomings, Nocturnal Koreans is a decent collection sifted from the excess of an even more solid album, which is certainly enough to keep Wire moving forward.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Positive Force
    While other guitarists this talented would want their shredding to be the thing you take away from an instrumental album, Marion uses it as one tool (a strong tool to be sure, but a tool) in the production of a set of bright, funky, fun jams.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Nobody's Smiling
    Nobody’s Smiling is a well-rounded discourse on gang violence and inner city plight in Chicago that translates to almost every urban city in America.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    FFS
    It’s evident from the outset that things on FFS are going to work out just fine, and the record keeps that momentum flowing largely through to the end.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    2
    2 stands as yet another superb showcase of songwriting and musicianship from a beloved icon.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Death Dreams
    There's an underrated vulnerability that's been exposed here, which makes for a valuable listen.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric Cables
    These collaborations [with members of his 20-year-old band, Teenage Fanclub, and Bob Kildea of Belle and Sebastian] coupled with Love's easy commute to record in the neighborhood at his own pace culminated in a welcoming, laid-back, and cohesive album that is the embodiment of springtime.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Relax
    Considering the frequent, quickly turned-around, and mostly undercooked efforts of this very niche micro-genre, Relax is Das Racist's definitive album to date.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Alvvays
    Alvvays has legitimately great songs, boasting sharp lyrics, comforting arrangements, and tics that give their music personality that can’t happen too deliberately.
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