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For 4,038 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: 2,752 out of 4038
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4038
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4038
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Weird Work
    Weird Work is less synthesized and more nuanced than their previous works.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    No Control
    The problem is that by turning down the bar-fight ferocity, by transforming the shouting into singing, by trading out the noise for a larger emphasis on the words, the band not only loses their hypnotic energy, but reveals a severe weakness in their lyrics.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Atheist's Cornea
    The album proves to be worth the five-year wait, doubling as an obvious entry point to the band’s catalog. By forming a smooth mix rather than a bumpy exchange of influences, Envy prove they can paint with any color.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Big Day
    There’s an abyss between the kid on Acid Rap and the man on The Big Day. And while you can’t blame a man for growing up and aging out of those topics, you can blame him for not being able to communicate in a way that still resonates with his fans.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    One More Time...
    It’s still a relatively safe album, all things considered, but for Blink-182, new ground isn’t necessary.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    III/IV
    With music from the nerdy recesses of his mind, to a triumphant release that happily displays some of his more off-center offerings, Adams continues to be a presence in music, this year and beyond.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Sand+Silence
    As pleasant and competent as Sand + Silence is, it rarely emphatically grabs attention. Instead, it’s an appealing but overall unremarkable batch of well-recorded indie pop. That’s it.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Ultra
    On Ultra, it simply feels as though something is missing, and overall, makes more sense as an appetizer than the entrée.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Night Creeper
    Instead of searching for clues while flipping through pages, though, listeners must dig into the narrative of The Night Creeper through the album’s immersive, fuzzed out atmosphere.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fragrant World
    The grooves and the sonic wizardry work, but Fragrant World doesn't have half of the intensity, innovation, or memorable hooks of the group's two prior LPs.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cherish the Light Years
    There's no shortage of macabre catch-phrases and hooky shout-a-longs, but if you haven't the patience for this much gloom, then the album's 40 minutes can drag in the middle.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Every Kingdom
    Every Kingdom is quite a self-assured debut, delivered by a guy who could be your best friend and still date your sister.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Green [EP]
    While The Green EP feels a bit long for its purposes, it never gets exasperating--quite the achievement for a collection of unreleased records.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Skeletons
    Skeletons’ canned production is tolerable up to this point, with the riffs and drums serving as background noise to Danzig’s trademark voice, but it only dilutes a track like “N.I.B.”.
    • 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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Circles
    For the most part, the record brims with that signature fuzz, groove, and drone, but it's not monochromatic like last year's Mazes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    God Forgives, I Don't
    With its share of both musical indulgence and serious self-reflection, it's an album as big and sturdy as the man behind it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Slow Gum
    Gorman is a charming writer and performer, and Slow Gum is successful, but he doesn’t need to lean so hard on his influences.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    No Waves
    The concept is far more ideal than it is practical, and No Waves dips between meaningful highs and shrug-worthy emptiness.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We the Common
    It’s certainly a more political-leaning album for the outfit, but one that sweats with fresh optimism.
    • 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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Anthems for Doomed Youth
    There’s enough fun here to justify Anthems’ existence, which really is a lot to say for an album that for so long seemed like it would never exist. If it acts as a one-off return for fans, it’s an amiable, if un-revelatory set.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Heroes
    While Heroes adds some essential songs to his canon and certainly doesn't diminish his legacy, it ultimately lacks enough of what makes Willie Nelson albums so enjoyable: Willie Nelson himself.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Safe Travels
    On Safe Travels, even the band's purely fluff cuts are much stronger.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Permanent Signal
    Permanent Signal’s lack of ambition and almost-there mentality will leave mouths craving something a bit more flavorful.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Birds of Satan
    The lyrics on The Birds of Satan are fairly generic and read like first drafts--simple phrases about bad love, and good love, and the throes in between--but the words are never distractingly bad.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A Flourish and a Spoil
    Each of the album’s 10 songs are fully formed and smartly rendered, but “Young Blood” stands out as the most jaw-dropping.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Good Sad Happy Bad
    As a document of reunion between friends, Good Sad Happy Bad feels honest enough. On its own, it hits a note too lethargic and too muted to stick the way Levi’s past work has done.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Starfire
    It tends to be so tightly metered and bound by rules of its own design that it operates like clockwork. Jaga Jazzist tread this line very well, but on Starfire, they lean too heavily on technical ambition and end up choking the life out of their own tunes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Endless Now
    The flow of tracks leads, however, one by one to the end of the album, all without delivering a truly outstanding, cathartic moment, leaving behind a half-sated feeling.
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