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For 1,539 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:
Rumours [35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
BAYTL
Critic Score 10
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 923 out of 1539
  2. Mixed: 589 out of 1539
  3. Negative: 27 out of 1539
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    • Metascore: 72
    • Critic Score 30
    BlackenedWhite
    The reissue of BlackenedWhite comes as a missed opportunity. Odd Future followers will likely have grabbed the expanded (and notably better) version when it was available free online a few months back; newcomers to the collective's output have better entry points elsewhere in their continuously-growing catalog.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Critic Score 30
    Information Retrieved
    All Information Retrieved provides is leaking creative inertia.
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 30
    Giant Orange
    An album desperate for texture, flavor, and risks, Giant Orange is the aural equivalent of middle-of-the-road musical tragedy.
    • Metascore: 69
    • Critic Score 20
    Are You Falling in Love?
    Unfortunately, "Besides You" is the only song really worth mentioning. Everything else is so awash in a wall of buzzing noises, you'd think you were at the World Cup and surrounded by vuvuzelas.
    • Metascore: 68
    • Critic Score 30
    Dogs Eating Dogs [EP]
    DeLonge's forgettable chord progressions feel like an afterthought to lyrics that try too hard to fit into Blink's more morbid adult persona of late.
    • Metascore: 66
    • Critic Score 30
    Anarchy, My Dear
    Parts of Anarchy, My Dear feel so unedited that it gets a little embarrassing for the listener, but when Say Anything collects itself, it has something to say.
    • Metascore: 62
    • Critic Score 20
    Kids in the Street
    Kids in the Street is uninspired, '80s-laced material.
    • Metascore: 61
    • Critic Score 30
    Boys and Diamonds
    Boys and Diamonds ends up being hindered by the the same awkward, mock-ethnic yelps the duo seems to feel the need for on every other song they cut and the empty, tinny nonsense they seem to arrive at all too often as they attempt to craft memorable pop.
    • Metascore: 61
    • Critic Score 30
    Moment Bends
    It's always admirable when an artist or a band attempts to create a piece of music that differs from what came before. Unfortunately for Architecture in Helsinki, their new work fails as a cohesive whole, salvaged only by two or three songs here and there.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 20
    Living Things
    Breaking down barriers is not the forte of Top 40 rock music, but when you can't tell the difference between a Linkin Park track and something produced by a plebeian confusing dance beats for real drums, something has to give.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 20
    Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
    While it's a whopping 19 tracks, half the album is nothing more than bargain-basement pop knockoffs of everyone from Beyoncé to Keri Hilson.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 30
    Six Cups of Rebel
    [A] superficial lack of organization and purpose.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 20
    Some Nights
    Skimming the top, fun. gets credit for its positive attitude and pocket full of catchy melodies, but on the whole, Some Nights remains forgettable.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 30
    This Means War
    A deluge of whining that's lyrically incomprehensible and becomes sonically dull after one song.
    • Metascore: 58
    • Critic Score 20
    Overlook
    Taylor's whispery, timid voice sounds restrained on nearly every track. Coupled with repetitive lyrics and monotonous rhythms, Overlook is a yawn-inducing piece.
    • Metascore: 58
    • Critic Score 30
    The Vision
    It's the uninspired and homogenous manner in which Joker goes about ironing out nearly everything that made his tunes memorable to begin with that makes The Vision one of the most disappointing debuts of the year.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Critic Score 30
    Unexpected Victory
    Victory isn't going to blow your mind by any means, but it's the first time in a long time a Wu-Tang brother has stumbled.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Critic Score 30
    North
    It's unclear what the band has been doing during its lengthy hiatus (their last full-length was released in 2002), but keeping up with current music trends was evidently not on the to-do list.
    • Metascore: 55
    • Critic Score 30
    Purple Naked Ladies
    When you boil it down, Purple Naked Ladies' biggest fault is that it's generic.
    • Metascore: 55
    • Critic Score 20
    Medicine
    Despite the occasional glimpse of colorful ingenuity, Medicine is an utterly sour experience.
    • Metascore: 55
    • Critic Score 30
    Based on a T.R.U. Story
    The album is at its best when guests take the microphone and falls short nearly everywhere else.
    • Metascore: 53
    • Critic Score 20
    Fishin' for Woos
    Fishin' For Woos, the surprising 11th studio album from the band, lacks just about everything a record needs to be taken seriously.
    • Metascore: 53
    • Critic Score 30
    POP ETC
    Rather than bursting forth with something new and unique, they wind up rehashing stale sounds and leaving the listener with an entirely unmemorable experience.
    • Metascore: 52
    • Critic Score 30
    Matthew Morrison
    Morrison has a talented voice, but you might as well stick to Glee to hear it.
    • Metascore: 45
    • Critic Score 30
    Lulu
    Lulu is essentially a piece of shock art that's littered with vulgarity both lyrical and musical.
    • Metascore: 39
    • Critic Score 10
    BAYTL
    Just another unnecessary, forgettable mixtape.
    • Metascore: 35
    • Critic Score 30
    The Truth Is...
    This CD is worse than a nu-metal reprise, in that it doesn't give true ragers an outlet, but instead facilitates the same false machismo that tribal tats and fake bench-press numbers suggest.