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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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    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Secondhand Rapture
    Secondhand Rapture blurs the line between throwing up our hands in defeat and throwing them up in joy.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Disgraceland
    To their credit, The Orwells own their brattiness, but they also know their way around a good hook. That’s a devastating combo, and in the case of this album, it makes for a more-than-satisfying modern rock record that’s both carefully crafted and shot straight from the hip.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom
    Yet while it's not really great music, comparable to the masterful works of Tchaikovsky or Stravinsky, it has its day by the sea.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Magna Carta Holy Grail
    MCHG packs a lot of ideas, and not all of them prove very useful, or even well-articulated, by the end. The pieces congeal, eventually, to form a semblance of one of our most prominent cultural figures. The image just isn’t as defined, as focused, or as powerful, as it once was.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Limits of Desire
    The production isn’t totally underwhelming, just streamlined to develop a sense of dream-like haziness.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jamaica Plain [EP]
    Though it spans just 16 minutes between three songs, Jamaica Plain is a must-hear for Violators fans interested in a musical snapshot of the band’s early stages.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
    It's by turns soft and loud, gentle and harsh, humanistic and totally machine. And it's very, very danceable. It's the album you were hoping Daft Punk would write last time, only Daft Punk didn't write it-but they did score a major assist from their friends here.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rolling Papers
    Rolling Papers may be Wiz Khalifa's studio debut and his breakthrough record, but as far as mainstream rap goes, it's far from it.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Uncanney Valley
    The band is so good together, though, and sound so at peace and at ease knocking these songs out, that it makes it hard to even dislike the record, problems though it may have.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Roses
    Arguably mellower, definitely matured, Roses is a collection that will please more than enough people to chart without quite winning best in bloom.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Delta
    Though “experimental” may be a bit of an overstatement, the best parts of Delta prove that, in the hands of the right producer, Mumford & Sons remain capable of recording radio-ready earworms that challenge expectations (a little, at least) while still retaining the major qualities that made them superstars in the first place.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Black Belles
    They play compulsively listenable '60s garage rock draped in black lace and a sneer. Whatever they don't offer in originality, they make up for in commitment.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    >Album Title Goes Here<
    >album title goes here< may show a more mature, artistically evolved deadmau5, but it'll still sell out auditoriums.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Meth Lab
    Across the album’s 19 tracks, Meth’s nuanced rapping, the cohesive production, and the guest rappers’ willingness to be team players cohere into an affirmation for Meth’s fans.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beta Love
    None of the tracks break four minutes. Yet there are clear moments of self-reflexivity that make the new direction an easy adjustment.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Modern Glitch
    The effort's as sweet as any candy and just as jarring as inhaling 11 inches of the stuff in one sitting.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ways To Forget
    Clock Opera's brand of mutilated pop music shimmers as a genuinely profound musical experience. Excuse the awful pun, but their time is most definitely now.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tape Club
    Tape Club's winning collection of songs should finally get some well-deserved exposure to prove that SSLYBY has nothing to be embarrassed about.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    These United States
    The band's willingness to persevere rather than fall victim to the misery gives These United States a winning quality.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Love Frequency
    Although each track aside from the instrumental “Liquid Light” remains prime for an indie-focused dance floor (thanks in part to production credits by Erol Alkan and James Murphy), a new sense of calm introspection arrives with the band’s revelations.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Evolution
    The heavy songs on Evolution should please longtime fans, with a couple harkening back to the dynamism of Disturbed’s first couple of albums, but the glut of softer tracks may have been served better on a separate acoustic EP.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Young the Giant
    This complete command over their craft really sets these Orange County natives apart, resulting in the kind of record that grabs you at first listen and becomes more meaningful every time through.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cave Rave
    Ultimately it’s their underlying acoustic, Spanish flavor that sets Crystal Fighters apart from the other bubbly synth-pop acts on the market today.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Weezer (Teal Album)
    It’s like live band karaoke, and everyone is invited, which is all this really boils down to at the end of the day. They’re not reinventing the wheel; they’re using it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Big Talk
    Though Big Talk doesn't deviate from the trusted rock-pop path with a few bluesy stepping stones, it's a satisfying listen in which this drummer-turned-front man holds his own incredibly well.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Universal Pulse
    Universal Pulse is the band's best release since 2001&#8242;s From Chaos.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Is the World Strange or Am I Strange?
    A wacky, emotionally resonant collection of songs with the best kind of musical ADHD out there.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Until Now
    For Swedish House Mafia fans, Until Now is exactly what they wanted out of the trio.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    No Pier Pressure
    The only songs that completely jell vocally are the ones featuring former Beach Boys.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live on I-5
    There's nothing too exceptional about Live on the I-5, but given that this is the first new release from the recent reincarnation of Soundgarden, it's worth a listen.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lasers
    Fiasco's quite skilled at making catchy what is inherently a message many don't want to hear. He's at his most blatant, though, when he mixes his unique voice for the truth with emotional sentiments.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Peace Trail
    Young’s prolificness and penchant for producing in the moment often makes for mixed bag records, and Peace Trail is no exception. But if the execution flails in spots, the intention behind these 10 tracks is still plenty inspiring.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Whatever's On Your Mind
    Nothing stands out too much, though, and that's a trait it shares with the rest of the band's ouvre. Nonetheless, this is another good effort from a great band who are coming close to veteran status.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Let the Bad Times Roll
    If The Offspring want to stay in their comfort zone, there are plenty of fans who won’t object, but it won’t keep them relevant. On the plus side, Let the Bad Times Roll offers hints of creative tangents that could revitalize the band next time around – if they’re willing to challenge themselves.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Man of the Woods
    Man of the Woods, a funky, country-laced experiment that’s not nearly as bad as its already damned reputation suggests. Though the lyrics might be.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    @Reverend_Makers
    All in all this is a refreshing, infectious, and unpretentious album that’s big on sound.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Until the Horror Goes
    Until the Horror Goes could probably use a little more of this resignation.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Wilder Mind
    While first single “Believe” seems to mimic the worst qualities of a Coldplay deep cut, the album’s remaining 11 tracks adhere more to The National’s tightly wound brooding, and with good reason.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Feat
    The album takes The Hood Internet to the next level, and it proves they have the chops to work with more than just already beloved songs.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Music From Another Dimension!
    Dimension delivers because of Joe Perry.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    HitNRun: Phase One
    While some of that experimentation and ornamentation is thrilling, some is unneeded. Phase One works better when excess is lopped off.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Donda
    Donda is Kanye West’s best album since 2013’s Yeezus. Those who stuck with him through thick and thin will love it, while the rest of us can safely dip our toes back in the water.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Remembrance of Things To Come
    The swirling pallet does drone a bit, but the band has certainly carved out their own unique sound that should impress synth-heads and orchestral pop fans alike.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In a Perfect World
    With time, greater individuality will come. Right now, this is an accomplished and emotive statement of intent, cinematic in scope and able to raise goose bumps at will.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Generic Treasure
    It’s always a good reminder that everyone wonders what’s wrong with them, especially when its done so honestly, plainly, and engagingly as this.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wild One
    Wild One is a deeply personal tale of coming into adulthood from a band that certainly has some promising growth ahead.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Driver
    With all these lovely and understated moments, Driver is a worthy and rewarding sophomore effort, even if it’s not the most dynamic.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Dream Widow EP
    Dream Widow could’ve easily been a charming but disposable bit of marketing for Studio 666, or a throwaway pastiche of several legendary death and thrash metal groups. Fortunately, it transcends both of those possibilities to be a genuinely great record. The musicianship is expectedly superb, but what’s most commendable is Grohl’s ability to shift his voice from familiar grittiness to full guttural hegemony.
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