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For 1,396 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 The Stand Ins
Lowest review score: 10 The Raven
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,197 out of 1396
  2. Mixed: 180 out of 1396
  3. Negative: 19 out of 1396
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Around The Well
    Unlike other odds and sods collections, Around the Well sounds and feels like an accomplished release.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bloodsports
    The songs on Bloodsports are suitable to excite the fans (Yes, they do still exist!), enthuse the critics, engage the occasional casual listener, and elicit a shrug from the general public.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wrath Of Circuits
    Despite including a few hallmarks of a groundbreaking record (experimentalism, eclecticism, ambitious), Wrath of Circuits is still not an easy listen for those people who don't wet their pants at every new Dischord or Touch and Go release.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Different Days
    A memorable display from a band we need to acknowledge as true greats and it’s a thrill ride from beginning to end.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transitions
    Elephant & Castle is refreshing, and its an extremely impressive solo project.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Still Smiling
    Their styles complement one another to produce a powerful combination on this album that captivates from start to finish.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twin Cinema
    Twin Cinema is another great pop album from the New Pornographers, a release that's crammed with so many memorable melodies that the bumpier moments fade into the background.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Juxtaposition
    Radian has given soul and warmth to the body electric on Juxtaposition.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Modern Guilt
    There isn’t anything outlandishly overdone on this album as Beck offers a more stripped down approach. These are obvious efforts to return to a more cohesive, solid form and with a steady dose of subtle harmonies, crafty melodies and hooks, interesting instrumentation and oh yeah, two songs that feature Cat Power, Beck doesn’t disappoint.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Swanlights
    The styles that parade their way onto Swanlights would probably be the most noticeably diverse change from what happened on previous albums.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cast the Same Old Shadow
    It's a soulful country stroll, which favors heavily on career building and that is something that Dylan Leblanc is sure doing, and quite swimmingly if I might add. Bravo.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
    Almost everything that YLT can do - and largely do so well - is here, alongside a sizeable smattering of new tricks and treats.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Further
    There was definitely a clear division as to what kind of album they were intending to make beforehand and it's brilliantly showcased all over. Further's opening two songs attest to this with a melting of new ideas that immediately signal a new coming.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The BBC Sessions
    Overall, The BBC Sessions is another tantalising insight into song world of The Chills, that acts as another generous interim step towards a hopefully fully-fledged wave of new and/or properly reissued material in 2015.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Devil, You + Me
    Each track is unique, thanks in part to Markus Acher's peculiar voice and The Notwist's ability to seamlessly blend acoustic pop and electronic rock into a genre-bending, intriguing, and sometimes catchy, electro-fuzz pop, resulting in an uncommonly captivating album that gets better with each spin.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dying
    Rather than having rushed to capture and over-stretch the first flushes of studio exploration with a premature first album, the much-awaited Dying logically extends upon the Spectres’ story so far whilst standing-up as a more mature and ambitious statement in its own right.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crimes
    While most of the songs on Crimes stand out as being extremely well written musically and lyrically, the production needs an extra mention for being flawless.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Are There
    You are There is a fine example of post-rock that outshines both Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor's latest or last affairs.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Little Me Will Start a Storm
    The music is easily attended to and the mutual expression of feelings--as they're expressed through stunning instrumentation--is a terrific aspect that Little Me Will Start a Storm definitely possesses.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Grand Tour
    Putting analytical angst aside though, in short this is another tranquil and refreshing oasis on the compelling Land Observations journey.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Zeroes QC
    Suuns have given us an unexpected bit of orchestrated but shambolic rock on this album, and because the band isn't afraid to try new things and put things together oddly we may be witnessing the birth of something grand.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Below The Branches
    Below the Branches is the kind of record true lovers of classic 60s and 70s pop can adore.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quaristice
    Quaristice does an excellent job of mixing the two sides of Autechre into one cohesive running narrative.
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Infinite Love
    Not a slow spreading psych filled with guitar soloing, but instead an orchestra of miniatures, Infinite Love presents a joyous world which is always bright and never boring.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Learning
    Hadreas is one of the strongest songwriters we've seen develop this year, and Learning puts that on display beautifully.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    La Increible Aventura
    You've heard all these elements before, but never quite this way.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Post-War
    Whereas his previous long-players were primarily personified by their hushed beauty, dusty experimentation, and nostalgic romanticism, Post-War pushes forward a more boisterous and band-orientated vision for Ward’s sturdy songwriting.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Win Again Gravity
    An extremely beautiful and captivating slice of electro-pop.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Futureheads
    Think Polyrock or Chairs Missing-era Wire in terms of the stripped-down elementalism of the instrumentation, but think Ikara Colt in terms of delivery.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Common Existence
    This album will be divisive amongst fans as there will be those who just want them to get back to the days of "Full Collapse" and those who have always heard the sounds of Common Existence beneath the surface over everything before it. For those fans, you will be glad Thursday has finally let all of its aggression out to release an engrossing and explosive album.
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