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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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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Splazsh
    Putting to work every kind of noise you could think of--dub echoes, laser squiggles, slurring sludge, fractured voices, bass rumbles, innocent chirps, and so on--Splazsh is a feast for the ears.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tentacles
    This is the kind of album that will only reward as time passes; through more listens you will find that the startling music, sincere vocals and impeccable musicianship are all at a very high quality.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hocus Pocus
    While they still manage to skronk out with the best of ‘em, Hocus Pocus is still a little too mixed up, eclectic, unfocused, and, at some points, a little boring.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reptilians
    Starfucker definitely have a gem with Reptilians, and have managed to make a remarkable album from a genre that can become quite stagnant and derivative of itself.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Codes and Keys
    It certainly lacks the ambition and scope of Transatlanticism, but given the group's recent personal and professional triumphs, it's encouraging to hear them produce a piece of work reflective of their situation.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Family
    Family is an excellent album. Le Loup hasn’t altered their original goal and purpose, instead they’ve added new collections and they’ve even improved on some of the earlier problems from their debut.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Constellations
    Constellations is only remarkable when it is given your absolute attention, but it doesn’t come up with enough ideas to keep it on its own, lulling the listener with too many serviceably dramatic but non-descript piano-led pieces.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Childish Prodigy
    The tracks with fuller arrangements are the more interesting and surprising tracks here, and they suggest Vile would do well to seek out other strong personalities to write and record with.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A New Day At Midnight
    A New Day at Midnight is not White Ladder part 2, but it does bear certain similarities, namely emotional, beautiful music matched with equally beautiful lyrics, and, of course David Gray's unmistakable voice.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Brother Is To Son
    Brother is to Son is a genuine pop triumph, the perfect execution of conceptual complexity and musical audacity, tied together with the timeless expression of one man measuring the motions of his soul.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Boo! Human
    A testing album like Boo Human is in due course enjoyable because of Kinsella’s impressive musicianship and work ethic.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beasts
    There’s a certain kind of magic going on here and it needs to be accounted for.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Elephant Stone
    The album’s dose of personality and how it transcends beyond its influences is equally impressive and in the end, Elephant Stone is a solid outing.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unsongs
    The importance of telling the tale far exceeds the risk for Moddi and so he should be praised for bringing these songs and their stories back into mainstream attention across a captivating musical and historical record.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Innerland
    Layering blankets of synths and keyboards as well as underlays of programmed drums and effects around his evocative guitar lines, makes Innerland an immersive experience, rich with flowing gauzy grooves and elemental ambient balm.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Terra
    Terra is in no hurry to hook you, but once its charms become evident, it's hard not to be bewitched. It cleans up all of the more histrionic and clunky aspects of Lynch's previous work, and conjures a neat little self-contained world.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Feel the Sound
    Feel the Sound is such a consistent, and consistently smooth, pop album, that it might put you to sleep, or at least a musically-induced coma.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    O
    Popp has once again authored a unique and compelling work. How you decide to sort through it and work it into your own life is up to you.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Year Of The Black Rainbow
    Year of the Black Rainbow is not a bad album. It has its moments, but it is a far, far cry from the greatness Coheed & Cambria possessed on all four previous albums, especially the masterpiece of melody, dynamics, musicianship and continuity that was "Good Apollo I."
    • 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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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Haughty Melodic
    Unfortunately, Haughty Melodic, in its attempt to gain a wider audience, does have some clunkers.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forget The Night Ahead
    Forget the Night Ahead is a resoundingly superb follow-up to that same 2007 album.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Gong
    The lyrics are sharper and far more introspective, the music is on a grander scale, working towards an overwhelming amount of brilliance and radiance and each musician plays a vital role to the entire album's fruition.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Manzanita
    Manzanita is an uneven album that nonetheless reveals a great talent and a terrific voice.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Watch The Fireworks
    Watch The Fireworks is undoubtedly a determined and brave step-outwards for Pollock.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Angles
    Having been away from being a working band for a half decade, the Strokes have returned with a more polished take on their classic sound. Different: yes. Disaster: absolutely not!
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Get Evens
    This album bleeds politics.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Whatever, My Love
    Overall then, Whatever, My Love is a mixed affair. Die-hard lovers of Become What You Are will have few real complaints but might perhaps overdose a touch on déjà vu. For the less pre-devoted, a cherry-picked yet economically-unviable EP selection from the album might have served this reunion better artistically.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Join the Dots
    There are a number of ear-worthy gems on the album but it’s difficult to muster up enthusiasm for a band that doesn’t seemingly have much enthusiasm themselves.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    False Beats and True Hearts
    Collectively the nine songs that make up False Beats And True Hearts don't stray demonstratively from the path that Damon & Naomi have followed near-religiously since being coaxed into cutting More Sad Hits, but its subtly refreshed vocal shifts, balmy inviting arrangements, blur of rural-meets-urban asthetics and a clutch of mesmeric moments make it a record that could one day be considered as a true keeper in the couple's discography.
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