Delusions of Adequacy's Scores
- Music
For 1,396 reviews, this publication has graded:
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68% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | The Stand Ins | |
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Lowest review score: | The Raven |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,197 out of 1396
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Mixed: 180 out of 1396
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Negative: 19 out of 1396
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Often Lange is able to transform songs into something worldly and like the title implies, there is a mysterious glean to it. So while Lange continues to flex his many weapons, the black ice cream he's created continues to flourish.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Jun 13, 2011
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While it will inevitably be argued as to whether or not Tomboy is really a work of startling originality or perhaps just a long lost companion to Björk's Vespertine, it's hard to deny positing that we've got one of the best albums of 2011 finally in our hands.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Apr 15, 2011
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He’s able to craft songs that are touching without becoming seriously over-sensitive.- Delusions of Adequacy
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With one foot rooted in tradition, and the other free to roam where it likes, Asleep on the Floodplain is a quietly great effort.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Mar 16, 2011
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The album doesn't make the point that Yorke doesn't need his bandmates to make a great record so much as it helps shed light on what each member of the band contributes to the overall equation.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Mogwai’s newest offering, Rave Tapes, is a brooding masterpiece of a record.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Jan 14, 2014
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One of the band’s finest releases and arguably the most comprehensive statement to date on just where the musicians were coming from, the roads they took to get where they ended up, and even possibly where they were headed.- Delusions of Adequacy
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The songs on this album work together (sometimes roughly, sometimes smoothly) as sketches and vignettes to form an overall artistically thematic picture of the world in which we live. The brothers paint this picture so starkly with gritty hyper-realism that the songs will not and do not appeal to the greater audience of folk music that is still deriving its voice from the love songs of Simon and Garfunkel and Jackson Browne.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Relatively minor misdemeanours aside though, 1,000 Years is a respectable and rejuvenated return to the fray for Corin Tucker's febrile talents.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Dec 22, 2010
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Dreamy at times (Crawlersout), with shimmering synths and picturesque melodies, there is a haunting beauty, almost terrifying, that surrounds the listener, almost as if one is sitting inside a sonic cocoon while taking it all in.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Aug 7, 2012
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Whilst sonic variety isn’t perhaps the strongest card pulled out on Split Milk, it does play out with some charming Astor songcraft and insistent hooks.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Jan 11, 2016
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There is a noticeable but not calamitous chunk of Siesta that doesn’t go enough distance to really justify the extended running time of its fourteen tracks, with ponderous cuts such as “Your Head Your Mind”, “Why It Works Out Fine” and “Closer” being too reliant on meandering jangling. Consequently, this is a clear case where a little less could arguably have meant something more. That said, fans of amorphous Scandi art-pop will still find much to enjoy here.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Oct 8, 2018
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No matter the speed at which it moves, Go glows brightly with a formidable sense of ambition and hope.- Delusions of Adequacy
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- Posted Jul 18, 2012
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The opening and closing tracks prove that Conor Oberst is a more reflective and personal venture as both are stripped down affairs, one summoning childhood memories while the other seems to contemplate suicide.- Delusions of Adequacy
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If you acquiesce to its pacing and delivery it’s chantlike mix of chill and warmth can be a springboard to your own thoughts. If you’re not so inclined, I imagine that it would be like a Chinese water torture.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Watch Me Fall, is an exhilarating ride of roaring highs that never let up.- Delusions of Adequacy
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The understated songs are the most memorable here (and the least Why?-like), and it sort of makes me wish the rockier material were shelved so that the whole album could be tailored to this mood of graceful resignation.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Yes it's slower, darker and more pensive, but like the sun that breaks through the clouds to reveal a brisk sunny morning, it shimmers and shines with splendid, polished arrangements and even grander guitar-scapes.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Whilst there are a few archetypal GBV misfires inside Class Clown Spots A UFO – brought about by scattershot recording fidelity and a small imbalance in the quantity over quality ratio – overall it is still a solidly-carved collection.- Delusions of Adequacy
- Posted Jun 25, 2012
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Overall, the set works as a study in contrasts, with the ornate sampled arrangements always being in danger of disappearing under the sparking electronic beats or Daedelus’ added textures, whether they be synthesized sounds or computer printers.- Delusions of Adequacy
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The Sight Below has crafted a magnificent album and EP to help weather the darker nights and snowy days.- Delusions of Adequacy
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- Posted Oct 29, 2012
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It’s certainly a fine achievement, an awesome collection of music has found its way onto Begone Dull Care, and Junior Boys present everything in such an excellent way.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Destroyer of the Void is a fitting reminder of what’s possible when you already have such a strong catalog of music under your belt: exceptional music that always seems to beautifully connect, no matter how varying the sounds may be.- Delusions of Adequacy
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An album that sounds both familiar and fresh and entirely entertaining.- Delusions of Adequacy
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Another unique and compelling album of mystical indie-rock with shimmering vocals, proving she not only has a voice to be reckoned with, but is a voice to be reckoned with.- Delusions of Adequacy
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The album is packed with impressive musicianship, a great attention to detail, melodic lines backed with beautiful harmonies and countless powerful moments.- Delusions of Adequacy
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