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For 121 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 9.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Kill The Moonlight
Lowest review score: 10 This Island
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 121
  3. Negative: 21 out of 121
121 music reviews
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Take Fountain
    On Take Fountain Gedge uses his sharpened songwriting chops to present his case and again proves himself a master of the pop song. It’s just that sometimes it feels like routine.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire
    If the fact that Albini seems to bury Falkous’ yelps behind too much dissonance bothers you, there’s plenty of joyous wreckage to revel in.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Delivery Man
    The Delivery Man is a solid, albeit slightly over-learned and patronizing, collection of bluesy rock.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    X&Y
    It’s an expansive and stupendously produced record with a handful of remarkable songs.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Counterfeit 2
    The downside of Counterfeit2 is its uniformity.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Murray Street
    With Murray Street the band has made a persuasive case for its ongoing existence for the first time in over a decade.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It'll Be Cool
    Yeah, it’s another Silkworm record. It’s not the band’s best and it’s not the band’s worst. It rocks in its own unique, world-weary way.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Photo Album
    The most noteworthy aspect of The Photo Album is the band’s upward trajectory. The music is cohesive and even, though still somewhat sluggish.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Me & Giuliani Down By the School Yard (A True Story) [EP]
    !!! fuses the Tom Tom Club’s frivolous white-boy syncopation with ESG’s polyrhythmic propulsion to make your brain feel informed while your feet work very hard to embarrass you.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silent Shout
    And while lyrically nothing comes close to eclipsing the pop genius of "Heartbeats" from their previous release, Deep Cuts, several tracks on Silent Shout demonstrate considerable growth both lyrically and musically, making this a solid follow up from a band that has further evolved their own curious brand of synthpop.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    18
    Moby continues to do on 18 what he’s always done best, and that is to fuse disparate musical styles with a pop sensibility, while maintaining a moody, almost gothic theme.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sha Sha
    Granted, Kweller is still searching for an unique voice, as his music still wears its roots a little too blatantly, but he’s definitely on the right track.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fab Four Suture
    It is a little more scattered than the last few proper Stereolab albums in terms of musical threads, but the urbane electro-funk of “Interlock” as well as the jittery disco pomp of “Eye of the Volcano” prove that Stereolab is still tweaking the formula with one foot in Esquivel’s grave and the other several light years away.
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