Drowned In Sound's Scores
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For 4,812 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: | Parades | |
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Lowest review score: | And Then Boom |
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Positive: 3,477 out of 4812
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Mixed: 1,220 out of 4812
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Negative: 115 out of 4812
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'Gods And Monsters' isn't a bad album, merely average which is a real shame.- Drowned In Sound
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If you love Shonen Knife wholly you will probably enjoy Osaka Ramones to some extent.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Nov 14, 2011
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Takes never truly shakes the initial notion of a missed opportunity: failing to place a distinguishable spin on the material it seeks to celebrate, ultimately coming off a well-intended curio ticking as many boxes as it omits.- Drowned In Sound
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For every one of the album's fumbled subtleties, there are several moments when The Districts feint at being great. Enough to show they’re flailing in the right direction.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Feb 6, 2015
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Contra is a solidly entertaining, well-constructed album, and if people take to it, the tendency to mock the band will, I think, fade, simply because it doesn't have obviously unfashionable moments to feel uneasy about.- Drowned In Sound
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There is a really great album rattling around in here and Howard's invention and ambition should be celebrated as such, it's just not quite at the level it could be.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jul 12, 2017
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The rest of the album has its moments, though mainly it seems like a chance for the GusGus gang to showcase what other electrified trickery they can muster.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jun 25, 2014
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It's Madonna's conservatism that drags her latest record down to the status of a ragtag collection.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Mar 26, 2012
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The Leisure Society have certainly woven a kind of magic here, but with all their era-hopping it falls a little short of the climaxes of their live performances.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Apr 4, 2013
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What the record lacks in the main part is a sense of urgency and excitement. Too often the songs wash over you, making no serious appeal for your heart or mind.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jul 5, 2016
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On casual listen it’s a perfectly pleasant electro-classical record. But despite the considerable technical talents of its creator, it could be by just about anyone.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Feb 24, 2014
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Fourteen years on from their last outing, A Perfect Circle’s return to active duty as a living, breathing band is broadly speaking a good thing for the hard rock scene. Just don’t expect a record which silver plates their stellar reputation.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted May 1, 2018
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Tongue ‘N’ Cheek is a vacuous but fun party record, one that suspension of disbelief aids immeasurably.- Drowned In Sound
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Don't get me wrong, this isn't an Emperor's New Clothes review, just an expression of concern: there aren't enough reasons for casual listeners to come back to this.- Drowned In Sound
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It’s a pleasant mess, it’s well-meaning, and there’s enough pop here to satisfy the band’s fans.- Drowned In Sound
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Less pretension, more tickling the perimeter of pop perfection next time please, Planningtorock--you can skip the beer belly though.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted May 18, 2011
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Ultimately it is telling that the best song present here is a re-imagining of a previous smash. But leveling criticisms of unoriginality or lack of innovation and evolution at bands like BMFV is almost redundant. They're judged on the size of their hooks and in that department Temper Temper largely delivers.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Feb 8, 2013
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That’s not to say this isn’t promising as a progression from the last album, with signs of grand ambition and more directions to explore.- Drowned In Sound
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While there are tracks of beauty and wonder, there are duller moments too, where the history that First Aid Kit derive their music from overwhelms their songs, reminding us always of what came before.- Drowned In Sound
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While the album at large maintains the lusciously rich production levels (a marked improvement over their prior LP, which was a stodgy and undercooked thing) there are frequent moments where a self-conscious attempts to inject ‘maturity’ into the song writing undercuts their former charms.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Sep 6, 2013
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Despite its flaws this first solo offering is a human record; brave and honest, both in content and purpose.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jan 23, 2012
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If you’re looking for a neat musical reminder that David Crosby is one of the most influential men of his era--and can still sparkle with some of that same musical magic today, Croz is a worthy listen.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jan 24, 2014
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He lives and breathes it [music] like very little people today do, but for all the guitar work, humour, snarling vocals and at times great writing, there is consistently a level of cringyness that goes with it.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Sep 23, 2014
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The chronological running order of Absolute Garbage is also unfortunate as it renders the CD impotent halfway through.- Drowned In Sound
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With a little more focus and a little less self-doubt, The Chapman Family's second record should easily surpass this still pleasing statement of future intent. Just so long as they don't take too much time recording it.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Mar 16, 2011
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So slick is the production and so smooth is the transition from one moment to the next that Andorra suffers from an apparent reluctance to take us by the scruff of the neck and rattle us out of our mental Laconia.- Drowned In Sound
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While there are some lovely sounds on Somewhere Else... but it's hard not to yearn for something more.- Drowned In Sound
- Posted Jan 25, 2013
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There’s no doubting that sensory sensations offered here can hold the listener, but most likely they'll be enjoyed a helluva lot more while chemically-enhanced; essentially this is not a record designed for home listening.- Drowned In Sound
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In the hands of a different producer maybe the material assembled for When The Devil's Loose could step forward into something more Technicolor, as its faults are minor, but they are the faults which separate merely pleasant albums from great ones. As it is, When The Devil’s Loose is the former.- Drowned In Sound
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