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For 3,519 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 81% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 18% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 78
Highest review score: 100 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do
Lowest review score: 0 Playing With Fire
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,085 out of 3519
  2. Mixed: 407 out of 3519
  3. Negative: 27 out of 3519
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Smash Mouth
    Smash Mouth keep getting better and better. [7 Dec 2001, p.104]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Talkie Walkie
    Tighter songwriting and an undercurrent of dark claustrophobia distinguish the disc from its predecessors. [23/30 Jan 2004, p.99]
    • Entertainment Weekly
    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Magic Potion
    Looser, but no less excellent, than their last collection. [15 Sep 2006, p.72]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The New Abnormal
    Abnormal offers something even better, possibly, than reckless youth: rock stars finally old enough to truly miss those good old days — and wise enough now, too, to give us the soundtrack these strange new times deserve.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Accelerate
    Heavyweight champeen or not, Stipe's got his fighting spirit back, and so does his band.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Chavez Ravine
    A ghostly meditation on the culture of forgetting. [8 Jul 2005, p.68]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Junky Star
    This moody, recession-themed collection from Bingham--who won an Oscar this year for a song from Crazy Heart--is unlikely to boost anyone's morale during our current downturn, but Junky Star might make some folks feel less alone.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Time (The Revelator)
    Ironically, while this is Welch's quietest album, with nary a drum or electric instrument in earshot, it's even closer to the spiritual vicinity of rock.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Stockholm
    Her first solo album brims with sassy, leather-clad guitar struts like the Neil Young-assisted "Down The Wrong Way" and the sad-eyed "Like In The Movies." [20 Jun 2014, p.64]
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      • Posted Jun 13, 2014
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Let It Come Down
    A big, lumbering, and often uplifting symphonic-rock piece about being a wastrel, it's as if Brian Wilson had made ''Pet Sounds'' a decade later in the midst of his bedridden, drug-addled despondency.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Andorra
    The only problem with this symphonic daydream is that at just nine songs and 43 minutes, it's over far too soon. [24 Aug 2007, p.130]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Rules Of Travel
    A CD of beautiful and melancholy folk-pop.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Eban & Charley [Soundtrack]
    Exquisitely moody songs alternate with instrumentals that sound like outtakes from the Mothers of Invention's Burnt Weeny Sandwich (that's a compliment). [25 Jan 2002, p.107]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Bon Iver
    On Bon Iver, his second full-length, an emboldened Vernon achieves a beautiful fantasy all his own, backed by a full band and buoyed with horns and pedal steel.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A City By The Light Divided
    This is the Jersey qunitet's most riff-heavy, unified work yet. [28 Apr 2006, p.136]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Traveling Alone
    Tift Merritt strips things down on her raw fifth album, letting her aching vocals and bewitching twang do all the convincing. [5 Oct 2012, p.77]
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      • Posted Oct 2, 2012
    • 73 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Moth
    Polachek is also a whip-smart lyricist and on these ten tracks, she reveals a poet’s eye for observing the world around her.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A Mad & Faithful Telling
    It's a rare group that can make you wistful while wielding a caravans worth of instruments like a theremin, accordian, and sousaphone. [28 Mar 2008, p.67]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Tuskegee
    It's still gratifying to see how many A-list Nashville stars lined up for guest spots on Tuskegee--Blake! Tim! Shania! Willie!--and to hear how naturally the Alabama native countrifies R&B classics like "Endless Love" and the Jennifer Nettles-assisted "Hello."
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The King Is Dead
    The Decemberists redeem themselves with their sixth LP, The King Is Dead, a 40-minute set that's more succinctly rewarding than anything they've done in years.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    E-MO-TION Side B [EP]
    Side B is that bash: intimate yet inclusive, with an invitation personally delivered by hand.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    God Forgives, I Don't
    God Forgives is the first album that really feels like it was made by a boss.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Aphrodite
    The diminutive Australian diva is still delivering disco thunder from Down Under.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    We All Belong
    Like pals My Morning Jacket, Dr. Dog blend ''classic rock'' elements into woozy, idiosyncratic songs all their own.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    R.E.D.
    The rawer lyrics showcase a man who's maturing without making a fuss about it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Tooth & Nail
    His perfectly weathered voice brings out the simple sweetness of breezy heartbreakers. [22 Mar 2013, p.64]
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      • Posted Mar 21, 2013
    • 87 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Raising Sand
    These aren't "duets" but exercises in sublime harmony. [2 Nov 2007, p.65]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Soberish
    Revels in nervy song structures and unexpected instrumental touches even on its more straightforward tracks, such as the "Polyester Bride"-echoing "Good Side." The horns that rise up to accompany Phair's solidified sense of self on the slow-burning "Soul Sucker" give her inner journey a heroic feel, while her voice's airy upper register makes the plea at the heart of "Lonely St." even more potent.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Renegades
    The group's relatively unheralded musicians (guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk) have developed into such a nimble and cohesive unit that they'd sound pretty exciting even without someone spewing rapid fire invective over their grooves.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
    We Shall Overcome lets us revel in the sound of a man who no longer confuses unplugged with uninspiring--and who isn't afraid to mix in some merriment with the message. [28 Apr 2006, p.134]
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