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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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    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A.K.A.
    The songwriting is lazy ("I feel good," she coos, "'cause I don't feel bad." Logic!). The double entendres don't make sense (is "Troubeaux" what they call trouble in Bordeaux?). And the guest stars, including Nas, Rick Ross, and Iggy Azalea, are so much more engaging than their hostess that Lopez sounds like she's been relegated to playing the hook girl on her own album.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Platinum
    On Platinum, an old-school country wisecracker that's one of her all-time bests, she's funny as hell.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lazaretto
    White's best songs combine his songwriting chops with his boundless charisma, and Lazaretto has both in spades--the swaggeringly funky ''Three Women'' and the strutting title track are instant classics. But so far, his solo work lacks the bracing agitation that fueled past projects.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    This Is War
    On the unashamedly epic This Is War, Leto doesn't just shoot for the moon, he practically colonizes it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse
    Working with longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri, Carey front-loads the track list with midtempo R&B and soulful torch songs that spotlight her best asset: That Voice.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Xscape
    Xscape's greatest accomplishment is that these do sound like MJ songs--for better or worse.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Flies in All Directions
    Despite the heavy feedback and punishingly sharp sadness lurking beneath tracks like "Pagan Baby," "Bathin' in the Fuss," and "The Drones," they still dabble in radio-friendly sugar without ever weakening their teeth. [16 May 2014, p.64]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted May 13, 2014
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ghost Stories
    In the scheme of Coldplay's career, Ghost Stories will likely be remembered as a transitional album. This is the sound of a band paying homage to their past--particularly 2011's hugely successful Mylo Xyloto--while pawing at the future.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Turn Blue
    It's meticulously executed but slightly (and sleepily) monochromatic.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Nikki Nack
    On her third full-length, Nikki Nack, her love of music that's rich with history still makes for propulsive listening, even if some references are willfully obscure.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Indie Cindy
    Simply in the mood for great rock music from a band that knows how to make it? Get this album. [2 May 2014, p.63]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Apr 25, 2014
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The New Classic
    Iggy's got a handful of top shelf singles, but too much of The New Classic is old news. [2 May 2014, p.63]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Apr 25, 2014
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Honest
    ["I'll Be Yours" and "Move That Dope"] reinforces Future's status as the rap game's current MVP. [2 May 2014, p.63]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Apr 25, 2014
    • 58 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Pop Psychology
    Nothing here is as relentlessly hooky as 2012's "Everybody Talks," but its bubbly propulsion informs the cheeky "I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)" and swooning "Teenager in Love." That mix of energy and insight makes Psychology a 40-minute master class in the kind of pop that moves both the body and the brain.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Singles
    Their fourth album is their tightest, most complete effort yet. [4 Apr 2014, p.64]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Mar 28, 2014
    • 59 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Recess
    It's spectacular, almost exhaustingly so. [28 Mar 2014, p.63]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Mar 27, 2014
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    My Krazy Life
    YG's storm cloud is more inviting than most rappers' clear skies. [28 Mar 2014, p.63]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Mar 27, 2014
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Out Among the Stars
    The suits might have been right the first time. It's mostly Sherrill's fault; the slide-heavy arrangements and hokey production flourishes would have sounded remarkably cornpone even 30 years ago.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rise of an Empire
    None if the newcomers can hang with superstar moments like Drake's blustery "Trophies," but the rookie-posse cut "Fresher Than Ever" crackles. [21 Mar 2014, p.62]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Mar 18, 2014
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Kiss Me Once
    Dodgy songs abound, but so does Kylie's plucky charm. [21 Mar 2014, p.62]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Mar 18, 2014
    • 68 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Mastermind
    His flow too remains flawlessly weighted.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Louder
    It's hard to be that mad at Louder, because it's so admirably and lovingly crafted.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    G I R L
    Ultimately, G I R L testifies to a woman's worth.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    St. Vincent
    Crackling, uncanny and compulsively listenable. [28 Feb 2014, p.71]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Feb 26, 2014
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Riser
    With his honeyed voice and weirdly anthropological eye--he seems to study "Pretty Girls" holding "tall boys" and "Back Porch" partying from afar--Bentley is Brawny Man bland. [28 Feb 2014, p.71]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Feb 26, 2014
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Voices
    [Songs like} "Fall in Love" and "Howling at the Moon" sound downright ferocious without sacrificing the gauzy, lovely ache at Voices' center. [21 Feb 2014, p.64]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Feb 20, 2014
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Morning Phase
    This isn't just good Beck, it's best Beck.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    After the Disco
    The duo, who linked up after each found unlikely fame in the mid-'00s, dance to remember, not to forget. Though it's with love that they stockpile these sounds, the mood is muted.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    That Girl
    Pairing Nettles' rich, bright, soaring voice with Rubin's spare style feels like serving a hot fudge sundae on a paper plate. [31 Jan/7 Feb 2014, p.104]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Jan 24, 2014
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Blues is rawer than the band's last two excellent, arena-fied albums. [31 Jan/7 Feb 2014, p.104]
    • Entertainment Weekly
      • Posted Jan 24, 2014
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