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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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    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Oh My My
    Their most diverse-sounding album yet.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Walls
    The result is their richest, most textured effort yet.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Day Breaks
    Still, it’s the relationship between Jones’ voice and her piano that impresses most. Not since her entrancing debut has she sounded this engaged.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Revolution Radio
    On their 12th studio LP they’re dialing down the excess, and the result is a focused set that rocks as fearlessly as their Gilman Street glory days.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Blue Mountain
    A moving group of tunes worthy of any campfire.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A Seat at the Table
    The album radiates universal beauty and truth in the tradition of Stevie Wonder and Minnie Ripperton--and the whole world could simply use more of that.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Yellowcard
    Although they’ve occasionally strayed from that style of pop-punk over the 13 years since that collection debuted in 2003, their tenth and final record features glimmers of their former selves--for better and for worse.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    22, A Million
    It’s one of the year’s strangest albums, but some of the oddball arrangements work: On “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⊠ ⊠” Vernon fuses Chipmunk soul with a booming low end to chilling effect. Still, he’s at his strongest when he keeps his outré inclinations in check.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Keep Me Singing
    Morrison’s voice has lost some of its sheer power, but he has retained all of its deep expressiveness, still every bit the otherworldly musical instrument it’s been for the past half-century.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Tidal Wave
    The guys once known for writing songs about girls who paid them no mind in adolescence aren’t here any more. Instead they’ve learned from their past, creating an album that’s both eclectic and sensitive, not just one or the other.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Hard II Love
    Instead of coming across convincingly tough, Hard II Love on these songs merely lives up to its title.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Braver Than We Are
    The backstories of the songs give the album an archeological spin. But it’s warmed by just enough updates to deliver Meat’s usual lumpy charm.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    AIM
    AIM may not be the Next Great M.I.A. album, but it delivers a solid collection of distinctive, crowd-friendly bangers that sound like no one else.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wild World
    While Bastille’s expansion of influences is admirable, the whole album runs more than an hour in length and the sonic whiplash can be tiring. It’s cool they’re trying on many different styles, but truly killer albums have laser-sharp focus.
    • 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.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016
    Acoustic Recordings spools along as if conceived as a work unto itself, not a crazy quilt of quiet odds ‘n’ sods.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Prima Donna [EP]
    Given its lyrical and musical density, the EP’s short runtime feels particularly abrupt. Nevertheless, it’s an accomplished collection from one of rap’s most promising young talents.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Glory
    Not everything is glorious, but it might be something better: human. Finally, Spears is having as much fun as her songs sound.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Blonde
    With these 17 tracks, Ocean shows himself to be one of pop’s foremost innovators.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Pure & Simple
    Sure, Pure + Simple doesn’t have an instant classic like Parton’s 1973 standard “I Will Always Love You.” But it shows that five decades into her career, Parton isn’t a nostalgia act—she’s still one of America’s most vital country songsmiths.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    SremmLife 2
    Even a battery of Mike Will’s topshelf beats can’t save SremmLife 2 from feeling emotionally hollow at times.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Encore
    Encore keeps the party rocking while barely missing a dance step.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Home of the Strange
    Their richest and most varied project to date.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Major Key
    His bottomless stock of anthemic crowd-pleasers may not be game-changing, but few albums this year have come preloaded with this many obvious singles.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hypercaffium Spazzinate
    The songs prove, yet again, that the Descendents’ best cuts fully transcend their genre. They may be punk in speed, but it’s not their velocity that makes them lovable. It’s their tunes.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    We're All Somebody from Somewhere
    It's a neat surprise that Steven Tyler's swerve into the genre comes off as organic as it does, less like a borrowed costume than a slide into something comfortably worn. [22/29 Jul 2016, p.105]
    • 73 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Ellipsis
    At its core, Ellipsis is a proficient alt-rock record.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Love & Hate
    References to that style [Morricone’s sound] may have become cliché, but Kiwanuka personalizes it through the individuality of his melodies, the dynamics of the instrumentation and his lyrical point of view.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Blank Face LP
    At 72 minutes, Blank Face does sometimes sag under its own ambition. ... But with an impressive range of sonic and lyrical styles and numerous highlights, Blank Face LP stands as one of 2016’s most engaging rap projects.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    blackSUMMERS'night (2016)
    It exudes enough confidence to let his heart show and to let his music grow in any direction his muse demands.
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