For 3,519 reviews, this publication has graded:
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18% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points higher than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 78
Highest review score: | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do | |
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Lowest review score: | Playing With Fire |
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Positive: 3,085 out of 3519
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On his ninth studio album, undifferentiated swaths of midtempo digital groove leave one longing for the (relative) analog authenticity of vintage Lionel.- Entertainment Weekly
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Although it picks up a little towards the end, Scorpion‘s second half is often a joyless slog, a prioritizing of vibe over structure that results in some of Drake’s most unfocused songwriting to date.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Jul 2, 2018
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Sexsmith unwisely attacks some notes above his comfortable register on 'Impossible World,' which is just one of the several numbers that are nothing more than blandly forgettable. [11 Jul 2008, p.72]- Entertainment Weekly
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Serviceable g-funk for gin-and-juice-swilling house parties. [10 Sep 2004, p.164]- Entertainment Weekly
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Untitled's titles-- 'Pregnant,' 'Whole Lotta Kisses,' and (yes) 'Bangin' the Headboard'--don't do much to flip the script, or even write a new page.- Entertainment Weekly
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Her fondness for overblown L.A.-rock cliches undercuts the intimacy she's after; the music sounds homogenized. [7 Oct 2005, p.77]- Entertainment Weekly
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The album's garbled title is preparation for some of the clumsiest lyrics to be heard on a pop record in years.- Entertainment Weekly
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On much of the album, which never quite finds a balance between rock grit and dance-pop glitz, Maroon 5 barely sound like a band at all.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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What it doesn't have is much in the way of songs, or sincerity. [8 Apr 2005, p.66]- Entertainment Weekly
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But if many of his overheated lyrics crash, let the black box show that even his most banal efforts are ridiculously hummable. [29 Jul 2005, p.66]- Entertainment Weekly
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The record falls off during its latter half as the melodic R&B cuts begin to blend together. And in lieu of a clear-cut concept, the random spoken-word tidbits that appear throughout the tracklist feel frivolous compared to how Blood Orange and Frank Ocean used them on their last albums.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Aug 7, 2020
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Adds a few improved grooves and hooks to their usual numbing pummel. [3 Feb 2006, p.70]- Entertainment Weekly
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His party jams... feel half-cocked, like Cook can't quite commit to the moment. [8 Oct 2004, p.114]- Entertainment Weekly
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What this needs is a shot of Keith's humor, largely MIA here. [26 July 2002, p.69]- Entertainment Weekly
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After a while, listening to this CD feels like a one-way conversation with a vapid hot chick who's in love with the sound of her own voice.- Entertainment Weekly
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Reality's core flaw is the same on e that has marred Bowie's work since 1993's Black Tie White Noise: studio-slick production that drowns even the best musical ideas in digitally processed canola oil. [19 Sep 2003, p.85]- Entertainment Weekly
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The mix of loopy, Jane's Addiction-style psychedelia and old-fashioned stadium rock is galvanizing at first... but by midpoint, it's merely exhausting. [22 Oct 2004, p.96]- Entertainment Weekly
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For the most part, this is a bland blur of midtempo grooves and sub-R. Kelly metaphors. [8 Aug 2008]- Entertainment Weekly
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Several songs will get your blood pumping; the rest will let you practice your Bronx cheer.- Entertainment Weekly
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Like everything he's done since 1993's ''Doggystyle,'' ''Tha Last Meal,'' starting with its tacky cartoon cover art, feels cut rate -- yet another minor album from a major talent.- Entertainment Weekly
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Once a trip-hop outfit with a female singer, [Sneaker Pimps are] now a mopey synth-pop quartet aimed at everyone's hidden goth teen. [3 May 2002, p.88]- Entertainment Weekly
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While Bad Guy"--which recognizes that he's no better than the bullies who damaged him--might be the closest Em's come to a mea culpa, it still fails to justify his cranking the cycle back up again.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Nov 6, 2013
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Bogs down in stillborn ballads, vague metaphors, and fusty arrangements that sound too Olde English, even for him.- Entertainment Weekly
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Unfortunately, the Mooneys' concept of mass appeal... includes embarrassing homages to the glory of rock (and groupies) and a Bic-lighter ballad that's pure Hootie. [20/27 Aug 2004, p.126]- Entertainment Weekly
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Seems like this MC's best days may be right about then. [2 Dec 2005, p.83]- Entertainment Weekly
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There's no doubting the love in that old heart of his, but Soulbook could've cut much deeper.- Entertainment Weekly
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It's somewhat disappointing, that the disc's sound and content hew so closely to the standard emo/screamo/hardcore formula. [8 Aug 2008, p.68]- Entertainment Weekly
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After 10 years, RFTC have perfected their mix of muscular guitar riffs and bristling horns; it's the songwriting that's hit a dead end. [3/9/2001, p.82]- Entertainment Weekly
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Picture Show's mixed bag of angular post-punk, moody synths, and blasts of mainstream rock (see ''Everybody Talks'') doesn't quite have the wit, charm, or cool of its aughties touchstones.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Apr 17, 2012
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