For 3,519 reviews, this publication has graded:
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81% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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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: | 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 |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,085 out of 3519
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Mixed: 407 out of 3519
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Negative: 27 out of 3519
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Almost nothing here swerves out of Fortune's featherweight club-funk cruising lane.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Jun 28, 2012
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There's promise in three new funk workouts toward the end; they suggest it's time for a whole new thing.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Much of the album is G-Rated tales of love (songs about beautiful girls and boys who love them) drowning in an ocean of power-pop gloss.- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted Jan 29, 2016
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The songs without hip-hop accents or full-on rage merely seem dreary and gray or derivative of vintage alt bands. [10 Oct 2003, p.121]- Entertainment Weekly
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Only a slow-burning cover of the late Chris Whitley's 'Indian Summer' really stands out from the blur of tastefully arranged midtempo ballads.- Entertainment Weekly
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The soft-rocker belter hooks up with Seal, Rascal Flatts, and others for covers of sure-thing hits like "Fields of Gold" and :You Are So Beautiful." [24 Jun 2011, p.75]- Entertainment Weekly
Posted Jun 23, 2011