Exclaim's Scores
- Music
For 4,919 reviews, this publication has graded:
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58% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | The Ascension | |
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Lowest review score: | Excuse My French |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,169 out of 4919
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Mixed: 723 out of 4919
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Negative: 27 out of 4919
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Omens is more of an extended jam session, with the four dudes of Elder playing off each other's musicality, never getting ahead of themselves or losing the plot.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 15, 2020
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These experiments help keep the record sounding fresh, but the best moments come when Case stays within her wheelhouse and swings away.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 3, 2013
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Iit's her softer singles that add a new dimension to her artistry. While Cardi B's own relationship with Migos's Offset has been thrown into the spotlight, Invasion of Privacy feels like her Lemonade moment, one that magnifies her insecurities for public consumption.- Exclaim
- Posted Apr 9, 2018
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Skeleton Closet is an album of songs that are thoughtful, catchy, carefully hopeful.- Exclaim
- Posted Aug 13, 2015
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Structural concerns aside, Singularity still finds Hopkins exploring sonic textures as deeply as ever. It's an album that, in its best moments, finds one of electronic music's great minds operating in peak form.- Exclaim
- Posted May 1, 2018
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Simply put, cannabis is the medium through which this album should be listened to; otherwise, its greatness will never be revealed to the non-believers. ... When sober, 14 minutes for a song is a little long; stoned, it's not long enough.- Exclaim
- Posted Apr 24, 2018
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The textural depth of ANIMA grips, unlike past solo outings, and is ultimately even more rewarding when played on headphones.- Exclaim
- Posted Jul 1, 2019
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The end result is likely the most dynamic and entertaining Jicks record thus far. You can hear Malkmus's love of classic and kraut rock in these crafty arrangements, which each get to a place where they truly shine. Hard.- Exclaim
- Posted May 17, 2018
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The music is raw, melodic and explosive, and captures the inner reflection one must undertake to properly envision the future.- Exclaim
- Posted May 12, 2021
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All Nerve remains stuck firmly in a box of the band's own making, both to their benefit (this is most definitely version of the Breeders fans know and love) and detriment (a couple songs are kind of boring).- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 1, 2018
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Sometimes, Forever is a rich and varied album, with ultramodern production that never tramples the influences at play.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 20, 2022
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While it loses some of her past work’s joyous electricity, it reveals something truer. This is Whack’s world after all, we’re just lucky enough to live in it.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 19, 2024
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Listening to Look to the East, Look to the West feels at once redemptive and healing; Camera Obscura have found their way through the dark.- Exclaim
- Posted May 2, 2024
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Low's latest finds Sparkhawk and Parker at a thrillingly creative and intrepid peak, building off their experimental blueprint laid out with their 2015 LP Ones and Sixes and fully realized on Double Negative. Although HEY WHAT falls squarely in between the two, it's safe to say that no one is making music that sounds remotely similar to what Low is giving us.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 9, 2021
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The reason why Ex Hex Rips is so triumphant is that it easily attains its simple goal of presenting a total blast for the listener to savour. Or to take the title's bait, Ex Hex Rips rips.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 7, 2014
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On Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One), it's a treat to find Jon Hassell still fascinated and engrossed in the style of music he helped create.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 5, 2018
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Thanks for the Dance is a fitting goodbye to a figure who, whether they've been in your life for one day, one year or a lifetime, made a tremendous impact on their craft. A beautiful reprise to a song of love or hate. The pleasure was all ours, Leonard.- Exclaim
- Posted Nov 19, 2019
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This flow is a result of the group's ability to balance technical shredding and melodic atmospheric pieces; it is that sonic harmony that's responsible for the positive vibes resonating from The Migration.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 27, 2013
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There is certainly plenty here to explore and enjoy on Carry Fire, but a sparser and more melodic approach next time out would be welcome.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 12, 2017
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The album can so ricochet because of Folick's sprawling vocal range, which can quiver at atmospheric, Sinead O'Connor altitudes only to plummet into St. Vincent growls and skips.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 29, 2018
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Across its 10 songs, Don't Forget Me is as concise as it is exciting. Not a note is wasted, not a second under-utilized. What truly sets it apart is how comfortable Rogers seems embodying her full potential.- Exclaim
- Posted Apr 16, 2024
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Intentionally or not, Hynes has surreptitiously convinced listeners to deeply engage with his art; we're digging for the grooves, searching out the hooks while questioning our own habits and assumptions, as we look for our own meaning in the music. And there's plenty in Negro Swan.- Exclaim
- Posted Aug 23, 2018
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Maybe Cuz I Love You isn't what Aretha Franklin would sound like, had she made a rap album, but Lizzo created a beautiful sonic journey through different eras of music, and for that, it deserves a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T.- Exclaim
- Posted Apr 23, 2019
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There will be some very painful moments where you'll be forced to end the song half way through, only to start from the beginning later. That said, if you're in a comfy spot and don't plan on going anywhere, alter your state and listen to this record from beginning to end; it will take you places.- Exclaim
- Posted Nov 20, 2013
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Originating as instrumental studio sketches, Kember's change in scenery gave birth to lyrics that add substance to the LP.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 10, 2020
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Coriky is its own, beautifully compelling thing. There is love and respect flowing between the three players and it's a palpable part of this expression that is emotive, reasoned, and rather relaxed. Once this record's playing, the Coriky universe is a fascinating one to be a part of.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 26, 2020
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Vince Staples is the rapper's most personal and emotionally resonant project yet, and the choice to opt for a stripped-back approach complements the content greatly. Vince's blunt and bleak observations on life, death, humanity, gang culture, paranoia and trauma fit perfectly with the sparse and skeletal soundscape of this LP. It feels like every instrumental here was crafted to give his words the room they need to have the impact they're meant to.- Exclaim
- Posted Jul 13, 2021
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The result is one of the most eminently playable and rewarding electronic albums of 2014, and one that respectfully casts a glance backwards while sounding both indelibly contemporary and unmistakably Caribou.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 3, 2014
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Currents is melodic, pretty, but there's a pervasive sense of melancholy here; each uplifting track feels as though it's masking sorrow with shimmering synth, a teaspoon of sugar to help the medicine down.- Exclaim
- Posted Jul 15, 2015
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Her songwriting and lyrics are truthfully captivating and fascinatingly realistic.- Exclaim
- Posted Jul 20, 2018
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