Exclaim's Scores
- Music
For 4,915 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: 4,165 out of 4915
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Mixed: 723 out of 4915
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Negative: 27 out of 4915
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Single Mothers sound consistent throughout this set of ten beer-soaked songs, but after just 20 minutes, that consistency is far too homogenous and one-note to be interesting.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 14, 2014
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The album's low point comes over top of the solo acoustic guitar performance of "Change," in which Laraaji croons, "Change, by any other name is still change." ... These profundities continue for more than seven minutes--a rarely accomplished exercise in irony, given the song's title.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Where some might find their centre in such a locale, the self-imposed echo chamber seems to have exacerbated their worst individual qualities.- Exclaim
- Posted Apr 19, 2018
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- Posted Mar 18, 2020
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They've got the speed, the outfits and the record collection, but Cerebral Ballzy's interpretation of hardcore punk never comes off as more than cartoony.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 16, 2014
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There isn't much here for serious followers of modern electronic music. It will bore you mostly, which--not to be dismissive here--appears to be the point entirely.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Fourth album Mirage Rock is a bungled mess of poor production and half-assed songwriting.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 30, 2012
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Across the record, Malone has not only seemed to forget what makes his music tick, but also who his fanbase is.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 9, 2022
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By the end of Me Time, the down-to-Earth, around-the-block-and-back 2 Chainz bores.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 10, 2013
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With Bodies, they sound lost without an identity. There's barely anything that's exciting or memorable, and when it surprises, it's only in the wrong ways. The band sounds about 30 years less experienced than they are.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 11, 2021
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The Day is My Enemy is an embarrassing display that inevitably ends badly.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 27, 2015
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Nine reeks of adolescence — and not in the goofy, humorous way of Blink-182's past, but in a cringe-y attempt at youthful angst. There are no slyly couched bits of wisdom, no life lessons learned between goof-ups and heartbreak, and it's altogether too earnest and self-serious to even be enjoyed as carefree fun. Blink-182 have always been intentionally juvenile, but in growing up and out of punk rock, they've never been more immature.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 19, 2019
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Weezer have had their share of ups and downs over the years, but Pacific Daydream finds them at their most clunky yet.- Exclaim
- Posted Oct 24, 2017
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It's executed incredibly well for what it is, but what we're left with is ugly, soulless and emotionally bankrupt.- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 20, 2015
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FWA's opening trio of "Glory," "He's Dead" and "I Feel Good" is severely tempered by the inclusion of clunky ballads with less-than-inspired production. Lyrically, there is little reference to Wayne's Carter V struggles amidst a wealth of new punch lines, but for every bit of wordplay that has potential to become another Weezy quotable, there is a handful of other cringe-worthy instances to counter.- Exclaim
- Posted Jul 8, 2015
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The band's decision to eschew their trademark orchestration in favour of a more synth-driven sound was, sadly, a mistake.- Exclaim
- Posted Jan 22, 2013
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- Posted Aug 12, 2015
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Old Sock [is] a pleasant, but ultimately uninspired collection that ranges from country and folk standards such as "Born to Lose" and "Goodnight Irene" to the classic jazz of "All Of Me" and "Our Love is Here to Stay."- Exclaim
- Posted Mar 12, 2013
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18 Months has all the makings of a smash hit, but if you're looking for substance, you're better off looking elsewhere.- Exclaim
- Posted Nov 15, 2012
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For the most part, Morrissey sounds like a cheap facsimile of himself; an aged crooner without any latter-day grace. Moreover, the features list on this album, including Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, occasionally comes into play with no impact. Coupled with Morrissey's complete lack of finesse in his vocals are the instrumentals, which are, for the most part, the dictionary definition of clinical.- Exclaim
- Posted May 21, 2019
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What a mess. ... The album sounds more like a rehearsal than a completed record, with Keltner's pacing off, Young flubbing lyrics and Bushnell at times just guessing.- Exclaim
- Posted Nov 29, 2016
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Montana's selection of trap beats falls flat. It's the kind of sweatshop beat-making mainstream producers have learned to accept as they cash their cheques.- Exclaim
- Posted Jun 21, 2013
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In so far as 'vibes' and 'moods' become more important in hip-hop, Nav captures the feeling of boredom exceptionally well. Surrounding himself with hip-hop's most superficial, NAV somehow manages to represent even less.- Exclaim
- Posted May 28, 2020
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Weezer's latest is an utterly skippable collection that'd be entirely unremarkable if not for the fact it was released by Weezer.- Exclaim
- Posted Feb 27, 2019
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- Posted Oct 26, 2018
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Conley's lyrics and vocals are the boldest missteps on 9. Contained in what sounds like a grown adult emulating the vocal tonality of an angsty teen, are even stranger lyrical approaches.- Exclaim
- Posted Nov 14, 2018
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All the songs on Rich Gang bleed into one another; they all have the same slow-to-mid tempo, overproduced, synth-heavy beats; and almost all the rappers sleepwalk through their verses.- Exclaim
- Posted Sep 9, 2013
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