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For 1,801 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 26% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 96 Complete
Lowest review score: 10 Drum's Not Dead
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,648 out of 1801
  2. Mixed: 137 out of 1801
  3. Negative: 16 out of 1801
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Common Existence
    The sense of movement is missing here, that raw immediacy that powered "Full Collapse's" better tracks; the howls and breakdowns feel almost like quota-meters. Still, though, there are enough feedback squalls and keyboard squelches in Dave Friedmann's production to suggest Thursday have yet to run their course. [Winter 2009, p.100]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
    In the end, this record is frustrating. [#9, p.111]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Lissy Trullie
    A faceless debut; a din of the same guitars, horns and urbane 20-something tropes--and lichen--as "Rules," but immobile and, sadly, ambitionless.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Infinity Overhead
    At points, the overly sappy lyrics are sung with fervor and match the passion put into the music, but ultimately, the album doesn't feel cohesive.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Earthquake Glue
    The best song is track 13, "Apology in Advance." It is still not that good. [#6, p.86]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    At My Age
    The lyrical chops are intact but the production is far too dated.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    The Beatific Visions
    What was once enjoyable as a one-off now seems forced. [#25, p.89]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Together
    Mid-tempo balladry and redundant choruses sap all the percussive vigor from this former song factory.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Noctourniquet
    It's a mess--not without some tidy bits--but what's better: these songs could be the death throes, finally, of these guys' unfettered id.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Zeitgeist
    Zeitgeist is mostly a grinding, straightforward affair that demonstrates none of the innovation and vision of the band’s previous efforts.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Flamingo
    Pairing synths with Springsteen is a formula that's worked well for The Killers' frontman before, but here the Lanois production begins to grate amongst the constant God imagery and every third line being a cliché.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Robotique Majestique
    Singer Aaron Beherns is gifted with the evocative falsetto wail of Freddie Mercury, but wastes it unnecessarily here with hurried urgency, producing words as quick as he can instead of savoring each and every note. [Winter 2008, p.92]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 41 Critic Score
    Furious Angels
    Too painful to be background music. [#5, p.89]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ten [Reissue]
    The songs on Ten actually sound shockingly more insufferable this far out of their original grunge context. [Winter 2009, p.97]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Instrumental Tourist
    Quality though it could be, if only the vision wasn't so occluded.
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