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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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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Fist Of God
    Listening to this record, made me feel like the Andy Rooney of dance/electronic music. [Winter 2009, p.92]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Eats Darkness
    No longer satisfied with the kitchen disposal, Eats Darkness just goes ahead and throws in the kitchen sink, tractor, uprooted tree, and any other incongruous items it can find. [Summer 2009, p.96]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Handler
    The Handler is no doubt marred by some tasteless postcoital nyuks... and outdated references. [#12, p.97]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Trash, Rats & Microphones
    It may sometimes sparkle, but it never shines. [Spring 2008, p.102]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Reintegration Time
    The heavy-handed force of the latest effort to sonically disconstruct and reconstruct gets tiresome. [Spring 2009, p.103]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Death to False Metal
    Ultimately, this collection is a series of album nearly-rans. This shouldn't undermine the songs, but it should reiterate how strong Weezer's records actually are (for the large part).
    • 55 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Weight of Your Love
    There are a few thrilling moments here—notably the cinematic ballad “Nothing”--but the band mostly flounders as it seeks a new direction.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Junk of the Heart
    The band proves once more that you can't get by on just clever quips and happy-go-lucky hooks. It's too bad, because these catchy compositions would be worth replaying if only they had more substance.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Christopher
    The band’s fourth release, Christopher, falls flat despite containing one of this year’s (possibly this decade’s) finest pop songs with its opener “Desert of Pop.”
    • 53 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Until One
    From the Midlands to the Midwest, the mediocre couldn't be more on fire.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Astronaut
    The album's lyrics feature mostly throwaway new-age drivel... and gut-wrenching despondency reduced to bored balladeering. Or just plain silliness. [#13, p.102]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    Alive & Amplified
    Some kind of Californian 5th Dimension/Phil Spector hybrid. All apologies, guys, but it comes off about as genuine as Phil Spector's current legal defense. [#11, p.94]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Funstyle
    Funstyle's what would happen if M.I.A. joined a musical sequence on Saved by the Bell.
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