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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972
Lowest review score: 10 Uncle Dysfunktional
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 296 out of 497
  2. Mixed: 177 out of 497
  3. Negative: 24 out of 497
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Accelerate
    Accelerate is patchy at best, with only the blaring finale, ‘I’m Gonna DJ’, really catching the attention.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Necessary Evil
    Necessary Evil is bereft of surprises and is pretty much as you would expect it to be.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Happy In Galoshes
    STP singer on the solo comeback trail.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Everything Is New
    A surprising afro-beat, trance-pop return from Penate.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Chunk Of Change [EP]
    Michael Angelakos, aka Passion Pit, brings us a temporary electro pop classic.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Pursuit
    Jazz maestro takes a turn towards the electro.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Something For All Of Us...
    The second in command of the good ship Broken Social Scene, for quite some time he’s been in the shadows of the band’s co-founder Kevin Drew.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Together
    The Canadian supergroup return with super new LP.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    United Nations of Sound
    Ex-Verve singer teams up with the cream of modern R&B for some far-out funk soul brotherhood.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In The Future
    This grand musical quest is often fruitless, and leaves this listener wondering what might have been, had the group demanded less of themselves.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Diamond Hoo Ha
    You get the feeling that, in the long run, Diamond Hoo Ha is destined to be remembered as one of the lesser works in their canon.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Junior
    Upbeat comeback from the kings of coffee-table electro.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Memphis
    The Thrills meets The Polyphonic Spree--in a good way!
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    My Best Friend Is You
    Mockney songbird grows up--but is she any wiser?
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Eating Us
    Pittsburgh gene-splicers manage to overcome three minute attention deficit barrier.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Good Morning Revival
    A perfectly functional album of loud guitars, ain’t life a bitch lyrics and the odd nod to different production styles and techniques.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Twelve
    Twelve is a solid enough collection, but one can’t help wondering if it would’ve been better had she made like Fellini and called it 8 1/2.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    proVISIONS
    Howe’s duet with Neko Case on ‘Without A Word’ is the star of the show though, boasting a gorgeous melody that owes a lot to Gelb’s Tuscon roots.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Xoxo Panda & The New Kid Revival
    A rackety, sing-along sound from a band on a largely undefined mission.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Why Bother?
    At times, Why Bother? is an unlistenable racket.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lust Lust Lust
    Already dated, The Raveonettes 3-D thrills are temporarily diverting, but ultimately provide only the illusion of depth.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Is Not The World
    Not much has changed in the futureheads world as, post their major-label career, they bounce-back with independently released third album.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Malice N Wonderland
    The Doggfather part 10. Ho Hum. What else is on?
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Morning Tide
    The Little Ones are, for the most part, pretty melodious producing indie pop fun with touches of Afro-beat, maybe, possibly!
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Superabundance
    Young Knives gamble away the ending to a solid album.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scars
    Return To Form from last electro band standing.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Good Evening New York City
    Great songs played well, but...
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Honey Moon
    Nuptial celebrations yield surreal pleasures from Odd-ball Americana Folkies.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Volta
    Nothing Bjork does is ever less than provocative... Just don’t expect to it to force you out of your seat.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Como te Llama
    The fact that Hammond can’t actually sing that well is rendered practically obsolete on this album; his hazy drawl may not be the strongest in the world, but it suits these songs just fine.
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