Hot Press' Scores
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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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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: | The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 | |
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Lowest review score: | Uncle Dysfunktional |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 296 out of 497
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Mixed: 177 out of 497
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Negative: 24 out of 497
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The album fifteen years in the making that sounds like a slick but robotic imitation of what it might have been long ago.- Hot Press
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Beyonce still proves that she's an all-around good performer even though her attempt to branch out into an alter ego fails a little.- Hot Press
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Their sunniest record yet, Campbell and Lanegan continue to impress with this short, but sweet, mini album.- Hot Press
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Seal re-visits some soul classics, but dresses them up in a way that turns pure gold into something of a different color.- Hot Press
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Chapman creates yet another soulful, personal album that adds to her repertoire of timeless tunes with a few mentions of Jesus and Barack Obama.- Hot Press
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Mancunian greats turn out definitive two-CD hits collection of live recordings, alternative takes and hard-to-find tracks.- Hot Press
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Not many tricks up their sleeves on this album. The Bronx make more of the same noisy, aggressive songs on an album with the same title as their last two.- Hot Press
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‘Amarillo’ Man records Richard Hawley-produced album of songs from Sheffield.- Hot Press
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Q-Tip demonstrates his unique talent in this sleek, soulful, silky-smooth hip-hop album.- Hot Press
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Despite initial misgivings, our reviewer found that Little Joy's album delivers an old fashioned pop feel with a little DIY indie sound.- Hot Press
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The girls play to a new beat in this album, as they focus on evolving their sound while changing up their lineup.- Hot Press
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Released on the web fully two months before it hits record stores, Bloc Party’s third album is as gleaming and hermetically sealed as one of Kubrick’s monoliths.- Hot Press
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If it ain’t broke you may smear it with red lipstick and back-comb its hair. But do NOT fix it.- Hot Press
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Irish Rockers still going for the emotional jugular on impressive fifth album.- Hot Press
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Deerhunter's latest features more pop melodies and fuzzy soundscapes, forsaking the raw, intense sound we all love.- Hot Press
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Though it doesn't exactly live up to its name, Legend manages to capture the optimistic sprit of Barack Obama in- Hot Press
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A thin line between revelation and revivalism, Adams and the Cardinals make an album worthy of high praises.- Hot Press
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Not up to par with his other albums, Tom Jenkinson's latest work is saved only by his name and not his art.- Hot Press
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Anastacia’s voice--once described by a critic as a ‘human air-raid siren’--is still hard to love: when she reaches for the trembling high notes your first instinct is to duck under the table and lock your head between your knees.- Hot Press
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After an eight-year hiatus, these hard rock legends return to the music scene with a banging album that has just a little less bite than others past.- Hot Press
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Lucinda Williams provides instruction for those who feel fucked around and fobbed off at 40-something.- Hot Press
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The Little Ones are, for the most part, pretty melodious producing indie pop fun with touches of Afro-beat, maybe, possibly!- Hot Press
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Cutting to the chase, this album is full of Rihanna b-sides that sound like a carbon copy of everything in the charts right now and are completely personality free.- Hot Press
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A rackety, sing-along sound from a band on a largely undefined mission.- Hot Press
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