Hot Press' Scores
- Music
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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- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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High prince of bad taste delivers unexpected meisterwork.- Hot Press
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It focuses on the epic qualities of Ride and MBV, combined with Wilner’s cosmic pop chops and his predilection for shuffly techno grooves.- 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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Dear Science, has all the euphoria and cosmic soul searching hinted at but not delivered on by lesser chancers such as MGMT.- Hot Press
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First impressions are pretty damn good. It’s dreamy, eerie, epic, soaring, soothing, very occasionally manic... and more.- Hot Press
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This writer is a firm believer that every album you pick up should be a universally accessible experience. Solitude, sanctuary and silence spawn an exorcism of sorts.- Hot Press
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The record is a less sonically abrasive affair than the album Cave released last year with his side-project Grinderman, but it teems with as many musical and lyrical ideas as ever.- Hot Press
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You don’t have to be a fan of the country, blues or folk genres to appreciate the heartbreaking brilliance of this inspired collaboration.- Hot Press
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What happens when you cross Mazzy Star with Sleater Kinney? These boy/girl newcomers have the answer.- Hot Press
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So, Funeral was by no means a fluke. The Arcade Fire are unquestionably the real deal. And to prove it they’ve now thrown in another contender for ‘best record of the decade’.- Hot Press
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Kala is an intoxicating junk-culture travelogue, a genre-humping mash-up of Bollywood rumbles, shrieking guitars and machine-gun rhymes.- Hot Press
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The most extraordinary aspect of the album is that Murphy has managed to simultaneously make his music both more experimental and more thrillingly danceable.- Hot Press
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Hercules And Love Affair may be a party, it may be a disco, but it sure ain't no foolin' around.- Hot Press
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A sleek melding of soul, disco, techno, Eno-esque ambient, gospel, and hi-NRG electro.- Hot Press
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I don’t care who you are, come up with an album title like that and you get a free pass.- Hot Press
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Sharp, incisive, funny and at times even heart-rending in the context of some beautifully-judged rag/country/Dixie-land songs.- Hot Press
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As you might expect from a bunch of Springsteen-loving misfits, Stay Positive is delivered with a generous amount of their now trademark skewed cynicism.- Hot Press
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Despite their disparate origins this is no hotchpotch of leftovers and out-takes.- Hot Press
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The Flaming Lips could've been forgiven for feeling usurped when their sister ship Mercury Rev steamed away with the garlands for Deserter's Songs last December, but in truth, both collectives are in competition with no-one but themselves and the gods.- Hot Press
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Manics mine Richey’s last words for a return to the heart of darkness.- Hot Press
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