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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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    • 57 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    It Is Time For A Love Revolution
    Overall this is a major letdown
    • 62 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    R.O.O.T.S
    Heavy on aspiration, light on inspiration on rapper's second outing.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Minutes To Midnight
    The shift in subject matter cannot disguise Linkin Park’s acute lack of creativity.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Velocifero
    Electro Pop maestros return after three-year hiatus.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Sea
    Session musicians removes salt from the sea!
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Pull The Pin
    Pull the Pin possesses nothing more than stale and horribly bland rock that will most likely leave even die-hard fans disappointed.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Reality Check
    Throw away your fashion magazines and join the army, teenagers.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dignity
    It’s bland, boring and just not very good.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Traffic And Weather
    This essentially middle of road noise bears some relation to their past work but lacks any of the grit or charm that made them such a cool little indie band.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Fire Songs
    Two heads aren’t necessarily better than on! Fire Songs isn’t a terrible album, it’s just a little too sweet and safe for this writer’s ears.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Unexpected
    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.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This Is A Fix
    More shouty rock and party anthems from the valleys.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Just A Souvenir
    Not up to par with his other albums, Tom Jenkinson's latest work is saved only by his name and not his art.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Under The Radar
    Hard-working hat-wearing ‘Had A Bad Day’ songwriter Daniel Powter’s third album is a bit of a mess when all’s said and done.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Cosmos Rocks
    Freddie-less queen fail to recall old glories.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Timbaland Presents Shock Value
    This isn’t the place for Timbaland to try any new tricks and what starts off as something quite thrilling rapidly loses its impact over the course of the album’s 19 long tracks.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Graffiti
    Try-hard, but ultimately mediocre R’n’B comeback from disgraced singer.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Bitchin'
    Go on, drink whiskey from the bottle, see if I care. But when you’re done, don’t jump around like gracelessly ageing Bratz dolls playing late-era Kiss and think you’re a blistering she-Crue.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Klang
    Shallow and unfunny third album from london boys
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A Man's Thoughts
    Poor man’s Usher wallows in hip-hop cliches.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Motion To Rejoin
    New mexican drone rock duds. Tune free zone.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Lessons In Love
    Dismal offering from would-be R&B Lothario, this 14-song supposed sexual odyssey is more like a soundtrack to a day in the life of Mr Bean than Hugh Hefner.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Melodia
    'Craig Nicholls’ mob spectacularly fall from grace.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Uncle Dysfunktional
    Please, please, please ignore this album. Uncle Dysfunktional is a wretched experience. Ryder bellows his way through it all, banging on about drugs and low-life in a voice that can barely muster a tune.