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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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    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Dear Science,
    Dear Science, has all the euphoria and cosmic soul searching hinted at but not delivered on by lesser chancers such as MGMT.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Sound Of The Smiths
    Mancunian greats turn out definitive two-CD hits collection of live recordings, alternative takes and hard-to-find tracks.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972
    Shakey’s long awaited archives box set.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Live In London
    OAP releases best live album ever?
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Harps And Angels
    Sharp, incisive, funny and at times even heart-rending in the context of some beautifully-judged rag/country/Dixie-land songs.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Neon Bible
    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’.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Release The Stars
    It’s as warm and forgiving and generously tender a collection of songs as you’ll hear all year.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fleet Foxes
    Impressive full length debut from enchanting Seattle-ites.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Raising Sand
    You don’t have to be a fan of the country, blues or folk genres to appreciate the heartbreaking brilliance of this inspired collaboration.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I Started Out With Nothin And I Still Got Most Of It Left
    Hobo Journeyman enlists the help of Nick Cave, KT Tunstall and Ruby Turner to deliver winning album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fits
    White hot rockers give two fingers to difficult second album.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Bird And The Bee
    This is a brilliantly buoyant and wonderfully charming record that’ll suit almost every mood.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Black And White Album
    The Swedish fivesome’s trademark sound is so ridiculously simple that you’ll be humming it all day, and with their quirky humour, probably with a grin on your face.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Soft Bulletin
    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.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Funplex
    On the new B52s album, the group famous for ‘Love Shack’ party like it’s 1992.
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Chrome Dreams II
    Unlike his recent output, there’s no overarching preoccupation here, there is only a bunch of good tunes.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Is Is [EP]
    The first new material from New York’s finest avant garde trio since last year’s superb Show Your Bones album, Is Is isn’t a new album, unfortunately.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Warpaint
    Never in 24 years have The Black Crowes either changed their tune or sounded contrived, and they’re getting better all the time in their dependably unfashionable way.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Graduation
    West crosses genres with wilful and speedy abandon, taking the listener on an epic quest where the journey is just as enjoyable and unpredictable as the destination.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Becoming A Jackal
    Astonishing new album from ex-Immediate wunderkind.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sound Of Silver
    The most extraordinary aspect of the album is that Murphy has managed to simultaneously make his music both more experimental and more thrillingly danceable.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Shepherd's Dog
    Intimate, literate and wonderfully executed, Iron & Wine seem to have made one of the albums of the year. Don’t let it pass you by.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Where The Wild Things Are [OST]
    Sublime companion to kiddies’ book adaption from Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    White Chalk
    Beautiful, arcane, unsettling--and that's only the cover. White Chalk isn't so much a record, as a great effort at dragging you into another world.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    LP3
    Lovely promiscuous electronica.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Take Me To The Sea
    If you take a chance on just one record then make sure it’s Take Me To The Sea as it’s possibly the underground triumph of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stainless Style
    US production whiz hires SFA mainman, perfect pastiche synth-pop ensues.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Electric Dirt
    Divine blues and roots from Americana veteran.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    From Here We Go Sublime
    It focuses on the epic qualities of Ride and MBV, combined with Wilner’s cosmic pop chops and his predilection for shuffly techno grooves.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Theology
    With their very different moods, the ‘London’ and ‘Dublin Sessions’ respectively nourish two different aspects of spiritual longing: the soul’s yearning for a sense of reverence and awe, and its equal need for spiritual intimacy, comfort and familiarity.
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