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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
    • 60 Critic Score
    For Emma, Forever Ago
    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.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Body Talk
    Third mediocre outing in twelve months for Swedish starlet.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    High Violet
    Good, but I can't get behind the voice.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tha Carter III
    Gifted MC loses the run of himself without Mannie Fresh.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)
    Veteran hip hop soul princess Erykah Badu's newest creative contribution is ambitious, but lacks the smoothness and cohesive feel of her previous work.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    Sprawling America travelogue stays strictly old school.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Teen Dream
    Underwhelming Third outing for nu-gaze duo.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Vampire Weekend
    Vampire Weekend certainly have one of the best band names I’ve heard in ages, although their music unfortunately proves less exciting than one might have hoped.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Microcastle
    Deerhunter's latest features more pop melodies and fuzzy soundscapes, forsaking the raw, intense sound we all love.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Midnight Organ Fight
    Overwrought second album from Glaswegian indie quartet.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
    Despite their reputation as torch-bearers of the new post-rock prog, it lacks the outrageousness of the ‘70s version of the genre and there’s an earnest sameness to these pieces that render much of it tedious beyond belief.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
    Warm-hearted folk pop from New England.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rising Down
    Hook-laden agitprop combines with slinky beats on outing number ten from The Roots.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Popular Songs
    Steady as she goes from the indie institution.
    • 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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Accelerate
    Accelerate is patchy at best, with only the blaring finale, ‘I’m Gonna DJ’, really catching the attention.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Home Before Dark
    Neil doesn’t do things by halves. His words and melodies are, like Roy Orbison, Cecil B De Mille scaled. That said, there are more than a few points where he misses the mark.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Time On Earth
    Anyone hoping for another "Don’t Dream It’s Over" is going to find Time On Earth a disappointment.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    New Again
    Emo pin-ups milk last moments of glory
    • 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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shine
    Shine is over-ripe with hokey Casio drum machines, soprano sax, and other things that nudge the tone towards easy listening.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The New Year
    For just under two decades, brothers Bubba and Matt Kadane have spent the majority of their time together crafting as near perfect slices of sonic Americana as they could.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bromst
    Lo-fi freakster doffs cap to minimalism & screaming chipmunks.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Santogold
    Ultimately, this is less a fully-formed debut than the tentative first few steps of a promising artist still finding her way.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Growing Pains
    Although there are numerous pointers as to what might have been, had Mary retained greater creative focus, there is precious little to savour here.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Big Doe Rehab
    Most of the record is--sonically-speaking, rather than in terms of quality--classic Ghostface, but only a couple of these familiar tracks match the standard set on previous records.
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Royal We
    This slight, shrill and, ultimately, underwhelming debut album has its moments.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Conor Oberst
    A definite sense of fun permeates Conor Oberst, with the singer allowing himself to indulge a few whimsical idea's.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Superabundance
    Young Knives gamble away the ending to a solid album.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Year Zero
    A number of tracks here follow a similar, frustrating formula. For three minutes they showcase Reznor’s worst tendencies; the boorish plod of the choruses, the hoarse moan of the vocals. On the remainder of each of these songs Reznor does what he’s good at – i.e. creating delicious layers of chaotic industrial noise.
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