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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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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Don't Do Anything
    Phillips’ vocal style is of the quietly devastated Erin Moran/Aimee Mann school, backlit by Bacharach-and-Wilson-ish arrangements on ‘Another Song’, ‘Little Plastic Life’ and ‘Flower Up’.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hospice
    Brooklyn's latest greatest deliver heartbreaking concept album.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lisbon
    Middle-aged indie jinks for NYC mainstays.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hidden
    Lurch into odd-ball avant-pop almost pays off for UK eccentrics.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Gangster
    A tight collection of intelligent numbers that, instead of bombarding us with stale rhyming schemes and plastic beats, groove ever so effectively.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ice Cream Spiritual
    Lovably noisy baltimore scallywags come good with their second effort.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Overpowered
    Overpowered is a silvery mirrorball of a record that perfectly illuminates the neon heart of Saturday night.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Favourite Worst Nightmare
    The record goes some way towards capturing the heaviness of that band’s live performances.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
    Essentially, the record finds Phoenix doing what they do supremely well – danceable indie-pop with touches of shoegaze guitar and ambient electro.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Renaissance
    Q-Tip demonstrates his unique talent in this sleek, soulful, silky-smooth hip-hop album.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Do You Like Rock Music?
    A powerful collection of passionate, anthemic rockers that will no doubt please their hardcore following whilst winning new converts to the cause.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Seldom Seen Kid
    Established fans will be glad to hear Elbow’s sound further maturing; newcomers will hopefully realise that this particular seldom-seen-kid should definitely be heard.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Magic Position
    But so what if The Magic Position ends up creaking slightly under the weight of its own ambition – surely that’s better than settling for the norm?
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's Blitz
    NYC art-rockers go in for some ch-ch-changes on excellent third album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fever Ray
    Karin from The Knife makes desolate but inspiring dance record.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Contra
    New York prepsters stick to their Paul Simon-goes-indie formula on successful second album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    So Runs The World Away
    The 'New Springsteen' comes of age.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Your Future Our Clutter
    Mark E. Smith successfully negotiates that difficult 28th album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Fur & Gold
    Bat For Lashes' debut, Fur And Gold, is an album that delivers the listener from any form of humdrum existence into a deeper realm of dream and dementia.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lie Down In The Light
    Will Oldham gets back to the country.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
    Icelandic eccentrics grasp for greatness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Back To Black
    Who needs love when heartbreak sounds this bloody good?
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fits
    White hot rockers give two fingers to difficult second album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hold On Now, Youngster
    Hold On Now, Youngster is the proverbial promising debut, brimming with attitude, ideas and oomph. We await their next move with interest.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Icky Thump
    Icky Thump is freighted with moments of frazzled virtuosity yet may prove excessively outre for most palettes.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tones Of Town
    Beautiful, but never callow, here is an album to fall slowly in love with.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dirt Farmer
    This collection sees Levon return to his roots to reinterpret classic songs from his childhood and pay homage to those who influenced him along the way.
    • 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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tromatic Reflexxions
    The mangled electronic hailstorm is unrelenting, but it is also perversely enjoyable and infectious.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beyond
    What’s most remarkable about the record is its incredible level of musical cohesion – it’s like the trio never stopped playing together.
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