For 1,598 reviews, this publication has graded:
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62% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 73
| Highest review score: | Dear Science, | |
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| Lowest review score: | The New Game |
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Positive: 1,360 out of 1598
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Negative: 62 out of 1598
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It's... a more writerly exercise than typical of his concise and straightforward Heartbreakers hits. [23 Jul 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Beyond the elemental pleasures of imaginative, passionately delivered rock and folk, "Day" offers a set of songs with a consistent viewpoint and emotional reach. [25 Jul 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Overall, "Black Holes and Revelations" offers a refreshing revamp, but the jarring contrast between its new and vintage sounds comes off as slightly half-baked. [9 Jul 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Now there is some varied texture to her beats, where there once was just turbo thrusts. [9 Jul 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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If the force-of-nature power of his prime is often missing, in its place is an undeniable resolve and faith in his mission. [25 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Furtado is game for anything Timbaland tosses out, and his production on most tracks unifies the disparate styles and moods. [18 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The tunes... are anything but heavy, blending pop-R&B, jazz, trip-hop and vintage disco flavors into sophisticated, sexy numbers with the lush tranquillity of Sade and the earthy polish of '70s-era Stevie Wonder. [4 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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An advance in both writing and sound from its promising 2004 debut. [4 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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It almost makes you wonder what would have happened if Television and Peter Frampton had worked together. That's a compliment. [11 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Not surprisingly, the album hits hardest in those numbers that take on the broad sweep of a cry for social and political justice. [4 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Instead of finding a different voice as a writer and producer of original material, Oakenfold seems trapped by dance-music genre conventions. [28 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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It works equally as a setting for his quieter moments (the tropical "Caipirinha") and for the melodic vocal rages that defined Faith No More's hits. [4 Jun 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The songs zing with the excitement of two music nerds caught up in a game of "Top This!" [16 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Hoobastank's newest album has more of the same, mingled with some energetic, inoffensive, mostly forgettable harder rocking tunes. [16 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Every song on this exhilarating debut... is almost as good as its first hit, "Crazy." That's saying a lot. [6 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The sheer brazenness of this collection is refreshing after years of timidity in the upper echelons of the pop world. [6 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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It overflows with the kind of music the Chili Peppers do best: a physical, often psychedelic mix of spastic bass-slapped funk and glistening alt-rock spiritualism. Only they've never sounded this good as musicians.- Los Angeles Times
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Simon sounds uncomfortable in most of these settings, like a fellow who's wandered into the wrong party and sticks around stiffly trying to fit in.- Los Angeles Times
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With thickly distorted, deeply rumbling guitars blazing, the U.K. band comes roaring out of the gate on its fourth album, intent to hammer home the point there's more to it than the Coldplay-like romanticism of its 2004 breakthrough single, "Run." [16 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The music is leaner and more concise than we're used to from Pearl Jam, the performances brisk, frisky and light on their feet. [30 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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If "10,000 Days" lacks the absolute intensity and focus of 2001's "Lateralus," the new album at least stands as a stirring repeat of the Tool musical manifesto. [6 May 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Those [Americans] who do get through the London accent and argot will appreciate pungent, witty confessions. [23 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The Coup returns with its polarizing politics in tow and an interesting -- for them, at least -- side-focus: sex. [23 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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Keith is flexing creative muscles that hadn't gotten a lot of use before last year, so even though the results here are inconsistent, it feels like a prelude to something truly memorable. [9 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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When LL teams with younger rappers... the album's momentum suffers. [23 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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As a writer, Powter aims at updating [Elton] John's piano-based format with hip-hop-derived beats, but he lacks the role model's emotional depth. [9 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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"Estudando"... turns mere ideological target practice into surreal and kaleidoscopic musical theater. [9 Apr 2006]- Los Angeles Times
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The weird part is how well this stuff holds together, a delirious jumble of android psychedelia and Coyne's elliptical wordplay that goes down as easily as warm milk (spiked with acid). [26 Mar 2006]- Los Angeles Times